Lego Life Size TV Unit

GSi

Hi all Newbie

Need a wee bit if assistance on a project I am going to undertake

I want to build a life size TV Unit capable of supporting upto 10KG of weight.

I plan on using solely

2x6 bricks & Brick sheets


I don't think I have worked this out right

"Lego TV unit project



30 2x6 ( brick ) = 3ft @ 1.25" per brick

0.6" width 50 2x6 per brick

30x50 per layer = 480 x2 shelfs

Legs 3x3 ( x4 legs ) x12 bricks per layer @ 4ft FT height

50" with ( x2 layers lego baseplate 2mm ) height per brick layer 0.5" 1,200 bricks 2x6

1680 bricks "

Question is have I worked this out right?

GSi

Just to clarify in life scale I want it to be 3ft long, 3.5ft Tall & 2.5ft wide

Martin

I will be amazed if you can build in the structural rigidity you will need with just the 2x6 bricks and plates you quote. I can't even think of a brick pattern that will give you a single piece with any strength! I suggest you LDD/LDraw it first to see what it will look like.

I have built a life-size large flat screen TV and it weighed a heck of a lot. It also needed to be heavily supported internally to support its own weight.

jon_k

Hi Gsi

and welcome to the forum, having read martins answer , its going to be a big ask, but I would agree the major issue would be rigidity and the ability of the creation to hold the 10kg weight

but I am sure someone will be able to give you some ideas, I should have got the details of the professional lego builder who created the Christmas tree at the Trafford centre last year ..doh!!

kez

Read this news article about how many bricks can be stacked on one another, it might give you an idea about the weight it can hold http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2242973/How-Lego-bricks-stacked-the-breaks.html

GSi

Hey thanks for the links,

I think I will need to make it 1ft longer and add an extra 2 legs make it up to 6 legs total
To support the middle and maybe add in a crossbar between the middle legs width ways to hold it up?

The TV itself only weighs about 5KG, Also have the idea to build a Lego frame around the TV's plastic border so it doesn't look out of place.