Next step: mount the face plates to the base
Mark holes for set screws
Drill hole, tap it, then insert set screw.
Presto, mounted! Since the bottom part of the face plate will be painted to match the rest of the case, the mounting hardware had to be flush. It will be glued (probably with goop) along with the screws, but the screws had to be fitted to maintain the alignment between the face plate and the base plate, so the optical drives lined up properly. The holes will be filled, and then the whole thing painted. Strong, stealth mount!
Untape the whole thing, and the base plate is held on... Look ma, no tape!
Mark the base plate location for a hole that will be tapped for a screw to join the hinge to the base plate.
Back side of said hole, with aluminum hardware screwed into base plate, plus a relief hole in the hinge so that it'll close up flat.
Base plate mounted to hinge.
Open...
...Sesame!
Nice fit and finish (lines up real well)
Woooo
ooooT! (yeah, it does look a bit off - the black plexi is so black that it looks like there's a gap but its so dark that you don't see the plexi itself. This stuff is a pain to photograph.
