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Mounting a USB port: how?
Sasquatch!:
I'd like to have USB ports on my cabinet, most likely on or underneath the control panel. Looking through various sites, I come up with parts such as these:
http://www.mouser.com/index.cfm?handler=fra_pdfset&dir=613&pdffile=496
(part number 154-2742)
http://rocky.digikey.com/scripts/ProductInfo.dll?Site=US&V=23&M=87531-0001
(part number 87531-0001)
That's all well and good, but how would one go about mounting these into 3/4" wood? Drill out a hole? And then what? And now that I'm thinking about it, the same would hold true for wanting an RJ45 or an RS-232 jack on/underneath my control panel as well. How can I mount these connectors in so that they are sturdy and so that they look nice and professional?
Am I looking at the wrong parts? Is there some kind of mounting plate that would work?
Smack:
What about something like this:
http://www.gogocity.com//product_details.asp?dept%5Fid=500025&pf%5Fid=CO075USB
One of those usb expansion kits that let you add 4 in the space of a drive bay.
You could surely integrate that into the cab.
Smack
Sasquatch!:
--- Quote from: Smack on April 08, 2003, 11:26:20 pm ---What about something like this:
http://www.gogocity.com//product_details.asp?dept%5Fid=500025&pf%5Fid=CO075USB
One of those usb expansion kits that let you add 4 in the space of a drive bay.
You could surely integrate that into the cab.
Smack
--- End quote ---
I thought about that - I was looking at this at newegg.com. That would work, but I dunno if it would look "clean" enough, ya know?
Smack:
If you were able to route / cut out a clean hole for it and then get yourself some almighty L-Brackets to secure it behind the face of the cab so only the ports show.
Maybe dismantle it first and paint the plastic to match your cab.
You could also mount it on another faceplate to make sure its clean, then affix the faceplate to the cab.
Place it someplace in conspicuous on the cab. (On the underside of the control panel?)
Just tossing poops in the wind and seeing what sticks...
Smack
hevnsnt:
well, I guess one of my bags of tricks has to come out...
I was going to show how to mount a ethernet port and usb port and have it look clean. (I still have a few other things)
But what I suggest getting would be a snap in type face plate (for RJ-45) and then use a dremel to cut out your usb port hole. Go to a computer swap meet and get one of those usb plates for $1 and use that port. Then paint to the color of your cab, and there you go.