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Mounting PC monitor at an angle
« on: November 26, 2003, 01:12:25 pm »
Hey guys,

I know there are lots of different options to mount a 19" PC monitor in a cabinet, but I was curios if any of you have pictures of how you have done this.  I have an old Top Gunner cabinet and I'd like to mount a 19" PC monitor in it.  The monitor will sit at a 45 degree angle.  I'm just looking for different examples of ways to do this to get a good idea of which would work best for me.  Is there a way to secure the shelf to the cabinet without putting bolts from the outside of the cab?  Any examples or thoughts would be great.  Thanks as always  :)

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Re:Mounting PC monitor at an angle
« Reply #1 on: November 26, 2003, 07:18:07 pm »
I would say countersunk screws combined with glue on 1x1's

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Re:Mounting PC monitor at an angle
« Reply #2 on: November 27, 2003, 01:03:03 am »
Top Gunner was a conversion-only game, but just wondering if you have my old one.

Is it in a Pac-Man shaped cabinet with stained wood and NOS looking sideart?
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Re:Mounting PC monitor at an angle
« Reply #3 on: December 02, 2003, 12:49:33 pm »
Hey Paigeoliver,

Don't think that I have your old one.  The cabinet is plywood, but was painted with a burnt orange paint, Only about 3/4 of the sideart remained (looked like part of it had been peeled off the cabinet).  And there were quite a few holes in the side of it...I bought the cabinet from an arcade dealer in Tucson although from the looks of the tokens that I found in it, it used to be in Pistol Pete's pizza (a pizza parlor that used to be here in Tucson), it also had no control panel or back door.

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Re:Mounting PC monitor at an angle
« Reply #4 on: December 03, 2003, 01:22:10 am »
Ok, not my old one then.

When I put a PC monitor in a Pac cab a long time ago I just built a monitor box at the correct angle and set the monitor into it.
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