Advise on motherboard purchase

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how about replacing the plastic panel with strong cardboard and using a
scissors?

On 02-Oct-10 04:08:23 Ric Moore wrote:
>On Fri, 2010-10-01 at 22:41 -0400, Doug wrote:
>> On 10/1/2010 8:30 PM, Roy Smith wrote:
>> > On Fri, 01 Oct 2010 18:48:52 -0400, Doug wrote:
>> >
>> /snip/
>> >> BTW:  It's not so easy to make neat rectangular holes in a plastic
>> >> panel.  If I were doing it again, I think I'd find a thin piece of sheet
>> >> metal to mount the connectors, then make a big ugly rectangular hole in
>> >> the plastic false front, and rivet or bolt the neat sheet metal piece to
>> >> the cut-out plastic.  Quicker and less hassle.  Of course, if your front
>> >> panel has some unoccupied flat metal space, you could mount the
>> >> connectors there.
>> >>
>> >> To make neat rectangular holes in sheet metal, use an Adel⢠nibbling
>> >> tool.  Drill a starting hole in the middle of the workspace to fit the
>> >> nibbler in, and then make the nice rectangular hole.
>> >
>> > Have you tried using a Dremel tool to make the rectangular hole in
>> > plastic?  They have a variety of cutting wheels that one could use on
>> > plastic.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> AAMOF, I did try a tool very similar to a Dremel, with lackluster 
>> results. The plastic tends to sort of melt, and clogs the tools.
>> No matter what you do, you wind up cutting by hand and filing a lot.

>Slow speed, as slow as it will go for plastic. Light touch. Just lightly
>kiss the surface with the cutting wheel, so it cuts rather than melts.
>My Dremel be my fRiEnD. :) Ric


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