Cutting and creating a door on the back of my MAME cabinet (Help please!)

[Yoeddy1]

So I'm an idiot with power tools and wood working.  I have a MAME cabinet with a 27" Kortek KT-2914F monitor in it.  The cabinet doesn't have an access door on the back to get to the monitor should I ever need to make any adjustments or heaven forbid, need to pull the chassis.

I basically need to cut a rectangle in the back of the cabinet.  Once it's cut, I'll get a couple of hinges and handle and have an access door...something.  Anyway, what type of saw is needed to accomplish this?  How would you guys suggest attacking this?

Here are a couple of photos showing you what I mean.

I have put a lot of TLC (paint, new t-molding, side art, marquee, etc) into this.  I love it.  I'm more of a software guy.  I was absent the day they taught woodworking.  :p



Thanks!
Jason

[Dawgz Rule]

Yoeddy1, I am inclined to say, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it".    The monitor probably sits pretty deep in there and I wouldn't want to run the risk of hitting any part of it with a blade.  Also, whether you attempt it with a scroll saw or router, you will kick up a lot of sawdust.....none of which could be could for your monitor, cpu, etc.

How is the back panel attached in the back?  Is it screwed and glued from the outside?

[Yoeddy1]

I'd pull all of the components out.  There is an opening on the back side at the bottom where I store my PC, subwoofer, etc.  I would take the marquee off and drop a sheet down the backside to cover the monitor.  Dust would be taken care of with canned air and a vacuum. 

As far as how the back panel is attached, I don't see any visible screws or nails.  The sides have a black laminate so maybe the screws are under the laminate?

Jason

[Dawgz Rule]

I would be of the opinion that a scroll saw would be easiest.  You would just need to drill a starter hole to accommodate the blade.  Looking at the service manual for your monitor, it seems as though the board with the settings is attached via a connecting cable.  Have you considered drilling inside the cabinet, below the monitor and running the board to a more convenient location?. 

http://www.casinotech.com/kortek/support_materials/PDFs/CRT_Manuals/KT2914F_2914DF_Service_Manual.pdf

Just looking for suggestions that would avoid cutting the back of the cabinet. 

What I did on my cab was make the marquee and speaker panel removable.  This allows me to get to the monitor and remove it from the front of the cab.  The speaker panel is held in place with black screws but you can't see them when playing games.

[Yoeddy1]

So On the front of my cab, I have a piece of plexiglass and black monitor bezel that are removable.  Once I take those out, I have access to the front of the monitor.  The remote control was run to that same location and sits right below the monitor.  Very easy access and good location.  This activates OSD controls (color temp, vertical, horizontal, etc).  Arround the frame of the monitor, there are screws that fasten the monitor to plywood.  I'm guessing those would need to be removed and the monitor would slide out?  Is there a video of anyone removing a monitor like this from a cab?

Anyway, I stuck my camera up the back side of the camera, and what I'm assuming is the flyback, I see 3 knobs.  Not sure what those do.  Focus?

The driver behind this mission is that my monitor has developed a slight issue of what seems like flipping between a warm color temp 6500k and cool color temp 9300k.  It only does it for a split second and it's very random.  Happens at the windows desktop too, so I'm ruling out an emulator problem.

I just wasn't sure if there might be something on the chassis or back of the monitor that could be adjusted that would help this.  Picture is beautiful.  Just this little annoyance.

Thanks
Jason

[Dawgz Rule]

Gotcha.   Don't think those are going to help you out.  Before you cut up anything you may want to post something under the monitor forum with your specific problem.  I am sure you will find some excellent suggestions there.  Yeah, I had the same design flaw in the back of my cab and had to hang it out the front while I made some adjustments in the chassis itself.  Not a lot of fun bit I did get it done and am fortunate that I never had to do it again.