Mitsubishi Monitor

From: Jules Richardson <julesrichardsonuk_at_yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Fri Jul 16 04:46:12 2004

On Thu, 2004-07-15 at 23:08, Tony Duell wrote:
> >
> > I'm still trying to find a way to make a hole in a plastic panel to mount a
>
> Plastic is difficult because you can't really use a punch/die (there is a
> BNC punch for the RS rack-and-pinion press, but that system is not
> cheap!).

For something like that I'd probably cut a round hole in the plastic,
but cut / file a hole with the right key into a strip of aluminium and
mount it directly behind the hole in the plastic. The plastic can be
kept nice and neat that way, whilst it doesn't matter if the aluminium
hole looks a bit shabby.

That or make a little recess in the underside of the plastic near to the
hole, and use a piece of u-shaped metal to stop the connector rotating -
one arm of the 'u' sits in the recess and the other fills the hole for
the BNC connector where the flat is on the connector. A washer on the
stem of the BNC will stop the u-shaped piece falling out when
everything's screwed down.

cheers,

Jules
Received on Fri Jul 16 2004 - 04:46:12 BST