It's all well and good having everything in a box for convenience, but if you can't move it some where easily, then it'll never get there. As always, the amount of effort to do something will eventually put you off doing it, so making things easier at the start is always a plus.
With this in mind, and knowing that the box would be easily a two-man lift, handles were always going to be important. More so how they're added as space is limited for both storage and transportation.
Fixed handles screwed/bolted to the side work, but they'll almost certainly get broken, or break something when they come together with some other object, like a wall, a door frame or a shin. So I opted for cut outs in an arc shape to mirror the inside of the hand.
First up a template, a 1" forstner bit to make a couple of holes in some plywood...
Then a jigsaw to cut the arc's free hand after a bit of rough marking.
The template clamped onto the side of the box and some swift work with the router to clear the center, followed by a round over bit to smooth the edges...
And it's done. Feel comfy in the hand and should make moving it a lot easier. If I did it again, i'd probably consider some recessed handles like you'd find on a flight case which pop out, but even those aren't perfect for every situation.
Next up power. with the switch roughly where I wanted it, the space to the left had ample room for two 4-ways, 7 sockets total for a single external plug. And there's enough height for a socket mounted power-brick to fit.
I remembered an awesome trick from the internets for this. Photocopy the back of the 4-way, receive scale drawing of the holes to mount with. Genius!
There should almost certainly be another picture here, but I can't find it, you'll just have to accept that they fit for the time being and everything is fine. :)
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