decasing/mounting computer monitor

I've always been able to find 4 good spots to drop some bolts thru on the monitor and into a piece of steel bar/strap you can buy from home depot.

then mount the metal bar/strap across to the monitor mounts like any arcade monitor.

takes a bit of careful measuring..

find the center of the monitor... and center of the cab. I make a mark above the CPO at center... and then line up marks on the monitor to that mark...

you will find the monitor isn't 'visually' always center...

it takes a bit of creativeness at the mounting part... each one can be a bit different...
 
I am tring to do this as we speak. Just took a break to search the net for a good answer. I decased my monitor and will have no luck mounting a braket to it. So my next best scenario is to bulit a "window" that the monitor will be able to slide into from the front of the cab. The "window" will narrow at the bottom so the monitor cannot go ant further down. I am hoping this will work. I guess I will need to somehow secure the monitor to the cab so it is not floating. Hmm now I dont think my Idea will work. :confused:
 
well, i did find a way for my 13" monitor.. i did have a bracket from an arcade monitor as a template (it wouldnt fit in the space I needed it to). anyway, it is about 1" tall above and below the monitor and right where the little brackets are, i 'dog-eared' the plywood so that i could put some bolts through it. then in the cabinet, i mounted some 1x2 pine and will screw my plywood mount to it. then i just need to secure the chassis with some brackets to the side wall.

i am about to take on this task tomorrow for a 19", but i think i can use the plywood that the arcade monitor was mounted to - if not, i will at least have a template. but that is providing that my back holds up, as i am struggling to work through the pain now to remove side art residue.
 
I was going to attempt this the other day, with a 19 inch philips monitor I picked up for $3 at a thrift. Upon opening the thing, I realized there wasn't really much of a frame under the plastic to hold the monitor rigid and I'd have to build a frame to hold the PCB in place as well. Anyway I also realized that a 19inch computer monitor doesn't have the same viewable area as a 19" RGB monitor, so it'd look kind of small in the cabinet. I figured it wasn't worth it and put it back together and just use it as a monitor for an old MAME PC I have.
 
so far ive gotten luvky enough to decase the rear of the monitor but left the frt on.. i then use fat L brackets and screw to the cab and to the plastic frt monitor frame...


so far, worked like a champ! i masked dna painted the plastc flat black so itr does not show too much under a bezel...
 
my problem now is that the 19" is too deep for the cabinet. i need to use it vertically and i need 17" of clearance for the top and dont have that much clearance. i could modify the angle and stuff, but i am trying to turn this multicade around by tuesday night. not looking good, so i may just shove a wells-gardner in there.
 
short neck 19crt

They make a short neck 19' crt,and there are always a couple on craigslist.when space is a issue,it works for me.
 
I've done 3, and all of them have been different based on the cabinet. I'll give a brief description of all 3.

Taito cabinet: The cabinet is made to where you can cut a piece of plywood as a monitor mount and have it slide in and out of the cabinet on rails. I cut a piece of plywood to size, then marked where the bottom edge of the tube needed to be to match the bezel. I also measured and placed the tube bolt holes onto the board. Then laid the tube on the board and traced it. I had to cut out a chunk at the bottom to allow the chassis to slide through too. I left the chassis mounted to the plastic bottom piece, which I then secured to the plywood board with screws. It was a quick and easy way to mount the chassis securely.

Narc Cabinet: This cabinet is modular, and the top monitor compartment sits flat. All I had to do was decase the monitor, slide it through the hole, and let the chassis (with plastic mount intact) sit on the bottom panel of the monitor compartment. Then I cut pieces of 1x2 pine to fit diagonally in the corners to give places to screw in the tube bolts. This was by far the easiest of the three since the bolts aren't really supporting the entire weight of the monitor.

Pacman cocktail: I reused the existing monitor mounting frame for this one. I also realized the cardboard/foil 'cage' around the monitor acts as a perfect chassis support. Thus, I zip tied the cage to the mounting tabs of the tube. Due to the flat face of the pc monitor, I had to adjust the mounting height to bring the tube face up to bezel height. I traced the tube again onto plywood, and cut a top and bottom piece that bolted to the cabinet monitor frame. Note: the plywood was doubled up to bring it up the proper 1.5" in height. Then I dropped in the monitor and screwed it to the plywood braces. This one was an incredibly tight fit, especially with the cage intact. I had to dent it in alot to get it to fit.

In closing, you will have to get creative to get the monitor in. Don't get too creative though, stick to KISS (Keep it simple, stupid). Jump in the deep end and just go for it, or else you'll spend way too much time overthinking, and not accomplishing anything. I let this hold up my Taito project for over a year!
 
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