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Title: Need help mounting a monitor in my first cabinet
Post by: Nick Rocco on July 15, 2009, 07:54:52 pm

I am planning to build a cocktail cabinet with some plans that I found from Kyle Lindstrom on arcadecontrols.com.

I am not sure how to mount my monitor and give it that nice finished look. 

I have a 21" crt computer monitor that I think I need a mounting bracket for.  What king of bracket do I need and how can I get one?

Also, on most cocktails that I have seen it looks like there is some kind of frame under the glass to give it a nice finished look.  When I see a monitor mounted in a bracket (not in a cabinet) it has no frame.  Where can I get the frame and how do I know it will fit my monitor.

Thanks in advance for any help!
NR

Title: Re: Need help mounting a monitor in my first cabinet
Post by: javeryh on July 15, 2009, 08:27:13 pm

Those frames you see are usually on actual arcade monitors.  Are you going to decade the computer monitor?  If I were you I'd just support it from underneath.  Build a box for the computer components and then put the back of the monitor on top of the box and line everything up.

The frame you are referring to is a bezel.  They can be bought in all different shapes and sizes.  Check out Happ (but order from somewhere else):

http://www.happcontrols.com/monitors/monitors_curved_bezels.htm
http://www.happcontrols.com/monitors/monitors_flat_bezels.htm
http://www.happcontrols.com/monitors/49028800.htm
http://www.happcontrols.com/monitors/49074100.htm