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Vertical mounting vga monitor in cabinet
« on: September 12, 2012, 09:06:47 am »
I'm mounting a VGA monitor into an arcade cabinet....the tube mounts quite well with some brackets that I made, but the chassis is a different story.  Does anyone have any tips on mounting the chassis on something like this?  The bracket for the monitor that came with the cabinet wasn't wood, but metal and I'm not too good mounting to metal.

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Re: Vertical mounting vga monitor in cabinet
« Reply #1 on: September 12, 2012, 12:14:26 pm »
drill holes in the metal and mount the metal to a 2x4.

This might help you out, I've built three cabinets this way: 

http://yaksplat.wordpress.com/2011/12/14/monitor-mounting/
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Re: Vertical mounting vga monitor in cabinet
« Reply #2 on: September 13, 2012, 03:46:09 pm »
Here's how I mounted my VGA monitor.  You can see I just screwed the chassis to the 3/4 plywood board.  You might consider replacing the metal bracket that came with the monitor for a wood solution.




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Re: Vertical mounting vga monitor in cabinet
« Reply #3 on: September 13, 2012, 04:00:57 pm »
crap, you said VGA. I somehow glossed over that..... just ignore my post :)
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