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stan2323:
This is the thread where I am going to post progress and snaps of the cabinet. 

First some before pictures. 







See these threads for history of trouble shooting and why I am Maming it. 

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=82282.40
http://www.classicarcadegaming.com/forums/index.php/topic,913.0.html

The first thing to do was remove the parts I did not need.  It took better part of 2 days to get the monitor.  Working for the back was a major pain in the $@@.  Then I find out the front bezel lifts out and I could have removed the monitor in 2 hours.  With the front bezel out I could have gotten to both sides of the bolts rather than work from the back.

The plywood board that held the monitor in place had to be removed and I had to cut the hole about ¾ inch larger all the way around.  I made a tracing of the board before I cut it so if needed I could make another one.  If I ever want to use another monitor I would need to make another one to hold the monitor.  Or I might mess this one up.  LOL




I decided to put the 21 inch monitor in.  It was closer to the original size than the 19 inch I have.  First I took the case off.  I cut some pieces to bolt the tube to the metal frame since it was not in the plastic case anymore. 



I knew the monitor was long and it was going to be very tight.  I used an exacto knife to cut the angled pieces that went from the bezel to the monitor face.  I made them shorter and the curve was different.  I basically had to push the monitor right up almost touching the plexie glass. 



When I got the monitor in place I tried to close the back door and it still would not close.  I was not surprised but I was disappointed.  LOL.  I was hoping not to have to cut the cage around the monitor. 

I removed the plug and SVGA cable hook up so they could be moved out of the way.  I later made a bracket for the plug and zip tied the circuit board with the SVGA input in place out of the way so I could plug in the monitor. 




I had to cut about an inch off the back of the remaining cage.  I used an angle grinder and cut along a generally straight line around the back.  Then I filed the rough edged to make them smooth and then used some green electrical tape to cover the edged.  I had to do this so the door in the back would close.  I thought about cutting a hole in the door and letting the back of the monitor stick out.  But I decided not too.  Too ugly and would not look original.  I had to remove the fan from the back door.  I will get a couple of small ones and put them on the bottom of the cabinet.  This will reveres the air flow but I think it will be OK. 



Once I had the monitor in and knew it was going to fit and I would be able to close the door I made some custom brackets to hold the monitor in place.  I put one on each corner.  The last thing was some 6 inch angled brackets to hold up the back of the monitor.  I am not sure if they were needed or not.  The monitor was solid with just the 4 brackets in front.  They were easy to put in and gave me a little more piece of mind so I put them in. 






Thanks for reading.  I will not be able to work on it for a couple of days but this is a good start. 

Stan

GAtekwriter:
I used to love that game... guess I still do - just tested it on my PC and I was able to play it just fine.

"Entering Sector 12..." - love how they got Nimoy to do the voice for it.

Jim

Franco B:
Good work Stan. I'm glad you managed to trim the monitor cage down to fit it in without butchering the cab.  :applaud:

ark_ader:
Didn't the original monitors catch on fire?

facesmiths:
umm am I not correct in that they actually synthesized all the voices and no actual speaker was used (due to ram constraints)????

I love that game and plan on building a bridge type set with arcade machines for the other consoles and a video projector for the screen.(video projector will be built into the seat so no front hanging on to it) I also want to build an actual cockpit with canopy and have a screen in front of it projecting the Starwars vector on it  so you have to move around to see around the struts the canopy is made from. complete that with a door encloser and sound proofing so it feels more like you are in the vacuum of space and it will be complete (oh and some small actual renderings of those green screens that are painted on the read cab bezel run over some sort of very small LCD screens like the photo frames or something too:D

sorry I love and grew up on SciFi primarily and bing the USS captain or what ever was a dream of mine. NOW the REAL questions is has anyone ever made a decent Red Dwarf video game :D ;D :p

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