UAII & Arcade Monitors

[baylorj]

Does anyone have any information on how to mount an arcade monitor into the UAII cab.  I seen a few references, but am unsure on how to complete this task.

Thanks Everyone

[ahofle]

You can either spend some money on brackets to mount it to the side, or do what I (and a few others) did and make a small 'housing' out of 2X4s and screw it into that.  Then attach the entire housing/monitor to the UAII monitor shelf.

[baylorj]

The housing sounds like the cheaper way to go, thanks.  Thinking of using sideart, and would like to avoid drilling into it. 

Do you have any basic instructions, or is it similar to just creating a shelf to raise the monitor to the height you would like?

Thanks Again

[ahofle]

I ended up making a U shaped frame with a crosspiece in the middle like this (overhead view):

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The monitor sits on top of that with the glass facing the bottom of that picture.  You will need to measure this so the side and front pieces align with the frame of the monitor.  I used wood screws and washers to secure the monitor frame rails to the 2x4s.  Since the 2x4s are on their sides, this ended up lifting the monitor about 4 inches which turned out to be just about perfect for me.  If you need it higher, you could always just use an additional piece of MDF or ply to sit underneath the housing.  Once I put the assembly on the shelf, I also added a horizontal brace that runs the width of the cabinet and secured the top of the monitor frame to it (just to keep it from swaying forward/backward if the cabinet is moved.  I hope this makes sense.  Let me know if not.

[baylorj]

Thanks that makes perfect sense.  That's just what I was looking for.

Did you also connect the top horizontal brace to the frame, the cabinet, or just to the monitor to keep it from moving?

[ahofle]

I connected it to both.  It doesn't bear any weight so it doesn't have to be super strong.  I just used right angle brackets inside of the cabinet to attach the brace and then used screws to attach the top frame of the monitor to the brace.  There are probably much better ways to do this, but I was in such a hurry to hook it up and I (like you) didn't want to put holes in the sides of the cab for some overpriced metal monitor brackets.  It's very sturdy and I haven't had any problems with it.