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sockgoblin:
want to share the simple solution for adding a power inlet I didnt want to cut the plug of my power strip so

I salvaged a power socket from an old power adaptor off a tape drive.

added it to the electrical  surface mounting box for a plug socket. As the plug box has screw fixings and the salvaged socket has pre soldered cables I managed to avoid having to solder the cables

I used a deep box , 50mm to allow the socket to sit away from the front plug socket, and made hole with the dremel in the back of the box to fit the socket , Then drilled a hole in the cab to access the box

sockgoblin:
Ive decided to mount the monitor in a rebated hole in a piece of 12mm MDF ( same as a few other projects here)

I decased the LCD and using the bezel I had removed from the LCD , as a template drew a line around the inside edge it on the back of the board. This would form the hole through which the screen would be seen Drilled pilot holes in each corner and used a jig saw to rough cut the hole. Then using a series of straight edges to guide my flush trim bit to make the hole to the same as the pencil lines outline.

Then placed the board across two chairs I lit the LCD and lay underneath the set up moving the LCD until I could see the whole of the screen, then I drew a pencil line around the outside of the back of the LCD, this would be the edge of the rebate

Then I made a rebate of around 4 mm deep using a straight edge to guide the router parallel to the hole. This is the first time I have ever done a rebate , it took me a while to work out the maths. The router base is 50mm wide so I set my line 25mm from the edge clamped a guide rail, put in a 12mm straight bit and thankfully tried the setup on a piece of scrap wood. The router bit made a line nearer to my guide than expected. Of course you have to take into account the width of the bit , half of width will be biting into the rebate area. So I set the guide 25 plus 6mm ( half the width of the bit) and the rebate cut was spot on.

I rebated around the hole in a series of straight edges ( all of this is balanced on a Black and Decker workmate as I dont have a full work bench)

I took the finished board into my study again and the LCD dropped in sweet as a nut. I was as surprised as anyone else............brilliant.

sockgoblin:
t molding is applied to the main cab body. Im going to also apply to edge of control panel

sockgoblin:
shows the woodwork to fix the monitor in place

sockgoblin:
taken delivery of my marquee. its a Scramble graphic screen printed onto the back of a piece of glass recovered from an old arcade machine

it fits perfectly into the space and I will mount it this weekend

does anyone recognise the graphics its certainly not the scramble graphics I can find on the various databases

the light shining through it is fantastic Im really pleased

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