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I'm not sure if this is the correct forum for this post, but here goes..
I am in the early planning stages of creating a case out of lexan or plexiglass (probably lexan, as I heard it is better, assuming I can find it locally). I will need to create threaded holes for the various mountings (motherboard, disk drives, psu etc).
According to what i've found on google, the motherboard standoffs are a size of 6-32, and the same goes for the screws I will be needing. I have never attempted to cut or drill plexi/lexan before, nor do I have much experience with drill bit sizes or a great familiarity with screw sizes (although i've done some reading and have a general understanding now).
I looked at home depot for some 6-32 screws and found some, with a different type of head than is normally used in PCs, not that is matters much.. as long as it fits I guess.
From reading other posts here I know that I need a drill bit for making the proper sized hole and then some kind of "tap" to thread the hole for the screws/standoffs. The problem is, I don't know what kind of drill bit I need (I've read in a few places that normal bits don't work well with plexi/lexan, and that I need something special), nor do I know what size drill bit I need, or for that matter the 'tap'. Can anyone suggest some drill bit and 'tap' types that I should be looking for, and the size required for this?
Another question I have, the only tool I have to make these holes is a cordless hand drill. Will that do the job, or do I need a drill press or something to make these holes accurately?
Thanks
I am in the early planning stages of creating a case out of lexan or plexiglass (probably lexan, as I heard it is better, assuming I can find it locally). I will need to create threaded holes for the various mountings (motherboard, disk drives, psu etc).
According to what i've found on google, the motherboard standoffs are a size of 6-32, and the same goes for the screws I will be needing. I have never attempted to cut or drill plexi/lexan before, nor do I have much experience with drill bit sizes or a great familiarity with screw sizes (although i've done some reading and have a general understanding now).
I looked at home depot for some 6-32 screws and found some, with a different type of head than is normally used in PCs, not that is matters much.. as long as it fits I guess.
From reading other posts here I know that I need a drill bit for making the proper sized hole and then some kind of "tap" to thread the hole for the screws/standoffs. The problem is, I don't know what kind of drill bit I need (I've read in a few places that normal bits don't work well with plexi/lexan, and that I need something special), nor do I know what size drill bit I need, or for that matter the 'tap'. Can anyone suggest some drill bit and 'tap' types that I should be looking for, and the size required for this?
Another question I have, the only tool I have to make these holes is a cordless hand drill. Will that do the job, or do I need a drill press or something to make these holes accurately?
Thanks