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The power plug is Jameco 147109. It is placed
in the corner of pieceo of paper with a little
paper left around the edge.
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Using a pencil, the outline is traced.
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Using scisors, the piece of paper is cut out
leaving about an 1/8" round the traced outline.
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In fact, the hole to be nibbled needs to be
smaller than the traced outline. Using a
ruller, I marked off a boundary from the
traced outline. It is better to be too
small than too large.
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Using a utility knife, the inside border
is cut out.
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The template is taped to the box. This time
I made doubly sure that it would not get too
close to a transformer leg.
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Getting ready to drill the starter hole for
the nibbler.
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The head of the nibbler is pretty big, so
a pretty big drill hole is required.
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The resulting hole is big enough.
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After the hole is nibbled out, the paper
template is removed. As I was getting close
to the template edges, I continually tried
fitting the plug in to make sure that the
hole I nibbled out was not too big.
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Afterwards, the plug is pushed in and
snaps right in. There is a small amount
of play afterwards (say 1/32"), but not
enough to matter.
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I cut a square of paper that
covers the remaining corner of the box.
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The square is taped down.
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The fuse holder is Jameco 120993 and the power
switch is Jameco 76232. They are placed on the
paper square in the desired locations. A pencil
is used to trace the outlines.
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Using my ever trusty awl, I place dimples
where I want to drill the two holes.
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The fuse holder diameter is measured to be
larger than the largest drill in my drill
box (1/2".) Bummer!
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So, I use the 1/2" drill and drill the fuse
holder hole.
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I peel back the paper square since it is not
needed anymore.
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Using a rotary file mounted in the drill press
the 1/2" hole is enlarged. A circular motion
is used to enlarge the hole in all directions
at once. I kept enlarging the hole a little,
and test fitting the fuse holder. I had the
hole "just right" and then I slipped up when
the drill was spinning down gouged out a much
oblong hole that is significantly largere than
necessary. Next time I will let the bit spin
all the way down before touching the box.
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The switch is measured to be about 1/2" in
diameter.
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Using the same drill bit as before, the hole
is set up on the drill press.
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The hole is drilled.
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Finally, both the fuse holder and switch are
installed. So far, my mistakes have been small
enought so that they are not particularly visible.
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