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emphatic:
Nice work. Does the bezel sit flush in horizontal mode? Or is that gap as seen in the last picture (Dodonpachi) by design?

TheRetroCarrot:
The gap is always there to allow the bezel to rotate entirely, I might put some weather stripping brushes/sweeps in the gap, but I'm not really bothered by it. It's more visible in the photos because the back panel is off and I have a light shining back there, with the back panel on it's all black. The bottom gap is larger than it needs to be, that ended up being a design error. I had to have the acrylic for the control panel laser cutting outsourced so I decided to live with it. Typical Canadian markup of 2000% wanted 200 bucks for a tiny sheet of acrylic and nobody locally would cut it... Meanwhile Al from Pixelcade cut me one for $20 and threw it in with my marquee order.   

If anybody has an idea for a material to fill the gap I'd love to hear it. The weather stripping sweeps tend to be a lot stiffer than I'd want, I need something very soft and flexible enough to allow the screen to rotate in and out without being scratched.

TheRetroCarrot:
Here's a visual for brainstorming. I'm sure there is a perfect material for this I'm not thinking of. Just needs to be flexible, snap back, and most importantly not scratch the finish on the bezel.

yamatetsu:
Velcro tape (the soft part, not the one with the hooks)?

emphatic:
Aha, I didn't think the bezel was supposed to be fitted when you rotate the screen. I figured you would just rest it on the screen area and gravity would hold it in place after a rotation of the screen. If you remove it between rotations it should be less complicated to fill the gaps, right?

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