How to build a Mid Century Modern vintage retro TV

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.พ. 2025
  • I love the look of retro set top boxes, so I try to build a retro tv for my bedroom using a modern flat screen and a vintage mid century look

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  • @jeng1395
    @jeng1395 หลายเดือนก่อน

    AMAZING! I wish I was handy. I have my grandparents’ 1940s tv that my uncle gutted years ago. There is no back, bezel, knobs or anything. I have been using it to display seasonal scenes, but many times people don’t even know it was once a tv.

  • @RoxasAaron
    @RoxasAaron 5 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    I would love to get my hands on a kit! This is so awesome, I've been looking for something like this forever.

  • @majidalikhan5978
    @majidalikhan5978 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Ohhh so it means I m not the only crazy person with different ideas in my mind I am feeling relax now 😊

  • @starbrite27
    @starbrite27 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    This is so awesome! If you ever decide to sell them, i’d love to buy one, either a kit or assembled! I’ve been looking, for one, which is how i came upon your video. If i only had the skills and the tools, i’d do this full time. So cool!

  • @JS-yj4rb
    @JS-yj4rb 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great work! I really like it. This can become an addiction. I wanna try this.

  • @hollysuchey6037
    @hollysuchey6037 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    SWEET! SO TALENTED!!!

    • @grathouse54
      @grathouse54  11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Thank you!!

  • @Miracle-of-Faith
    @Miracle-of-Faith ปีที่แล้ว

    Seeing your creative idea come to life is very inspirational. Of course, not everyone has the gifts that you have, yet, nevertheless, good job on your creativity.

  • @onemancinema4642
    @onemancinema4642 ปีที่แล้ว

    Well done. Great design.

  • @baldybald100
    @baldybald100 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is GORGEOUS and I would love to do something like it one day bc I miss the look of old sets :)

  • @mohammedakram4529
    @mohammedakram4529 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I miss my old wooden box TVs. It had all the dials and knobs.

    • @grathouse54
      @grathouse54  11 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Old tvs were so awesome. They were real pieces of furniture, not just black squares on the wall

    • @mohammedakram4529
      @mohammedakram4529 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @grathouse54
      On the TV we had decoration pieces and figures with a fine cloth.

  • @jackholf7502
    @jackholf7502 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Looks so cool 👍

    • @grathouse54
      @grathouse54  11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Thank you!

  • @ms.creepylee
    @ms.creepylee 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I would like to order 4 of these please lol, really creative! great work!!

    • @partyguy101ify
      @partyguy101ify 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      "Wow! You must be rich!" (Back to the Future)

  • @WER1152-k
    @WER1152-k ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video

  • @stephenbeagle2239
    @stephenbeagle2239 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Very cool.....I would one day like to make a small one for my kitchen table. Maybe with a 10 inch or smaller screen and a raspberry pi.

  • @davidbrown8303
    @davidbrown8303 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You could probably convert a already existing console TV into a vintage one and probably put a 32 inch into it and if you wanted to do away with the vintage knobs you might be able to fit a 43 inch into a vintage TV case. You would have to totally rebuild the front of it but if you had all them professionally tools like this guy you probably could. But that is only a dream because not many people could afford a saw bench and all the other wood working tools. Thank you for the awesome video.

    • @grathouse54
      @grathouse54  11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I originally wanted to convert an old tv, but the old tvs were mostly in 4:3 aspect ratio and modern tvs wouldn't fit.

  • @Marie579
    @Marie579 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video nice looking job, mind you with all the gear you have it helps with the results 👍👍👍

  • @franklopez6513
    @franklopez6513 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Verry nice job

  • @inksnake1558
    @inksnake1558 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Super cool and awesome 👍🏻

  • @JRJohnson1701
    @JRJohnson1701 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is awesome! It's inspiring me to do the same. I do have a question - is there a way to get a number pad on the TV cabinet and a pull on twist dial for power and volume? That would complete the illusion for a TV I want to recreate from my own childhood.

  • @bimini1216
    @bimini1216 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You can machine glass to make a curved glass front. Polish until clear.

    • @grathouse54
      @grathouse54  11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I've never tried to machine glass before, but it would definitely look awesome

  • @bumblebryofficial924
    @bumblebryofficial924 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I was wondering why someone doesn't sell something like this. I love retro tv design.. Someday I'll try to make my own version.. ♥

    • @Warp2090
      @Warp2090 ปีที่แล้ว

      JUST BUY A OLD CRT LOL

    • @manuelester7420
      @manuelester7420 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@BlondieHappyGuyA company can make different retro designs and put tablets inside. Sold with or without tablet.

  • @shirleymanuel6926
    @shirleymanuel6926 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hi just wanted to say this video is fantastic. Love it😎

  • @RaChElRoBiNsOn1555
    @RaChElRoBiNsOn1555 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    someone needs to sell these!! I might try making one though it won't be as good 🤣

  • @aye3678
    @aye3678 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That's so dope!!

    • @grathouse54
      @grathouse54  11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Thank you!

  • @cinemanahual779
    @cinemanahual779 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Amazing, i want to do it.

  • @danielbeller972
    @danielbeller972 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You are very talented!

  • @GarfieldAtLasganaParty
    @GarfieldAtLasganaParty 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is so amazing

  • @tmats1300
    @tmats1300 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Master craftsman - well done!

  • @derekdierolf9218
    @derekdierolf9218 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I would buy one!

  • @bimini1216
    @bimini1216 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    tip. it will look more retro if you curve glass on the front. use lexan plastic and mend it or melt it over a mold. just a gradual bubble. not enough to distort the image. and if you really get creative etch the lexan on the edges so it is slighly opaque.

  • @stoneblackycube
    @stoneblackycube 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    looks good :D

  • @williamcaput
    @williamcaput 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice build! I'd like to get those CNC plans.

  • @Vindusmekk
    @Vindusmekk 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome, Im gonna make one myself!

  • @LuteFrontier
    @LuteFrontier 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    good job u should sell these online

  • @MsSwthrt102
    @MsSwthrt102 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I want one wow

  • @deemarie6645
    @deemarie6645 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I would love this for a computer monitor. I wish I had all these tools to make this...sigh

  • @Oxton39
    @Oxton39 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Bro, you rocked it

  • @user-wt5if6rx8m
    @user-wt5if6rx8m 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is brilliant

  • @patriciabrown7550
    @patriciabrown7550 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome! 🥀

  • @albertomolina815
    @albertomolina815 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Dude, you're awsome. Can you do a video but converting a 90's tube TV into a vintage one.

    • @josecarlosxyz
      @josecarlosxyz 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      He does not have the skills for crt tv that’s why he’s doing this shit

  • @bapyrul8990
    @bapyrul8990 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice tv

  • @MatrixAlphaCWX
    @MatrixAlphaCWX 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Haha. When we want our old tv's back so bad.
    We have to fake em. Owell
    Still fun!

  • @1900theman
    @1900theman 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    this is super cool! also would you happen to be from W.V, my family are Greathouse's

    • @grathouse54
      @grathouse54  11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I'm from Spencer West Virginia!

  • @tim49013
    @tim49013 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I been looking to do this with an iPad mini but to hide some speakers in it like a hidden bass box

  • @superbaby3036
    @superbaby3036 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Excelente trabajo 😮

  • @writenamehere0000
    @writenamehere0000 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Whats with the green vinyl on top, not sticking to surface?

  • @G_Silent
    @G_Silent 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    OMG, this is sick dude, I got to try this as a DIY project.
    Just one thing I know I have no right to say how you should work, but at 1:16, be careful with that sawdust man. Its fine at the time but years down the line, your going to end up with lung and breathing difficulties. At least a mask, goggles or some dust extractor will help keep you, maker of brilliant things healthy!

  • @zuvatv
    @zuvatv 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Hi may I have the cnc plans

  • @dianastvarnik697
    @dianastvarnik697 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Good job!

  • @joseventura9685
    @joseventura9685 ปีที่แล้ว

    I know this is a old video. Give me that TV!!!!😆😝😆

  • @WSNO
    @WSNO 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    So how can this method be used for rehousing a CRT tube from the 2000s (the ugly/boring all black or silver ones)? That's what I want to do, i don't like flat screens so i don't have one.

  • @bny6661
    @bny6661 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Your pretty cool guy

  • @elihurrell1354
    @elihurrell1354 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Interesting you know were I can find the blueprint?

  • @manuelester7420
    @manuelester7420 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice Microwave.😂🎉

  • @Ellenslife851
    @Ellenslife851 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I guess I will have to try this instead I bought an old TV chassis that had no inner it’s a 1949 Zenas Royal R and I had thought about retrofitting it with a Roku TV internals but I could just build this instead

  • @solbadgear
    @solbadgear 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    beautiful! I just wish you could make a video a bit longer so viewers could admire the work more. Your video deserves more views ! Keep it up! (hopefully)

  • @beagleandme
    @beagleandme 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Oh my gosh, him feeding the wood through the table saw with only his hands 😥

  • @yonerodriguesjunior9628
    @yonerodriguesjunior9628 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Estou querendo fazer uma mas com a tela proporcional às antigas televisões crt

  • @richiemendez7906
    @richiemendez7906 6 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Would you sell the kit? (Everything but the TV?) please let me know. Thanks!

    • @lindaslaght2707
      @lindaslaght2707 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I wish he would. I would glue it all together myself. 😁

    • @PunxTV123
      @PunxTV123 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      if he sell it, I bet he would be millionaire already.

    • @Rustyedit
      @Rustyedit 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      These should be made for tablets to fit into aswell I'm trying to find something now and theres nothing anywhere other then a crappy cardboard box old fashioned tv for mobiles to be magnified. I want a proper old tv style like this and bluetooth speaker inside so the tablet can be like a proper tv 🤞🤷‍♂️

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      @kalebkaysen2482 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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  • @sirencaity9603
    @sirencaity9603 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    i would also love to buy the kit from you but would you be able to customize it? im willing to pay extra for customization please let me know.

  • @crist67mustang
    @crist67mustang 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I did a console RCA 1954 type shape with a 15" monitor tv screen years ago. I put on living room.
    Now I want to do a cabinet old tv shape for a 32 LG, but I have in mind wood no more than 5" of deep, I want a modern TV set how it would be today, not retro necesariely. And I want to add a border with rounded corners, but not like a old CTR screen, keeping the modernity.
    Christ Santiago Chile.

  • @irishhazeleyes71
    @irishhazeleyes71 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Did you have a stencil you used? I want to make a similar tv out of gingerbread and can't find a stencil online.

    • @grathouse54
      @grathouse54  11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I didn't have a stencil, I just designed it on the computer. A gingerbread TV sounds awesome

  • @donaldfaulkner87
    @donaldfaulkner87 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I want a frame for my tv!

  • @elihurrell1354
    @elihurrell1354 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    How much would it cost for the tools to do that?

  • @garyapplechannel5893
    @garyapplechannel5893 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I see no way to message you.... I would love to buy one of these if you sell them. I need it for a play. I can't build it becaue I live in NYC and no workshop. (wish I could) Do you sell these? (without the monitor... it does not even have to be assembled.)

  • @filinho75
    @filinho75 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Verry Nice

  • @MichaelRe-c7q
    @MichaelRe-c7q 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Anyone have any ideas or where to get a kit to build this kind of TV?

  • @elihurrell1354
    @elihurrell1354 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Do you have any digital, blueprint, and tv blueprints?

  • @GHILLIESARCADEANDMORE
    @GHILLIESARCADEANDMORE 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Cool

  • @proud_of_indonesia5557
    @proud_of_indonesia5557 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Can i get the template please

  • @codyjohnson2174
    @codyjohnson2174 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Do you have an overall spec sheet for this build?
    Thank you.

  • @Plattensammler88
    @Plattensammler88 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It looks more like an microwave than a television. Especially since the picture format in the 1950s was 4/3 and not 16/9.

  • @CougarLeonII
    @CougarLeonII 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I actually wonder why you didn't put any legs on this TV build... The base will eventually get all scratched up.

  • @DeadCityJxro
    @DeadCityJxro 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    At one point during the video I wanted to put a burrito in it and set it at 4!

  • @globbotty3778
    @globbotty3778 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Looks good

  • @littlegoldfoxx
    @littlegoldfoxx 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    :( I wish I could commission you for all the cut outs so I could just glue them together

  • @pedroconsuegra6320
    @pedroconsuegra6320 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi can you sell this? Please send me a link for payment

  • @tradicionmichoacana5758
    @tradicionmichoacana5758 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    you should make more videos

  • @donbest5024
    @donbest5024 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    You can do anything if you got money.

  • @Zach64612
    @Zach64612 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    bro please god buy a little pusher thing for your table saw.

  • @Collected-Light
    @Collected-Light 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Legend

  • @mdanishraza989
    @mdanishraza989 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great subscribe to your channel

  • @MichaelBoulewarejr
    @MichaelBoulewarejr 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Fiy pig and fiy cow to leave ❤

  • @angeleduardo3421
    @angeleduardo3421 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Build the Simpsons TV on a real scale

  • @kilianlecourbe4193
    @kilianlecourbe4193 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Est ce qu'il serait possible de vous commander l'ensemble du bois adapté à ma télévision pour pouvoir l'assembler chez moi ?
    Cordialement

  • @jamescameron5472
    @jamescameron5472 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    yer wiring is a bit suss....but other than that a great job

  • @johnstancliff7328
    @johnstancliff7328 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    oh, he cheated.... he was suppose to disassemble the plastic chassis and mount the actual guts into the wood case... then it would be awesome...

  • @austinstitzel
    @austinstitzel ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm gonna guess that you are a Pisces.

  • @josecarlosxyz
    @josecarlosxyz 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Lcd on a strange case. Pass

  • @BlueZaddy
    @BlueZaddy 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Looks like a microwave

  • @Warp2090
    @Warp2090 ปีที่แล้ว

    just buy a old crt

  • @fknstyle
    @fknstyle 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    my god, that's gorgeous! dude, your work is awesome. any chance you'll do something like that but with old aspect ratio (4:3) LCD ? would be great

    • @adamn7516
      @adamn7516 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Its still possible to still find old 4:3 aspect LCD flat screen TV's from the early 2000's. You would then need to get am HDMI to RCA converter to connect modern HDMI based devices like DVD player, cable boxes and streaming devices to the old TV. Also you will obviously lose the HD quality in the conversion and most of what you watch will end up letterboxed since the TV won't support 16:9.
      Of course some all pre-2000's TV shows (and some early 2000's as well) will display properly since they are 4:3. And older DVD movie media for which many films were released in your choice of 16:9 or 4:3 aspect ratios would display perfectly.

    • @Warp2090
      @Warp2090 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@adamn7516 Meh seems like alot of work when u can buy a crt