Bit of a long post this as there's been a few things done. Hope this is proving useful to people, or at least interesting(!). I kinda like journaling the whole thing as it keeps me focused and it's great to get some feedback. I can do 12 hr build videos if peeps would prefer that tho…
. Maybe I'll do some unboxing videos of trackballs or show me walking to a local DIY store buying plastic edging. Yeah.
Mounting the displaysWhen i made the mount for the crt i didn't really try to get it too accurate. It was quite a pain getting it mounted without scratching the screen or damaging any of the chassis so i overcut the hole for the screen. When i mounted it into the cab this looked pretty obvious.
So i thought I'd make an inner bezel to cover the gaps and screw holes. The crt is curved so this was a bit tricky but i had the idea that if i cut some cardboard the same size as the monitor frame but made a big hole around the monitor i could use masking tape to create an accurate template.
I then traced this onto 3mm wood that i had laying around (from a previous failed attempt at the front panel!). A bit of work with the jigsaw - and a lot of work with a hand file, i eventually got a semi decent bezel.
Looks good enough for me
TBH i could have just made this out of matt back poster board but i thought I'd use my scrap wood up. In the future I'd probably go that route though as i wouldn't have had to paint it.
Before i put the marquee monitor in i needed to channel the cabling as it would be near impossible to do it with a monitor in the way so i wired up the cabling for the marquee monitor, pc power and external USB ports.
Then added the marquee monitor. This is just some 12mm ply screwed to the monitor using the vesa mount. I didn't paint the ply because a) you won't see it ultimately, and b) i forgot.
1% A, 99% B tbh…
And here's a shot from the top. I've added a couple of vents so the the LCD doesn't get too hot.
And that's where I'm up to as of 4 hours ago. A few crappy jobs done but at least I'm not falling over monitors in my spare room now
Next job - wiring the tv speakers up and getting the pc in…
Artwork is still on hold until i fix my pc...
And cheers for the comments guys - it's a really fun build, but also damn tricky in places so hopefully me documenting stuff proves helpful to someone out there!