I started today by making the hole in the fascia large enough to get the DVD drive through. The black trim was pealed off and the existing hole enlarged to allow for the different style DVD drive. Being neat isn't necessary at this point as I will make a new black trim to cover the mess (and the unused buttons on the right).

The original mounting brackets will be reused, but required shortening to avoid the motherboard. The poly-carb plate needed some slots to fit around the brackets.

Because the new drive is smaller, I will need an adapter. I am going to use the mount from the old case and another poly-carb bracket to join the two.

The mount has four holes on the bottom which would be ideal for this, except that they leave no room for the heads of the screws. I intend to alter the metalwork to alleviate this problem.

Out of some steel hex, I've turned up a punch and die with the intent of 'embossing' the counter-bore required for the screw heads. The screw aligns it to the holes and helps keep it all square. It is pressed in a vice.

So far the test pieces have worked pretty well... if I wanted to punch /through/ the steel...

More testing is required, but I think that this will work. Probably.

I'm thinking a bigger hole in the

die, and a taper on the punch...