Build Your Own Arcade Controls Forum
Main => Monitor/Video Forum => Topic started by: Sasquatch! on March 04, 2003, 08:18:31 pm
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I'm sure this is obvious to those of you who own an arcade monitor, but what's the best way to get it in and out of the cabinet? I had to take my WG k7000 out for repairs, and the only way I could figure was to lay the cabinet on its side and remove the monitor that way. Is there a better way that I'm not thinking of?
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That actually is a very good question. Not so obvious.
I have a MK II cabinet and I would like to know the easiest way to get mine out. Midway in their infinite wisdom only made a half panel from the middle down. So you really can't get at the monitor from the back.
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In my case, it was definitely a 2 person job.
Remove the monitor bezel and glass and pull it out from the front (while 2nd person lifts and pushes from behind - back door of cab)
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HEY, THIS THREAD GOT MOVED WTF??!?!
Just kidding, Poonga. ;)
TazMan: Wow, the person in the front is support an awful lot of weight. Maybe a THREE-person job, huh?
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I did it by myself. I really had no other option. The monitor fits in and out of the back of my cabinet. If you check out my site you can see how the top is bolted onto a wooden crossbeam. I have it set up so that even when the monitor is unbolted, the weight of the monitor holds that crossbeam back so the monitor won't fall out. There is also a groove that the front lip of the monitor fits into preventing the bottom from slipping out. From there it's a matter of leaning the monitor forward with one hand, and pushing that crossbeam up toward the top of the cabinet. I lift by the two metal frame bars and get my hips up there to rest it against. I've got the D9200, and I had to set it in and take it out probably 15 or 20 times trying to figure out how to mount it at just the right depth and angle. That things an 85 pound monster. I imagine it depends on your size and sanity. I probably wasn't as safe as I should have been.