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Monitor Glass Retention Solution
« on: February 22, 2009, 02:57:00 pm »
I posted this over in the project announcement thread, but I thought it might be of general interest too.  Basically, its my idea on how to mount the monitor glass in the arcade machine.  When I got to that phase of the project, I noticed that there wasn't a lot of info about how exactly to do it.  I wanted to be able to remove the glass if necessary and have a tight, seamless fit.  Basically, there is a sliding piece of wood that pushes the glass up against another, fixed piece of wood.  It's hard to explain, but hopefully these diagrams will help:




This is what the movable piece looks like:


This is the movable piece in "open" position, before it is pushed against the glass:


And this is it in "closed" position, up against the glass:


The bottom of the glass is in a groove cut in the admin panel and the sides of the glass are not held by anything (its just a tight fit.)  The bezel keeps light from creeping out.

Anyway, hope this inspires the thought process for anyone that is trying to figure out this part of the cabinet.

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Re: Monitor Glass Retention Solution
« Reply #1 on: February 22, 2009, 03:14:41 pm »
Yes it is the same design I have with my sub minis.  The glass was always the PITA part of the project.

I got around this by making a slot with the holding bracket similar to yours.  The top of my marquee is removable when I want to clean the glass, like yours it is a tight fit. If you are not careful you get the dreaded crack, which is a pain to replace (well in my neck of the woods it is).

I also had this problem in my larger cab, but I had two metal rails that held the glass in place.

I think your drawings should be stickied and placed in the BYOAC Wiki for future reference.  Well done.  :applaud:
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Re: Monitor Glass Retention Solution
« Reply #2 on: February 22, 2009, 07:50:13 pm »
You inspired me to learn Google Sketchup.  Here is my first attempt (amazing program!):

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Re: Monitor Glass Retention Solution
« Reply #3 on: February 23, 2009, 04:38:25 am »
I was thinking wouldn't it be cool to go back in time.....

Oh, by the way, you inspired me to build a time machine.....

Lol. Great job! :applaud: