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Bezel Creation Help
Wienerdog:
Sorry, I wasn't being clear since I was a little rushed this afternoon.
I meant to paint the the wood of your cabinet black instead of white on the inside, and then used smoked glass or plexi. It's not a $2 solution, it would cost you about $25 for smoked plexi, or about $50 for smoked tempered safety glass. You would be really happy with the results.
I understand that you'll proabably continue with your plan for a bezel, I just wanted to stress how much easier and quicker smoked glass would be (and foolproof).
Tailgunner:
Adding the brace around the top and sides would give you somewhere to work from in making a $2 bezel. The bezel would then be mounted between the perspex and the supporting brace. You'd only need to allow for the cardboard's thickness to make sure the perspex is flush with the cabinet.
I've photoshopped your picture to give you an idea of how it would look.
DreamWeb:
I don't mean to hi-jack the thread at all.. but, Tailgunner.. What would you suggest for someone that is just using a television (still inside the case) How would you go about mounting something like that?
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ginno:
I guess the solution to mounting a bezel to a TV with or without a case is going to be much the same.
I am pretty keen to crete a bezel, I was wondering if anyone has any comments on the floating screen idea like Wienerdog is describing (no bezel just blackness around monitor).
Do people have this setup in their cab and are they happy with it.
I think i will begin by building the bead around the monitor as i need that 1 way or another to fasten the perspex.
My mates are actually trying to convince me to make the bezel out of metal mesh...
keep u all posted
cheers guys
ginno...
Tailgunner:
DW: The bezel pretty much just touches the monitor or TV's face, Ginno is quite correct in that regard. My current project will use a 20" PC monitor, and I'm not planning on decasing it. I'll be sure to take pics when I make it's bezel and update the 2$ thread accordingly.
Ginno: The "floating" bezel design can look quite nicely as well. Actually the Dynamo cab I used when doing the 2$ thread came with such a bezel. It was water damaged and lime green to start with so I decided to make something different. ;) There's a thread here in the main forum near the top called "To preserve or to MAME" that features a Double Dragon cab with it's original bezel that should give you an idea how such a bezel might look.
As to doing a 2$ style bezel in metal mesh, I'd do a cardboard version first for a pattern. Once you have that what you make the actual bezel from is only limited by your imagination.
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