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Thanks for the pointers Crowquill, I'll investigate them asap.
My experience was with late 70's  to mid 80's games so I'm kind of lost on the newer stuff.  MAWS sounds like just what I'm looking for.

I forgot to mention above that I was planing to mount the monitor about mid cabnet and with the screen semi-horizonatial. This really changed the dynamics of the cab from what I am used to seeing but this seems like the right idea to me.  Was thinking of doing the mirror thing, but geomerty is not really my bag I guess.

Here are a couple pictures to give you guys an idea of what I'm hackin away at here.

#1) First one was very dark, I tried to brighten it and it started looking washed out. But you can see where the monitor is peeking up from behind the CP form. I plan to paint the bezel flat black and add some trim molding along the edges. You can also see the cutaway sections I am thinking about making. I experimented with the angle of the monitor and this seems to be the best at avoiding glare for 6" players. A little bit it in the bottom 1" of the screen if your much taller than that tho.

#2) The 'layout' picture is full of MS Paint style graffitti in an attempt to show where I wanted to make the cuts with a bit more detail. I'm still not 100% finalized on the exact angles yet and wanted to get some input from the pro's here before I introduce the wood to the saw. 

Notice the area that would be below the marquee, I am not sure if I want to go with a straight horizontial cut, or an angled one, That's why it looks like some freaked out shelf bracket there.

I'm also having some trouble with the section where the inner edge of the CP meets up with the lower edge of the screen.  The plan was to hindge the CP to flip up and outward (towards the players) for service or whatever.


Feel free to shout out the names of any cabnets that are close to this configuration so I can hunt them down and study them before chopping away with reckless abandon.

Thanks for all the input, like I said before, this place is awesome!

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