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Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: rlemmon on December 02, 2009, 05:30:40 am
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Hi guys. I bought a nice 21.5 inch lcd monitor for my cab. Does anyone know any good ways to mount it in the cab ? I will buy a mount kit if i need to but i thought someone might have a better idea. Thanks
This is the monitor i bought if it helps.
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-Details.asp?EdpNo=4802822 (http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-Details.asp?EdpNo=4802822)
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I mounted my 19 inch monitor on a MDF board 12 mm thick and 55X15cm. Then I drilled four holes, making a square like the VESA mount on the back of my LCD screen.
Bougth some longer screws to hold the screen in the home made mount, and I fixed the MDF board to the sides with ledgers.
Really simple and cheap.
I made a very bad drawing showing what I'we done
(http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/3997/vesa.jpg)
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Vey cool thanks ! :applaud: What size screws did you use ?
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Often the foot of a LCD screen has a vesa-mount built in under the plastic case, and 1 or 2 big bolts to attach this to the foot. Use that hidden mounting plate for even easier fixing and positioning.
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Excuse me, that model does not have a center attaching foot. Maybe you can find a non-working old LCD.
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(http://www.vendor21.com/lcd_back2.jpg)
(http://www.vendor21.com/lcd_back1.jpg)
I bought the above mount for $10 shipped with the intention of using it for my desktop 24" monitor but didn't line up so I ended up using it for my 17" LCD monitor below for my bartop arcade cabinet.
(http://www.vendor21.com/arcade/bartop7.jpg)
(http://www.vendor21.com/arcade/bartop1.jpg)
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Bartop = portable, correct? That mount will not lock the monitor onto the mount if the cab is tipped. What precautions do you have to keep the screen from becoming dislodged during transport?
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All I did for my cab was install a shelf that the monitor would just rest upon. I have a really nice adjustable stand with about 1 ft of vertical play and about 60 degrees of rotation. This is nice for me because it allows me to experiment with viewing angles without having to commit to one. When I want to move the cab I simply unplug the two cables to the monitor and take it out through the back door.
I am running a 16:10 30" lcd.
(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=90051.0;attach=137299;image)
bkenobi are you the same bkenobi on the gameEx forum? Just curious.
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Some shots are taken from a bartop project i did once , the others show the adjustable mounting of a 20 inch dell tft into a table arcade.
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bkenobi are you the same bkenobi on the gameEx forum? Just curious.
Yup...
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Bartop = portable, correct? That mount will not lock the monitor onto the mount if the cab is tipped. What precautions do you have to keep the screen from becoming dislodged during transport?
Bartop = sits on top of a bar not portable. The only way I can see this coming off the mount is if I flipped the entire cabinet upside down. I could put a piece of wood strapping on the inside to keep it secure but I don't really plan on moving this around too much and it sort of locks when in place on the mount.
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Vey cool thanks ! :applaud: What size screws did you use ?
Don't actually know. Had some lying around that fitted.
You could just measure the srews that's already used and the add the depth of the board.. Should be pretty easy.
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I think the screws for the vesa mount on my LCD were 4 mm.
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I have a 19" Dell that I decased, and will use the vesa mounting screws on the back into a peice of wood, like above in the first example. I will then use pocket screws to get the wood mounted in my cab. Did basically the same on my jukebox too.
Pictures of the decased LCD for my cab -
(http://www.eyman.net/images/arcade/lcdnocase1.jpg)
(http://www.eyman.net/images/arcade/lcdnocase2.jpg)
Placed the old case, reassembled without the guts, on a coworkers desk to replace his monitor.
(http://www.eyman.net/images/arcade/lcdcase.jpg)
Picture of the same type of idea from my jukebox while building it, LCD wasn't decased for it -
(http://www.eyman.net/images/jukebox/juke1.jpg)
(http://www.eyman.net/images/jukebox/juke3.jpg)
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I mounted my 19 inch monitor on a MDF board 12 mm thick and 55X15cm. Then I drilled four holes, making a square like the VESA mount on the back of my LCD screen.
Bougth some longer screws to hold the screen in the home made mount, and I fixed the MDF board to the sides with ledgers.
Really simple and cheap.
I made a very bad drawing showing what I'we done
(http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/3997/vesa.jpg)
same here.