Day 9 - 20th May

Following the operation we were hit with a bit of typical British Weather and some family birthdays which has meant four weeks has passed since I was last able to work on the cabinet.

Today's task - to fit the monitor bezel and perspex overlay. If successful this should totally hide the monitor behind a sheet of darkened acrylic - the screen should only be visible when turned on.

First the monitor bezel was cut to size and four holes drilled to form the curved corners of the screen edge

The screen was cut from the bezel using a jigsaw

A router was used to add a bevel to the screen edge. This will reduce the width of the bezel near the monitor edge to aid with screen visibility

When doing the bezel there was a slight slip with the router. No harm done - nothing a bit of wood filler won't fix

Bezel is screwed into place and monitor put in position to check alignment - perfect!

Bezel edges are filled and sanded and bezel is re-attached

When attaching the bezel I caught the vinyl slightly on the right-hand side. This will need to be patched up later.

Bezel is vinyl wrapped pior to perspex being put in place

Perspex is installed with seven small screws - these will be painted black later
Monitor has been re-installed and cabinet tested once more.

And with the monitor off, monitor is not visible - MISSION ACCOMPLISHED
Next up mounting the motherboard and speakers