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How do you secure your MAME PC inside your cabinet?
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CheffoJeffo:
I mount everything (PS, Mobo, drives) to a piece of plywood (which I then mount inside the cab) just like a normal game PCB, wired to JAMMA (with optional kick harness, depending on the machine).

To my mind, though, securing the monitor is job #1.
RoninEditor:

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--- Quote from: RoninEditor on May 12, 2008, 02:36:03 pm ---I just sandwiched it in with big L-brackets (almost like shelf supports)... and it doesn't slide around.  Then I put an L-bracket on the top, to pinch it down, so it doesn't want to go 'up'.  I did the same thing with my bass speaker.

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That's how I have my monitor supported ;) I have a 21" PC monitor, and it sticks out the back, so I just screwed a couple of shelf brackets on the inside to brace it...feels pretty solid and I don't think it's going anywhere. Probably not a permanent solution, but it'll do uuntil I come up with something better.

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For my monitor, I have this super heavy 27" TV, very old school, so just using L-brackets under a 3/4 shelf would have been instant crashing and ripping my walls with it.  I built an independent 2x4 structure that, while building, could be removed and replaced until I had everything in place. 

I'm attaching a pic from a couple weeks ago, the only difference is that I adjusted my 'ski slope' into an angle that can hold the tv without sliding, I also affixed a 2x4 on the shelf part, holding the tv from ever slipping back.  I'm a lot further along than this pic now and today I countersunk screws from the outside into the shelf and 2x4 'stand', now my cab is rock solid, no more 'creaking' if you push too hard to move the whole cabinet.
RayB:
I suggest reading this thread (lots of pics!):
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=45114.msg428120#msg428120
DrFrag:
I plan to use a couple of canvas straps with buckle tie-downs.
shardian:
Pop a few screws down thru the bottom of the case and into the base of the cabinet.
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