Main > Main Forum
CRT monitor case removal
<< < (2/3) > >>
leapinlew:
Nice post Rabbi.
ratzz:
Thanks for the response guys ... and thanks Rabbi Bob for the write-up.

At this point I would still like to go for it, and will read-up a bit more on the subject, and how not to fry myself while at it!

Ratzz :cheers:
Mark Thomas:
Did you ever have a go at this Ratzz? I'm thinking of doing a similar thing with an old PC monitor for a Bar Top project
Mat:
I just did this yesterday for the first time.  I mounted the moniter to a piece of 11/16" plywood and then mounted the plywood in the cab using the factory brackets.  It took me a while to get the hole in the plywood to fit the monitor but it wasn't too hard.  The monitor attaches to the plywood using bolts, and the metal cage surrounding the CRT attaches with wood screws.

I ran into two clearance issues when installing it in the cab.  First, the bottom of the monitor scraped the bottom bracket on the cab, so I pulled it back out and hacked at it with some snips till it fit.  Second, the top rear of the metal cage contacted the back wall of the cab before the monitor was fully seated.  On mine it's not much of a problem so I'm going to put some 1/2" spacers in between the plywood and the mounting brackets.

Other than cutting the monitor hole, I made two other cuts:  A rectangle below the monitor to hold the monitor's control panel, and a hole that I can stick a screw through to hit the power switch.  Plus I also cut two handholds to grab it by when putting it into place.

Just realized this was a 5 year old thread...lol, oh well
compute:
I can't believe I didn't think of this!  I've been trying to come up with a solution that didn't involve buying $40 worth of angle steel.  Looks like I'll be picking up a $10 sheet of MDF.  Thanks, guys!  Now I can mount a tube in my cabinet.
Navigation
Message Index
Next page
Previous page

Go to full version