[sdiy] mounting PCBs to FRAC panels

[xamboldt]

It's not as sturdy as the stooge brackets, but I've used aluminum  
angle (basically a long strip of aluminum that was bent at a 90  
degree angle down the middle of its length, they can be found at just  
about any hardware store), cut down to whatever length I need. If you  
use the small alpha pots (or any other pot with a small enough  
width), with a wide enough angle you can drill a hole into the angle  
corresponding with the pot holes in the front panel, and use the pots  
to fasten the angle to the front panel. If your PCB has holes in the  
corners, you can then drill holes in the angle that correspond to the  
holes on the PCB, then screw it in place. It'll only hold the PCB on  
one side, but that's all screwing through the front panel using L  
brackets would do, too.

I suppose you could also use jacks to mount the angle to the PCB, but  
pots seemed sturdier to me.

Hope this helps,
Chris

On Jun 1, 2007, at 10:50 AM, Anthony Rolando wrote:

> I have been searching for a good CHEAP solution to mounting PCB  
> boards to front panels in FRAC format.
>
> I really like the brackets that MOTM users have access to:
>
> http://www.hotrodmotm.com/bracket.htm
>
> A trip to the hardware store yielded some galvanized brackets (for  
> bracing 2x4s in construction), and they almost work. They are a bit  
> too thick AND way hard to drill.
>
> How is anybody mounting PCBs to Frac panels?
>
> Any tips would be appreciated.
>
> T
>
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