The next step in the process was to locate and drill the mounting holes in the body. These holes would be used to mount this entire assembly on to the steering column.

This was actually a very simple process. All that was needed to be done was to pull each set of wires through the hole at the bottom of the body and then reconnect them back to the switches.

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The use of tabs to mount the switch panel makes it possible to simply back the screws out just enough to take off the top switch plate and in addition offer the following advantages:

Therefore, it was time to enlarge the holes so that the screws could be fastened using a regular screw driver and not something heavy like a power tool.

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Meaning, the bolts would be mounted to the body inside out and therefore providing the advantage of having their extra length to mount the horn (for now) and some other accessory in the near future!

Taking care not to destroy the switch panel, the three fasteners were threaded in to hold the switch panel in place on the body.

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The solution? The hole was filed away in small amounts (at the location marked with a white metal marker), just enough to drift the bolt head away from the center and sit flush against the inside edge of the body

In contrast, if the switch panel were to be held in place with screws driven through the top face, they would've come with the following demerits:

The design section of my earlier IBLE started out with a few basic objectives. At the time, all of this was theoretical and I never expected that I would see this project to its end.

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The spring clamp that came with the button would serve as a template to locate the mounting holes- there was simply no need to reinvent the wheel and wrestle with newly designed mounting clamps.

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Using a pick, I made indentations at the center of each tab as a starting point for pre-drilling the holes for the fastener screws

To begin with, I striped the body with masking tape at the spots corresponding to the locations of the tabs that I decided to use

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The switches were mounted in the three inner positions, leaving the outer two holes for mounting the Left/Right blinker lights (a future TODO, as I have to add extra lights and wiring).

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But as mentioned in my earlier IBLE, I decided to use the existing horn button to mount the switch panel to the steering column

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Just for the kicks, the fasteners were colored Black using a permanent marker - as seen from the pictures of the final assembly, they look blended in with the body.

In addition, a couple more strips of masking tape were striped on the body where the mounting holes would be marked out and drilled.

When the screw is driven through, the curved tabs will be pulled in properly against the body without running the risk of cracking or breaking the tabs

Before proceeding, I decide to mask off the entire white portion of the assembly with masking tape to avoid greasy finger print smudges.

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Before actually drilling the first pilot hole, the jaws of the clamps were covered with masking tape to protect the parts from the heavily used and weathered clamps.

Once all of the entire assembly is done, I should probably replace these screws with good looking chromed or stainless steel ones.

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Initial attempts to thread the fastener screws into these holes using a screw driver weren't successful because they were too small and the screws had to bite through too much of PLA material.

A few tabs were designed as part of the switch panel -the switch panel would be fastened to the body by using these tabs

This time, just by using a mini screw driver, I was able to thread each of the three screws through the body and right through the mounting tabs of the switch panel.

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However, I had to play around with a few options on how the horn button and the switch panel would be mounted as a single unit, and the option I finally decided to go with was to invert the mounting bolts.