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Title: Thoughts on methods to rotate a monitor within a cabinet?
Post by: P-chan on October 06, 2020, 12:28:51 pm

I would like to be able to rotate my 27" widescreen monitor within the cabinet to play vertical games.  I've attached images of how I would set up the screen so that it could display fully in either orientation.

I'm looking for ways to be able to rotate the screen easily while the cabinet is in use.  I could have a door in the back or side and just reach in there and rotate it, but ideally I would have a lever or something protruding through the side or back of the cab that could be used to do the rotation, so that even a kid could do it and not worry about damaging anything.  I will probably be VESA mounting the monitor with a rotating mount, although it does currently sit on a stand that rotates, I would probably use something like this: https://www.amazon.com/Maclocks-Orientation-Swivel-Enclosures-VRP-B/dp/B00T78GH1M/

Anyone have any examples?  Thoughts?

Title: Re: Thoughts on methods to rotate a monitor within a cabinet?
Post by: Drnick on October 07, 2020, 12:30:13 pm

Look in automated projects section, There are a couple of write ups in there on how to automate rotating monitor.