Do any of you guys know how to add a standoff to the backside of a front panel, without drilling through the entire front panel?
To explain - I have a PCB with a bunch of switches on it. The PCB needs to be exactly 12mm from the front panel for the switch-caps to fit nicely etc. I have 12mm M3 standoffs. All good so far.
On prototypes, I've simply drilled M3 size holes through the front panel, put a screw through the front to the header to hold the PCB. lovely jubbley.
I was wondering if there's something like "blind screw headers" or something I could find.. maybe partially drill a hole into the front panel, add a thread etc.
Any ideas?
Cheers
Rochey
To explain - I have a PCB with a bunch of switches on it. The PCB needs to be exactly 12mm from the front panel for the switch-caps to fit nicely etc. I have 12mm M3 standoffs. All good so far.
On prototypes, I've simply drilled M3 size holes through the front panel, put a screw through the front to the header to hold the PCB. lovely jubbley.
I was wondering if there's something like "blind screw headers" or something I could find.. maybe partially drill a hole into the front panel, add a thread etc.
Any ideas?
Cheers
Rochey