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| yeertha:
Hi guys (and gals?), I've been reading about building your own arcade for a while and I just started working on plans in Google Sketchup for my first build. It's going to be a cocktail table, but I'm having trouble figuring out the best way to mount the monitor. I recently purchased a 22" (20" viewable) Viewsonic CRT off Craigslist for $15 and want to use it. A couple pictures of it are below. Even though my drawings show the monitor as basically two rectangular prisms mounted on top of each other, it's not that simple. There are no flat surfaces to put some sort of mounting bars under. They're all curved. The motherboard and power supply also have to go in the bottom of the cabinet, and there's about 7 inches or so of clearance for them (could make it more, but I don't think I'll need to). I'm scared to decase the thing, and I would prefer not to. Could some of you give your advice on this situation? If you need more info, I'll be happy to provide it. The dimension that looks like it says 1/2" is actually 1 1/2" by the way. It's on there, but the dimension line is covering it up. Thank you for your help. |
| gryhnd:
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| javeryh:
I know you don't want to take the case off but take the case off. It will be much easier to mount. |
| gryhnd:
--- Quote from: javeryh on August 24, 2010, 09:10:20 am ---I know you don't want to take the case off but take the case off. It will be much easier to mount. --- End quote --- Ah, missed the part about not wanting to decase. It's not that bad actually. There's so much shielding on the inside that you'd be hard pressed to touch anything you shouldn't. Here's what mine looked like after I removed the case: |
| Stobe:
Another option I've seen done is to build a "stand" for it, and rest the back on it. Then just use some cross braces to act as guides rather than mounts (to square up the monitor and center it, etc). All the weight would be on the "floor" of your cab, instead of on the walls. You could use that "stand" as a box to put you mobo and computer stuff underneath. |
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