Monitor supports

The monitor is a 21" CRT ton of a thing, so the monitor supports need to be pretty beefy. It is also a bit narrower than the cabinet itself, so needs the supports to reach inwards and hold it up.

The upshot is that a couple of bits of 2 by 4 fixed by their narrow (the 2) edge are about right, but too flimsy to hold the weight. The plan had been to support them from the floor, but with the monitor needing to be at an angle to keep it out of sight of the player, this was looking increasingly complex.

In the end I settled on this design - effectively a pair of small stools screwed to the sides of the cabinet. It's a remarkably sturdy structure and I was able to stand on them and do press-ups off them without them moving.

To get the angle on the monitor, I had put a bucket upside-down inside the cabinet and balanced the monitor on top. Slightly precarious, but by chance it gave a good angle, so I measured it up and set about getting the struts cut. B&Q's cutting service is great - saved me a lot of time.

I routed the inside-top corners of the two supports (you can probably just make it out in this picture) as they were just a few mil too wide to hold the monitor. 20 big screws and countersinks later, it was done.