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USSEnterprise:
I'm having a lot of trouble figuring out how to mount the monitor I want to use. It is a 20" VGA computer monitor and it weighs 72Lbs. I want to mount it on an angle like is usually seen in arcade machines. The side panels are made of 3/4" MDF, so its not a strengh issue. I just don't know how to mount it properly. Can anyone help?
nostrebor:
I used steel L-brackets from lowes. Clipped the ends to clear the tube, and braced with a wood backer. Very sturdy and worked great!
USSEnterprise:
so you took the monitor out of the plastic case?
nostrebor:
Yes. It was a trinitron and decased perfectly. IMHO step one of monitor mounting is to decase the monitor in question and see if it will hold itself together without a case. I build a cab recently with a MAG monitor, that was a nightmare to decase. It was mounted totally different than the trinitron.
Typically, I design/build the cabinet "around" the monitor design.
Wade:
I do it basically the same way. Decase the monitor and then mount to the 4 holes on the corners of the tube. Be sure to make the mount strong, it will need to be able to hold several times the weight of the monitor if you ever find yourself moving the cabinet.
Wade
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