13 Mar
2008
13 Mar
'08
7:23 a.m.
Tony Duell wrote:
When I needed to cut a D-connector hole in a plastic
blanking panel, with
the ocnnector mounted from the back (so it had to be pretty neat), I did
use a 'spare' PC beacket. I clamped it to the panel I wanted to make the
hole in, and drilled the connector mounting holes. Then fixed the 2 parts
together through said hoels and used the bracket to guide a drill bit
round the areal I wanted to cut out (the metal is so much harder than the
plstic that this worked very well).
Been there, done that. Note that modern PC blanking plates aren't quite as
robust as the thick steel ones of old :-)
For some homebrew stuff, if I'm just dealing with one connector, I've been
known to cut out a rectangular section from a suitable scrap panel with the
relevant D-hole in it. Bolting that rectangular section to whatever I'm
building still looks neat, and takes a lot less time.
cheers
Jules