Mounted the Lumindiscs. There were multiple ways I could have done it, but I chose to just cut a strip of my scrap ply, cut a hole and screw it in. Worked great.
Finished the control panel wiring, finally...
Received a couple of important goodies in the mail...
Then promptly went to work on installing the monitor and T-Molding. MISTAKE: I totally underestimated how much force was going to be required to install the T-Molding. I had to use a rubber mallet (with a towel wrapped around it). In order to install the molding on the bottom edge, the cabinet had to be laid on its side. Well, I wasn't going to try to lay this baby down with that 100LB monitor weighing it down, sooo, I had to take the monitor and plasma discs BACK OUT again to install the molding. Nothing like doing tasks twice.
And here's the molding and monitor installed:
The monitor needed to be tested of course, and my son was glad to oblige
... I know, I know, I was heading into dangerous waters by firing up a game before it was finished.
Next got the fans installed. Nice little fans. No bling to them, but they should last a good long time. They have magnetic bearings, and a thermostatic switch so they adjust their speed automatically according to the temps inside the cab. They seem to be pretty quiet too.
I was starting to get worried about the load on the power supply, with all the stuff hanging off of it (it's only a 450W supply). I decided that I would run the two ventilation fans off of a small "wall wart" power supply. I simply found an extra one lying around the house that was rated to handle the power needs of the fans. Then I just spliced in a molex connector. Worked great!