Sega Mini Cab Conversions

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[johnnygnct]

Amazing work as always Franco! Looking forward to seeing the final results !

[FrancoB]

at johnnygnct

at you other gayerz





Whoop, exciting update! Couldn't wait to mess with this this morning, I was in the garage at about 7am.

Mount pieces cleaned up and holes opened up/tapped ( )



The four corner ones in the main piece are 4mm through and the other eight are tapped M6.

The top ones in the monitor brackets are 10mm though and the others are 8mm through.


I CNC turned some stainless mounting hardware to suit:



The four long parts at the back are distance pieces to get the horizontal position of the monitor correct.

The eight pieces are mounting spigots. They have a diameter of 9.75mm and have a slight taper to aid alignment with the 10mm holes in the monitor brackets.

The four discs are clamp washers. You can see the original M5 mounting hardware to the left. I chose M6 simply because I have some M6 bolts to hand.


M6 bolts screwed into the monitor mount:




Spigots on the M6 bolts. I made eight so that I don't have to relocate them when rotating the monitor.:




As you can see the monitor brackets fit on the mount both ways:






The monitor mount bolted to what's left of the original mounting bars with M4 cap screws:




Monitor brackets fitted to the tube:




Monitor mounted hori:




As you can see the bezel still lines up as everything is central:




And now for the all important money shot.....


Ta da!




My face =

[sombetzki]

Nicely done! You've got skills man!

[geotrig]

excellent stuff dude its all explaining itself now

[crunchywasp]

This thread's got 76% sexier since my last post

Truly fantastic work

[FrancoB]

Only 76%? I must try harder

Thanks!

I was originally going to trial the mounting using some 3mm acrylc but I couldn't find a piece large enough so I ended up using a 8mm thick piece. It's actually really strong so I think I'll leave it as it is rather than making a steel version.

[meijin]

Very, very nice Franco. A lot of love and awesome work here

Seeing all these great pics I'm going to want such a small fella.
one little Mushi King could also fit in my already packed man cave (but I guess my wife would kill me if I buy one ....)

[johnnygnct]

Bloody awesome job . It kinda scares me to see the tube mounted on acrylic though !

[KmanSweden]

Duuuude!

[TadCool]

Damn, Franco. You should offer this for us mortals as a kit.

Outstanding job.

[emphatic]

This made my day.

[andygeezer]

Bloody awesome job . It kinda scares me to see the tube mounted on acrylic though !

should do, not likes 14" CRT weigh like the 29" monitors!! they weigh like a few bags of sugar. but it's more of a proof of concept thing.. if it goes to retail then it'd be fabricated from metal.

[goatboy]

This is simply fantastic! Already liked these little cabs but now they're irresistable. Awesome work guys! Looking forward to the tate bezel shot.

[EVAWINGZERO]

That's awesome! Great work!

Will the bezel still fit when it's vertical or do you have to modify that as well?

[mastercello]

Excellent work Franco

[FrancoB]

Cheers all

The bezel won't fit as it is but I've got that all taken care of in my head, I've had it planned for months.

Once complete it will look original and will be nice and easy to swap over

One last quick pic as I tucked them away for the night:

[geotrig]

they look so tiny like that

[opt2not]

Looks great bud!

[neokoen]

Looks great !

Might be an unpopular idea, but I think these mini-cabs might be one of the few cabs a 4:3 19" LCD might work ... if finished properly ...