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Bezel Creation Help
DreamWeb:
Tailgunner,
That'd be great! I look forward to seeing your next project!
ginno:
Hey guys, spent a little time on the bezel setup today,
Just placed the braces in the cab to have a look how much spacing i would have between them and the monitor.
The bottom brace will not be screwed to the cabinet as it is too thin, instead I will tack it to the front of the monitor shelf.
I am leaning towards using 1 piece of cardboard, cutting the screen shape out, wrapping it around the monitor and stapeling a lip to the left and right side of the cabinet (fold lip backwards so that stapels will not be seen)
I can do this easily because there is no vertical curve in the monitor (being a trinitron)
This will still leave a gap between the braces and the bezel as can be seen in this pic:
I was thinking of filling the gap with black foam that will mold to the shape of the cardboard.
I also manageed to solve the fact my piece of perspex was too short by finding a skirting board, the lip on it is the exact distance i needed.
Now with the 2 braces in I can actually visualise the $2 style bezel working as i can now take some measurements and see how to finish the bezel edges around the cabinet and the braces.
Thanks guys, keep you all posted.
ginno...
SadGamerGeek:
I'm interested to know how this worked out.
Any photos of the finsihed bezel?
Cheers,
Richard
ginno:
Hi Richard,
The best solution I found was TailGunners $2 Bezel idea.
Basically in the end I made the bezel from cardboard.
Using a sony trinitron meant i could not purchase a plastic bezel as the have a curve vertically whereas the TV does not.
Basically from there it was trial and alot of error,
SadGamerGeek:
That's very helpful - cheers!
I'm definately going to use some of your ideas to help me with my own bezel & monitor mounting.
Many apologies for the massive delay before my reply! For some reason I didn't get a "thread updated" email, so I assumed there had been no reply.
Thanks again,
Richard