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Custom Stand-offs

l008com

l008com

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I have a DVD duplicator case I use as a CD Ripping tower. Right now it has a USB hub and some other components taped to the inside wall. But I'm upgrading the guts with some faster stuff, and the boards I'll be using are just bare boards, no cases. BUT they do have plenty of mounting holes.

Does anyone make something like a DIY custom standoff, where I can drill all the holes, then "bolt" the standoff in from the outside with a screw, then use another screw on the inside to affix the boards? Or perhaps a different method, but something I can use to cleanly mount these boards, leaving plenty of space for air flow etc.
 
You can drill and tap the holes and just use standard PC stand-offs. I actually had to install 4 stand-offs in my Corsair Air 540 when I mounted an Intel Workstation board, SSI EEB sized.
I just drilled the holes and the stand-offs where able to make threads in the case material as I screwed them in.

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and they do make the stand-offs you want with screws on both ends. My raspberry pi case came with them to mount the board to the plexiglass case and the case halves together.
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To add to what Zepher said, you can buy bags of M3 and 6-32 standoffs in a variety of lengths, materials, and screw or screw socket ends for cheap on Amazon.
 
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