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Bartop project from Emdkay's bartop kit.
Stobe:
The next speed bump I faced was the smoked plexi for the front (which Brent was nice enough to include). I'm guessing it was cut for the 2" smaller version of this bartop, because it was not quite long enough to fit in the provided slots. It is supposed to slide upwards to the routed slot underneath the marquee holder, and then be supported at the bottom by the monitor shelf (at least, this is my best guess. But was was too short to be supported at the bottom. The bottom of the plexi was below the CP, so it was long enough to fill the full monitor area, but I had to just add a small support at the bottom to keep it in place:
While I was at it, I did the same thing for underneath the control panel. I didn't want the CP to rely on 2 pocket hold screws on either side, so I put a "cleat" support underneath it for a little extra strength:
Next: Monitor mounting
leapinlew:
Awesome. I've been curious how these bartops would work. Looking forward to the next installment.
Stobe:
I used a scrap piece of plywood for the monitor support. And I used the releasable mount on the dell monitor to mount the LCD. Instead of just screwing through the wood into the VESA holes (which uses a strange thread size that I didn't have on hand), I mounted the dell mount onto the wood, and then used that to attach the monitor.
Don't worry, that toggle bolt is not the only thing holding the monitor bracket on. There are another 3 wood screws coming in from the other direction that you can't see!
I used a couple micellanous items that were laying around to prop the monitor/mount up so I could play around with the height and angle of the monitor. After I got it where I wanted, I screwed/glued the mounting strips to the sides, and was done with the monitor. (That's usually my most hated part of these projects, but it went quite smoothly!
Next step: Computer
Stobe:
--- Quote from: leapinlew on August 18, 2010, 11:13:05 am ---Awesome. I've been curious how these bartops would work. Looking forward to the next installment.
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Stay tuned: I'm going to take a lunch break and will be back with the finished product!
Rick:
--- Quote from: Stobe on August 18, 2010, 11:18:16 am ---Stay tuned: I'm going to take a lunch break and will be back with the finished product!
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INSPIRING!!! Other builders, take note: He's going to do LUNCH, then FINISH HIS CAB! (Heh. If my Project has this kind of turnaround, I'd be more than surprised.)
;)