Ever since starting my homelab, I wanted to add a kvm to it so that don't always have to ssh into the server and also can access everything in the homelab easily. I also found the sliding mechanism that held up the tv at my parent's camper in our attic some time ago, and I thought that would come in handy some time or another. My idea was to make a frame, on which the sliding mechanism would sit. On top of that will be a platform that will hold the display, keyboard, usb switch etc. The display is also pretty special, it's an old Macbook 2007 display that I took from a broken Macbook that my gf gave me:

I bought a controller board off of AliExpress that I want to attach to the platform. I also bought a wireless USB mouse and keyboard and a 4 port USB switch to use for the kvm. I first started with the platform, which I sawed from a piece of wood and then stained black:

After the platform was done, I started working on the frame. I used some mounting hardware that I had left over from a network switch:

I built the frame from a piece of wood that I cut to length and painted black:

After I painted them black, I predrilled holes in them to accomodate for the mounting hardware and attached the hardware to it. I drilled the holes off-center so that in the end the frame will sit flush with the front of the homelab.

After that, I sawed two other pieces of wood and finished the frame:

Then I got to work attaching the sliding mechanism to the frame. It luckily already had two holes to attach it, but I had to drill two extra holes to attach it to 4 points of the frame. Here you can see it folded in and extended:

Now it was only a matter of attaching the platform and attaching the display to it. There were 4 screws sticking out the top of the platform which I had to sand off. I made some standoffs to put the display on, so the hinge would have enough room to fully move.

After that, the only thing that was left was to add it into the homelab!

Here's a video of the kvm sliding out after I stickerbombed the display because it had some stains on it that I couldn't get off: