Okay, I've been sick for the last couple of days so I haven't been able to do any work. Today I started feeling a bit better so I made it out to the shop for some simple work. The last image shows the optical drive and the LCD/media display module placed in their respective bays but I had yet to fasten them down. For the optical drive, I opted against building any bracket to hold it in place and simply used the mounting holes drilled in it's base to secure it to the platform. But for the LCD, I needed to design a mounting bracket that held it firmly in place as well as allowed for easy removal. I mounted the drive and fixed the facade to it's mounting bracket seen here...
here it is from the front...
Here is the LCD I am using. It's an M Play Blast from VL Systems and it's among my favorite devices for HTPC control. Aside from displaying just about any type of media/system properties as well as customizable graphics, you can power the PC on/off with the remote and it has remote temp monitors with wired thermo tape and fan speed controls etc.... Altogether, a very nice addition to any HTPC.
Here is the mounting bracket I threw together to handle the task...
And here is the unit placed in it's bay to check for clearance, it turned out to work quite well. Very snug hold on the LCD and just enough room to fasten everything down...
I also wanted to mount a couple of USB ports near the front of the PC and luckily I found this PCI slot fixture from an old motherboard that should work perfectly. But I won't get into this part until later...