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Step 8Mount the power connector and buttons
A clock is pretty useless if you can't set the time, so we need to mount some buttons on the enclosure. We'll also mount the power connector now too.
Take the back panel from the Ikea frame and drill three holes - the first two should have a diameter equal to the width of the buttons, and the third should have a diameter equal to the smaller width of the barrel-plug jack.
Once you've drilled these holes, use a square-edged file to expand the holes into squares big enough for the buttons and connector to fit (photo 1). Press the components into place and glue them from the back side (photos 2/3).
You can also mount the potentiometer at this point (these pictures are from my second word clock, which I opted to skip the potentiometer).
Take the back panel from the Ikea frame and drill three holes - the first two should have a diameter equal to the width of the buttons, and the third should have a diameter equal to the smaller width of the barrel-plug jack.
Once you've drilled these holes, use a square-edged file to expand the holes into squares big enough for the buttons and connector to fit (photo 1). Press the components into place and glue them from the back side (photos 2/3).
You can also mount the potentiometer at this point (these pictures are from my second word clock, which I opted to skip the potentiometer).
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