The NEW Build Your Own Arcade Controls
Main => Woodworking => Topic started by: Numbski on March 11, 2011, 10:17:08 am
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So this is a bit of a cross-post from the Monitor/Video forum:
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=110236.0 (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=110236.0)
In short, I think I need to do something along the lines of this:
(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=110236.0;attach=162677;image)
To this:
(http://wiki.arcadecontrols.com/w/images/thumb/b/b1/Numbski-cabinet.jpg/800px-Numbski-cabinet.jpg)
In short, the monitor I have has never really behaved properly. I have this RCA tube that I modified to work with a Wei-Ya chasis, and I can't find a frame for it.
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5293/5513332287_76c849423c_z.jpg)
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5257/5517471742_b2464f4413_z.jpg)
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5174/5516882899_f4790bd06f_z.jpg)
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5014/5517470410_4947015e0c.jpg)
Wondering if you had any suggestions or if there's a better way to do it? Right now the suggestion I've been given is to trace the shape of the tube sans tabs onto a piece of plywood, cut that out giving me a rim or bezel to screw the tube to, then "somehow" mount that into the cabinet.
Arcade Cabinet opening at it's narrowest points: 26.5x19.75
Tube at it's widest points (mounting tabs): 24.5x19.5
The direction I'm headed at the moment is this:
Basically, there's nothing across the top to support this. Whatever I do, it will have to be along the sides. I said above that I'll have about an inch between the mounting tabs and cabinet's side at it's narrowest point. I also measured the hole in the tabs to be 1/2 inch. The "narrowest point" is a strip that appears to be stapled into place on the inside, presumably to hold the original plexi in place (which is long gone, I might add). If I took a pry bar to that, it would buy me another 1/4 inch or so. I could then measure off precisely where the plane is that I want the monitor to sit and perhaps glue+screw a 2x4 support on either side, then in turn mount my rim to that? The bottom can be supported on the "shelf" that the current monitor frame sits on. In fact, I could put a similar "stop strip" on the bottom that's comparably thin (would have to be about 1/8 inch) and that way this rim is supported on 3 sides.
Is there a better way to go about this?