Got good pictures of mounting a computer monitor in a cocktail?

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Got good pictures of mounting a computer monitor in a cocktail?

I found some posts through a google serach, but I was wondering if any of you who have used computer monitors in cocktail cabinets had any good pictures of your mounting method. I'm specifically curious as to different methods of mounting one in a Midway-style cocktail. Thanks!
 
I've never done it in a CT, but I have done it in a couple of touchscreen machines that I had. I de-cased the PC monitor and mounted everything on the arcade monitor frame so that it bolted right in. I'm sure there's a dozen different ways to do it, but that worked for me.
 
I too havent put one in a cocktail cab, but heres some pics of a couple that I decased and mounted to arcade monitor frames.
 

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Very nice photos. Honestly, I'm too embarrassed to post pics of exactly how I mount 14" VGA's in Atari cocktails but I get it done. Looks great on the outside, looks very nasty on the inside. The biggest issue is that a VGA won't mount flush in an arcade monitor bracket, in an Atari cocktail; the screen pops out an inch too far for the top to close. So you have to construct your own brackets/supports to get the VGA to hang at the correct height for the top to close nice.
 
I just did a MsPac. And the Mspac is at a <45% angle. So it's almost like a cocktail.

I hung the monitor in there by leaving the case/bezel intact.

I drilled holes in the side of the bezel shroud and mounted both sides to the metalcrossbars. So the entire thing essentially hangs by the plastic bezel shroud.

I also drilled out the plastic where the tube is mounted and put in bolts&nuts so that the weight of the tube won't strip out the plastic screws that secure the tube to the bezel shroud.
 
I don't have any pic's but I should have taken some.
I used a 4 way electrical box cover, cut it in 4's so I had 4 triangles, those went on the monitor like 4 ears.
drilled and tapped holes, and mounted on 2 pieces of angle iron
only need to put 4 screws inside the cab to mount the angle iron to wood support brackets.
 
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