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Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: *ShAgGy* on August 09, 2005, 09:20:36 am
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G'day all
my first post so excuse my n00bism,
ive got a 27' cabinet and was nice enuf to break the tube on my 25' monitor
ive since found here in Aus its hard to find a 25' screen ANYWHERE!!! so i grabbed a 68cm (27' if im right probably not) screen and am trying to mount it up
problem is its so freakin heavy it broke the not only the frame i had (some dodgy chipwood crap from the idiots i brought it off ) but also moved the 2 wooden side bits that the frame screwed onto by the sheer weight as u can probably tell my question is
how the hell would i be able to fit it on if @ all? is the tube to heavy? any help is going to be greatly apreciated!!!
thanks
-Scott
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First of all, will it fit physically?
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yeah i fits fine
but im going to have to make 4 brackets or something
but im fresh outta ideas
its shittin me really
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Do you have any pictures of this unfortunate massacre? It sounds like the monitor housing/shelf/whatever has broken inside the arcade cab, but the monitor itself is still okay, right? You still have the metal brackets intact on the sides of the monitor?
I do apologize if I have this entirely wrong.
-Ash
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i'll try to get some pics done
the monitor has all 4 brackets intac(THANKGOD!! lol)
im thinking i mite make some houseing 4 the monitor (tv houseing like) make a shelf and reinforce the housing on to the sides of the machine, see a quick history of the machine is (Well when i brought it i had to find all this out!)
but it was orginally a lethal enforcers cabinet with the mirror reflection
then it was modded to have a control panel on (which is deadset crap(im on the look out for a good one)) and has some very shoddy workmanship inside the cabinet since ive had it ive tryed like crazy to get it to a respectable machine, ive done well so far but i now need the monitor in
soon as that happens i can finish him off almost
i'll post --BINGO! Either that, or I was attempting to say "before" but it was too many letters to type-- and afters so i can get some opions but yeah thats my story and im stickin to it!! :) lol
so in answer yeah the brackts are still there :)
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Okay, from what I'm picturing in my head it sounds like you'll want to nicely tear out the old, busted shelf/housing that came with it and put in something else. I think you have the right idea with 4 brackets - 'L' shaped. Make sure to screw them in from the outside of the cab and glue them. That could be why the one that came with it busted.
I'll try to get a pic of my monitor housing and post it, 'cuz I also used a 4 bracket method. I won't be able to get that up for another 10 or so hours, sadly.
Hope I've helped,
-Ash
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Okay, here are two pictures of my monitor. I'm sorry they kinda suck, I had to take them with my phone. When my cab stops sucking my money away I'll have to invest in a real digital camera.
The first one shows the L bracket from the front. Don't forget a slot to slide the lower monitor bracket in.
The second shows it from the bottom. The piece of wood on the left is attached to the monitor only.
Once again, I hope this is what you're looking for.
-Ash
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Hey mate,
Im also from AUS and had trouble finding a TV slightly smaller than 68cm so i ended up with a Sony 68cm trinitron (even heavier than a normal 68cm)
Anyhow I had trouble with finding a mounting solution but got there in the end.
Have a look at this post and also there is a monitor section on my website have a look at that too.
Any questions let me know
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=31635.0
http://users.bigpond.net.au/ginno/
Cheers..
Good Luck.
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That's gotta be one gigantic cabinet ;)
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Try a 15" monitor. It should fit in your cab easily with no real weight problems.. ;D