Breifcase and a 7 inch LCD Monitor ideas.

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I have two Samsonite briefcase's that I was thinking about installing one of yellowdogs lcd's into. I want to make one of the briefcase's into a portable test rig. Then the other would run support to hold adapters, parts & tools ect.

The big one is five inches tall and the other is 3 so room should not be an issue.

What would be the best way guys to anchor the monitor?
 

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I jacked Kens photos of the Lcd until I get mine in the mail.

I was wondering if some sort of foam would be the best to use?
 

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They have mounting screws on the side (2 per side), so a small metal frame would probably work best.

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[FONT=Courier New]  | +-----------------------+ | <-- metal plate[/FONT]
[FONT=Courier New]  +---------------------------+[/FONT]
[FONT=Courier New] Top view[/FONT]
 
Or a couple of old hard drive mounting plates would probably work good too. Or some aluminum L brackets.

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I built something like this many years ago, it was a fun project! Very handy to have at a auction, or to troubleshoot games.
-Mark
 

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Nice one ken... Now how do I rotate it in the briefcase from horizontal to vertical?

Don't say stand the case up on one end... lol

Thanks the monitor arrived safe and sound!
 
I built something like this many years ago, it was a fun project! Very handy to have at a auction, or to troubleshoot games.
-Mark

Thats pretty hot... Do You still have it? What did you use to lay it all out? It looks like speaker material like you would see on a big arse bass box out of a car.
 
I built something like this many years ago, it was a fun project! Very handy to have at a auction, or to troubleshoot games.
-Mark

The more I look at it... It looks like foam?
 
Yes, it is foam. The case was for a handgun, and it had pre-cut foam inserts. When I say pre-cut, it was lots of small squares cut into the foam that could be easily cut to be removed, so that you could make it form fitted. Hopefully that makes sense...
-Mark
 
If it was foam, you could just cut two rectangles out. The first one horizontal and the second a vertical rectangle that overlapped the first. Then just pull it out, rotate it and put it back in.

That is one slick case. I hadn't thought of using NES paddles for joys. Then there wouldn't be any knobs sticking up. I'd be a bitch playing Robotron that way though...:D

ken
 
Cool ideas! I was one of the lucky ones to get one of the 7" lcds, and this is what I'm going to do with mine. I know it's overkill, but I'd like to add a lazy susan behind the monitor to allow it to rotate depending on the game. I'm planning on using Sega controllers for it - I think they actually have 3 action buttons.
 
My girl would be pissed... She would come in and wonder why her lazy susan is gone and the salt/pepper is sitting on the table? lol

Good idea man...

Anyone have any links to places you can buy black/gray foam?

I know kids build those speaker box out of mdf then put that low profile carpet on them.

How about some links to that speaker material as well?
 
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