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I can't believe it fit! (with new pictures 6-1-05)
AlanS17:
Well I had to see if the monitor would even fit into my cabinet. It it didn't fit then I wasn't going to be able to use it. If I wasn't able to use it then I didn't have much of a project anymore and I was gonna have to sell the parts. So first I HAD to see if ti would work.
I'll try to get pictures of the mounting system I added after this picture was taken. It allows one person to remove the monitor unassisted. That was another prerequisite for this project. If it couldn't be taken out and put back in easily, we'd never get it up the stairs.
Well I literally have less than a millimeter of space between the tube and the internal railings. If this cabinet was even a 1/4" thinner, this thing wouldn't have fit. Check it out though!
That's a 27" SVGA monitor that I pulled out of a TV casing and mounted into a wooden frame with metal bracing. Each corner of the monitor is mounted into the frame with 3 wood screws and a 1/4" bolt that goes all the way through. That thing is NOT coming undone any time soon.
AceTKK:
Nice! I want to see pics of the mounting setup.
-Ace-
AmericanDemon:
Wow! Thats a heckuva fit! Now it just needs a Gigantic Frankenpanel on it to give you proper viewing distance from the monitor!
AlanS17:
Well the viewing size is only 2" larger than the 25" that was originally in it. Of course... when you're talking about a 27" monitor you're talking about a 29" tube. This giant would NEVER have fit into a Midway cabinet, though.
It'll be all good when it's done. I should be able to use the original TMNT CP box with a different control panel just fine. I don't want anything super fancy - just to street fighter layouts with a trackball in the middle.
AmericanDemon:
I think it will look awesome. Keep us posted. ;)
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