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laminarflow:
I had a spare 19' computer CRT but man did it look  tiny fitting into this cabinet. i'm still working on my cabinet but I now have a 27" sony Vega CRT to de-case and mount into it. (hopefully).

TheShanMan:
Yeah, I know it will. But it'll be good enough until I figure out exactly what I want in there.

Would you mind measuring your glass for me? I'm sure I could measure the opening but it would be better to get measurements of the actual glass to avoid realizing it would have been better if I had it cut 1/8" shorter or something like that.

Also, mine is missing the monitor mounting frame that, from what I understand, pulls out easily to enable quick rotating of the monitor. I can make one easy enough but if you happen to have one and can snap a pic and/or take some measurements that would be helpful. Not a huge deal though.

Does the drawer in yours have a lot of slop? The metal cp in mine leaves a gap of about 1/4" on the right side when latched in. I wonder if they just had poor tolerances in manufacturing or if there was some warping that took place. I am thinking I'll fab a new cp anyway so I'll probably just make it a hair wider but I'm curious if that's just the way they made them.

Did yours have an electrical box mounted to the bottom of the cab with an outlet mounted into it? Perhaps someone added it after the fact in mine, or perhaps it was a factory thing. Just kinda weird though. I've never seen that in any of the arcade games I've owned.

TheShanMan:
Taking some measurements, it looks like there is some minor warping in my cabinet. I guess I'll get a big bar clamp and see if I can reduce the warping by leaving it clamped for a while.

Looks like the glass is an even 27x27. Confirmation would be nice if possible. I'd like the fit to be as snug as possible without being too tight to get it in there.

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