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Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: Zathras on February 04, 2004, 12:09:22 pm
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I've searched and haven't found too many discussions on this so how did you mount your monitor glass and/or bezel?
I have seen some pages that mention adding a wooden frame and then screwing into it (if they were using lexan) - I'm considering that but it will be a tight squeeze with the TV so I would have to remove the frame too when I have to remove the TV for moving.
Thanks!
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My lexan leans back a tiny bit (like about 1" to 1.5" over 17.5" height). So I just installed 1x1" cleats on the left and right and in the plane of the monitor face. The monitor is installed or removed from the back and is sitting on a shelf. The monitor is angled at the same angle as the lexan and bezel. The bezel (black posterboard) is installed from the front and sits against the cleats. The lexan goes in on top of that. Nothing holds the bezel/lexan down except gravity. If you pushed from inside the cabinet, they would fall out. The bottom edge of both sit in the monitor shelf and is masked by the control panel top that is installed last.
You may not have the same lattitude as me given that you have a TV, need to install it from the front, and may have it mounted (as opposed to sitting on a shelf).
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My monitor leans back a lot farther than most, as you can see in this picture of the cab with the glass out:
http://www.stingrays.dk/arcade/CP03.jpg
The glass just lays down on a couple rails on either side which are only about a half inch wide. In the back it slides into a notch and in the front it lays under the control panel about a quarter inch. This holds it in nicely and there is no need for any kind of fasteners.
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If I understand correctly ...
You don't need a complete frame ... Just four pieces of wood, one on each corner, attached to the cab.
Then attach the bezel to them ...
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See this thread: http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=1;action=display;threadid=4779;start=msg31795#msg31795
This shows what pmc describes, and how I did my MAME cab, too.
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I mounted mine by simply sliding it behind the speaker plate at the top and letting it rest inside a strip of Happs marquee mounting at the base. Two small stips of wood on each side support it. That way I didn't have to mess with screws into the plexi, and it is easily removed for cleaning.
http://mame.joshuasite.com/albums/album04/Controls_angle_html.jpg (http://mame.joshuasite.com/albums/album04/Controls_angle_html.jpg)
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My cab is a little unusual, in that the marquee is in line with the monitor, rather than 'sticking out'. Because of this I decided to use the same piece of glass for monitor and marquee.
I routed a groove left to right where the bottom of the glass sits. You place the bottom of the glass in, then angle back until it rests against the bottom section of the marquee. Then I have a hinged 'lid' for the marquee which can be lowered down, and the glass fits snuggly into another routed groove in the lid. The lid is then locked with a barrel lock keeping it secure.
I don't know what I'm going to use for a bezel yet tho...
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See this thread: http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=1;action=display;threadid=4779;start=msg31795#msg31795
This shows what pmc describes, and how I did my MAME cab, too.
Yep, I've done it that way too...the best solution in my opinion.