VIKA AMON with built-in monitor installable and built!

Update:
I have now implemented everything for the display and the motherboard. All in all, very stable!

Here are some photos:

To stabilize the tabletop and relieve the tension from the display, I first built a wooden frame.

Then the area to be cut out was taped off to protect the veneer...

... and then cut out along the taped lines with a cutter (the inner hole was just for testing but was very practical when removing it).

The hole after cutting.

The inside view of the hole.

In the next step, the frame was glued in gradually...

... and waited until everything was dry.

Then the bottom received a reinforcing base plate with a drawn construction plan.

In the last step (so far), the display was screwed into the frame and covered flush with the edge of the table using a wooden cover.

This is what the table with the recessed display looks like.

Since everything was still extremely stable, I dared to also recess the motherboard into the tabletop.
I proceeded exactly the same way as with the display (cutting out with a cutter, building a frame, gluing the frame, ...). Then a sheet of plexiglass was placed on top:

A photo of gluing the base plate for the motherboard.

The table without covers while playing music.

The motherboard under the plexiglass sheet.

The recessed display with Office and an on-screen keyboard (will surely be practical with the touchscreen).

And here is the current status of the project.

It seems the tabletop is still just as stable as at the beginning (if you can call anything from Ikea stable).
Furthermore, there seem to be no heat issues under the plexiglass sheet. After about an hour, the CPU temperature is still at 62°C.

Still to do:
- Attach aluminum covers
- Repair the interior of the motherboard and paint it matte white
- Illuminate the interior of the motherboard!!
- Buy a large drill bit to drill a hole for the VGA cable
- Order and install the touchscreen
- Possibly spray a pattern around the aluminum covers on the tabletop

Still to solve:
- The cooler blows warm air directly through the cable routing to the display... definitely not healthy
(I will probably solve this by sealing around the cables a bit)
- The power button is soldered directly onto the motherboard... so starting it is a bit cumbersome (however, the PC is hardly ever turned off anyway)
Solution 1: Solder a cable and place it on top (-> reluctantly, but definitely much cleaner)
Solution 2: Drill a hole in the bottom of the table so the button can simply be pressed from underneath

Tips for anyone who wants to build something similar:
- Since netbook TFTs usually have a rather poor viewing angle, you should definitely test in advance where you can still get a good picture while sitting

The board has a wood layer that is only a few mm thick. Therefore, I consider any tinkering with it to be utopian. Or at least very fragile.

The board has a wood layer that is only a few millimeters thick.
In this respect, I consider any tinkering with it to be utopian.
Or at least very fragile.

I know the structure of the board. That’s why my biggest fear is that the desk will eventually collapse inward.
That’s why I thought of the wooden frame around the cut-out area to compensate for the missing top layer and to relieve the tension from the LCD monitor.
I am also aware that the remaining bottom board at the cut-out area is extremely thin, but a netbook without casing and without a battery almost weighs nothing anyway ;)

The sagging should be preventable by bracing the board on the underside along the entire length with, for example, some thin battens.

Update:
It is possible!

Looks good!

Great!