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Title: how to mount my monitor
Post by: abzman2000 on March 30, 2009, 08:38:51 pm

I'm looking for some feedback on my  (tentative) choice of monitor mounts.  images follow
(http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y116/abzman2000/CIMG1521.jpg)
(http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y116/abzman2000/CIMG1522.jpg)
(http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y116/abzman2000/CIMG1523.jpg)
(http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y116/abzman2000/CIMG1524.jpg)
(http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y116/abzman2000/CIMG1520.jpg)

my monitor is a WG 25" k7191
main project thread http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=80852.0 (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=80852.0)

Title: Re: how to mount my monitor
Post by: BobA on April 01, 2009, 02:43:03 pm

Not sure the overall support you are going to have but some of those strips of wood look a little thin for the weight and torque of a 25 inch monitor.   This is just a gut feeling from the pictures viewed.

Title: Re: how to mount my monitor
Post by: abzman2000 on April 06, 2009, 01:59:49 pm

that's what I was thinking, what is the conventional way to mount these sorts of monitors?

Title: Re: how to mount my monitor
Post by: javeryh on April 06, 2009, 02:17:29 pm

Run a 2x4 or strip of plywood from underneath the v-shaped pieces you made to the base of the cabinet.  They will act like columns and distribute the load.  I think that will work.

Title: Re: how to mount my monitor
Post by: TOK on April 06, 2009, 02:44:58 pm

That looks kinda weak. I built a shelf... 1/2" ply with the bottom boxed using wood the size of your mounts. I built that to hold the weight and the top mount is just a small piece for position similar to what you're using.
The whole chassis rests on the shelf.

I was in a hurry to get it done the other day, so I didn't take pics as I was going, sorry.

Title: Re: how to mount my monitor
Post by: Ed_McCarron on April 06, 2009, 06:33:21 pm

Quote from: TOK on April 06, 2009, 02:44:58 pm

That looks kinda weak.

Yup.  That green tape will never hold.

Shelf.  Gotta be the easiest way to go, as long as the monitor will work with it.

Title: Re: how to mount my monitor
Post by: abzman2000 on April 16, 2009, 03:39:03 pm

shelf is in the works for the weekend, then prime and paint the rest of it.  It will probably be made out of 3/4" plywood, is that good enough?

Title: Re: how to mount my monitor
Post by: BobA on April 17, 2009, 08:45:08 am

A 3/4 inch plywood shelf should be fine as long as it has good support along the sides.

Title: Re: how to mount my monitor
Post by: hammyysu on April 18, 2009, 01:55:01 am

on my cabinet i use 3/4" plywood and for the braces i used anel iron to hold the shelf then screwed the wood to the metal. it works great. or find yourself an old cabinet and look how they did it.