Adding a USB port and making it look clean?

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PHiZ

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I need to add a USB port to a piece of flat plastic on the front bezel of my computer. What is the cleanest way to do this. I am thiking that after I cut my hole, there is another bezel or faceplate that could go over the rough cut hole and make it look clean...

Anyone seen a product?
-PHiZ
 
scroll saw and a file Scroll saw will do the rough cut and a file to smooth things out.
 
I've done mine with a drill and a set of $4 needle files[1] using a USB PCI slot bracket as a template.
- remove USB port from bracket
- tape bracket where you want it to be
- mark screw holes, mark outline of port
- remove bracket, drill[2] screw holes and a couple holes inside the marked port area
- bolt bracket in place using the screw holes
- using the needle files, start filing in the drilled holes until you hit the bracket.
- unbolt bracket, screw in USB ports


[1]Harbor Freight Tools
[2]1/8" bit works good
 
Widefault, can you give a link to the "bracket" part, I'm not visualizing it.
-PHiZ
 
PHiZ said:
Widefault, can you give a link to the "bracket" part, I'm not visualizing it.
-PHiZ
Click to expand...

something like this but for a single I imagine
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(yes its my host :p)
 
Yep, that's what I used. Take the actual ports off and it makes a great template for drilling and filing.
 
I'm not to excited on working on the finish of the case myself. I'd like to have some kind of bezel that I could put down to cover up my toolmarks.

Maybe a pice of plastic, carbon fiber, or a thick sticker... I'll take reccomendations for small cheap USB devices that I caould canibalize...
-PHiZ
 
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