Upright Monitor Mounting Issues in Dynamo style cab

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Upright Monitor Mounting Issues in Dynamo style cab

I'm getting around to squaring away the issues I've been having with this cab, which appears to be an early dynamo / clone. the current monitor is a k7200 manuf. in 2003.

Currently have it set up for vertical, and the prior operator did quite a number to hack it in. for starters, when i got the machine the tube was resting squarely on the glass (it left a few small surface scratches on the tube - i currently use painter sticks on the side rails to create a barrier between the glass and the monitor, one photo below for reference illustrating the issue), and there's a pretty crude extender box built behind the cab since the monitor wouldn't fit in it.

i'd like to re-mount the monitor on a new board that gives it an extra inch or so of clearance it needs. Any idea of where to start, or if there's some pieces off the shelf that I can pick up that might help me? Some photos below that might help.


Tx!
 

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few other photos

few other photos of the back mount and depth
 

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To make a new frame you'll want to pull the monitor (use caution and follow a how-to guide if you're a first timer) and remove the metal frame from the wood one. Get plywood (not MDF or particle board.) Use the old frame as a guide for the outside dimensions. You can use the face of the tube as your template for the inner dimensions of the frame. I usually lay the tube face down on the wood and trace around it with a sharpie. Measure your distance to each edge to be sure it is centered. Use a jigsaw to cut a hole slightly larger than the tube allowing room for the metal frame. Drop the monitor in the wood frame neck first. Secure the metal frame to the wood one then the wood frame to the cab.

Your second to last picture shows the solution for the depth. It looks like when someone removed the wood frame to make it vert they shimmed it with a piece of MDF. Probably to give it something stronger to hold on to. You can remove that but be sure to add some anchor to the corners as it look like it'd just be holding on to the 1x1 blocking.
 
Your second to last picture shows the solution for the depth. It looks like when someone removed the wood frame to make it vert they shimmed it with a piece of MDF. Probably to give it something stronger to hold on to. You can remove that but be sure to add some anchor to the corners as it look like it'd just be holding on to the 1x1 blocking.

thx! i currently have the neckboard pulled for some transistor work, so it's a good time to get this done. i'll report back once i pull the monitor.
 
Ok - I've got the monitor out but it's a little different than I thought...do I alter what's in the cab? otherwise I don't see how to fix the issue...
 
photos of the frame in the cab...
 

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The pic I thought was the bottom was actually the side, just not oriented properly. You can see that the cab supports aren't factory, the bottom is behind the blocking but the sides are in front. If it were me I'd pull the frame and move it back 1/2" (or whatever the clearance is you need) and get a little better support in there. Just be sure that won't put your neck too far in the back of the cab. Usually the blocking is glued and finished nailed or stapled in the cab, and cab be lifted out with a pry bar pretty easily. The other option is to make a retainer frame for the glass itself to move it forward a little without altering the mounting of the monitor if you're not up for that. You can get thin wood trim at the hardware, like 1/4" trim pieces and cut them to length and just wood glue them to the box in the cab that hold the glass now.
 
thx. I'm going to measure it out a bit more tonight and kick through a few options. you're right abt the blocking. the sides are sandwiched in there.

The neck already protrudes out the back of the cab, so i'll need to rebuild that extra backbox they had in place before which isn't too big of a lift.

nothing's ever easy, huh? lol.
 
Ok, it's starting to make sense - this must be the HS-1 that was intended for a 19" monitor not an HS-5. If your neck is hanging out the back and the face touching the glass in front that's a safe bet. That also explains why the home made mounting job. That's all the more reason to pull all that out and put it in right. I had a monitor poorly mounted drop out of the frame while moving it once. I had recently bought it and didn't look at the mounts before moving it around and boom - shattered neck. You never know who has been doing what butchery in a cab before you bought it.
 
Measure the width of the control panel, if it's 23 5/8 inches, that cab is suposed to have a 19 inch monitor. If it's 25 1/2 inches, it came with a 25 inch screen.
 
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