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    Step 1

    Create drilling templates for the front and base plates

    Figure out how many 3.3V, 5V, 12V, -5V, and -12V banana jacks you want to have in your front plate. I used two each for the high-current voltages (3.3V, 5V, and 12V) and one each for the low-current ones (-5V and -12V, prepared a hole for -3.3V just in case I need it later).

    The front plate will also hold a switch and two 3 mm LEDs (red for standby and green for power good). I also added holes for two cable glands.

    Mark the positions of each hole on a piece of paper (or print the whole thing, it doesn't matter).

    Do the same thing for mounting the front plate on the base plate. I used 4 M8 screws for that.

    Here's a picture of my front template:

    It's missing the marks for the switch and the LEDs, I added them later.

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    Step 2

    Drill front and base, mount front on base plate

    Straight forward: My banana jacks needed 8 mm holes, the cable glands needed 12 mm-ish (12.5? I'm not sure what I used), then there's 5 mm for the switch and 3.2 mm for the LEDs, and finally 8.5 mm for the mounting screws:

    I used additional spring washers for the M8 screws.

  • 3
    Step 3

    Drill front and base, mount front on base plate

    Straight forward: My banana jacks needed 8 mm holes, the cable glands needed 12 mm-ish (12.5? I'm not sure what I used), then there's 5 mm for the switch and 3.2 mm for the LEDs, and finally 8.5 mm for the mounting screws:

    I used additional spring washers for the M8 screws.