Bottom of Bezel Glass

[Mark70]

I've been trying to detail a cabinet that I inted to build.

Two grey areas turn up in all the plans I've seen.

1. how to support, install, trim the bezel glass

2. the marquee trim.

I found a detail of the markee trim as sold by Happ.

I'm still concerneda about the bottom of the bezel glass especially where a flip top CP is used.

Can anyone post some close ups or details of theirs?

[nickbuol]

I am sure that someone has done it, but be adventuresome and find something that works, and share it with the rest of us.   
Seriously though, I have a 4 player flip top control panel and I too was concerned not only about how to mount the monitor (bezel) glass, but how thick I would be able to go without getting in the way of the flip top.  I am looking at 1/4" Graylite #14 (or similar) glass so that it is tinted, so thickness was a concern, but my monitor shelf sits "in" from the sides of the cabinet about 1/2" so once I put a 1/4" piece of glass, I can use just about anything less than 1/4" to hold it.  You see, for me the hinged, flip-top control panel hits the T-molding on the edges of the cabinet sides at some point (enough to open the control panel to get inside and to get to my Dreamcast to swap discs).  Plenty of movement with the ability to easily open it up about 45+ degrees.  I was going to get a piece of aluminium shaped like a 'L'  that is the width of my monitor shelf.  Carefully drill some screw holes into it, paint it black with paint made for metal, and screw it in to place leaving 1/4" for the glass (actually, I will have someone hold the glass in place while I attach the L shaped aluminium to the bottom of the monitor shelf. 

I am sure that there are better ways to do this, but so far this is what I have come up with.  I won't be doing mine until I order my glass (custom order for me) this week, and then it gets here.

Throw out your thoughts, maybe they will spark some great, new ideas.

[tivogre]

I built my glass retaining mechanism into the removable admin panel on my cabinet.  I used a piece of 1 1/2" aluminum angle;  there are no visible screws.  Here's a concept diagram:



Here it is "as built":



And here's what it looks like:



The bezel and glass are NOT installed in the third pic.

[GameOver]

I don't have a 'flip top' CP, but I do lean my CP up against the bezel when working inside.  Not sure if this will help you or not, but I've attached a pic of my set-up.  After I completed construction of my cab, I placed strips of scrap wood around my bezel opening to support the glass from the inside (maybe 1" x 1" all around).  Then I took exact measurements of the bezel opening.  I gave those measurements to the glass shop.  The glass came back barely 1/16th wider than the measurements I gave them, which worked well since once I put the glass in, it didn't require any brackets.  It held itself in place.  See pics below.