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- tearinox, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6mmm what every nerd needs :)
- icepenguin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Interesting concept. I would recommend buying pre-tapped rackrail, however. I don't necessarily like the fact that the writer used a little kitchen cart- it's sturdy for what it's holding, but for many pieces of equipment (or several heavy ones), something more robust will be required.
I liked the premise of the article, I hope the author will write one on making a large media/network rack in a closet. I bet a LOT of people on digg could use an article like that. :)
Nick - feylanks, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3seriously. just buy the prefabbed rails (there's no way everyone is going to perfectly drill those rack screw holes, not to mention it looks like crap), and for the love of god DON'T use those silly carts... they can barely hold their own weight. it does look nice, but any satisfaction you'd get from their aesthetics would quickly disappear when your possibly expensive gear falls out of it. plus, $30 doesn't seem cheap at all... 4 panels of 1/2" maple screws prefabbed rack rails = save yourself the agony
http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?&DID=7&Partnumber=262-390 - Eazy~e, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Read the comments at the end of the article. They absolutly rip him up. They have good points, though, the guy is putting a cisco switch (hundreds, if not thousands of $$$) on aluminum hand drilled rails. If you paid that much for a switch, pay a bit for a rack. They have links to $30 rack/rail kits. Those links are worth the link.
But no digg, if you spend the cash on the equipment, spend the cash on a good rack. It'll be worth it in the end. - samuelcotterall, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3A nice job, but 19" racks aren't that expensive...
They last for pretty much ever, so you pick them up in second hand shops or ebay - they are installed in most offices, most recording studios, most concert venues... there are a lot going round. - harlowsmonkeys, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Over a dozen photos in that article, and none show the complete project other than in close-up. Very annoying.
- drag, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1You can get pre-tapped rails for dirt cheap designed for building mobile boxes for holding audio equipment for PA stuff.
Check out partsexpress.com for examples.
You can get a pair of pre-drilled 21u rack-mount rails for 25 bucks. I made a simple little rack using those, some threaded rod, and a couple 2x4's. And it's nice and fairly mobile.
It's certainly strong enough to hold me hanging off of it
They also have trays, drawers, blanks to fill up gaps and such. If you know what your doing you can make a very nice looking modular home theater/high-fi stereo setup for pretty cheap and have it higher quality then pre-fabed stuff.
I wouldn't want to have a couple rails bolted to 2x4's for a professional stuff, but I'd be willing to do it If I put more time into building it.. Although then it would be cheaper to build a pre-built setup. They are only a couple hundred bucks. - cyclomedia, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1One look at TFA and i thought, ahh, so basically he's got that kitchen rack and he's just going to put everything on those wire shelves ... er , no... cue lots of drilling and sawing and poor workmanship (and i know it when i see it, my DIY tech projects are of similar quality, boy you should see my soldering!)... why didnt he just get a bunch of those wire shelves and just stick everything on them!?
- ssmith39, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Do you really want your home to look like your work?
- Jozer99, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Just asking for disaster. Those kitchen racks are made out of paper thin aluminum, and aren't made to hold heavy comptuer equiptment. Also, the piece of U-Bar he made the rackmountholdes out of is also aluminum. Put one moderately heavy piece of equiptment in there, and that U-Bar will tear like paper. There is a reason that real computer racks weigh so much; they are made out of steel, thick steel. Substituting thin aluminum is asking for disaster.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1The right aluminum 6061/7xxx could handle the weight - but that moulding aluminum you get at lowes/home depot is like chewing gum.
- jstn, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1one word... GHETTO!!
Please, save up a few hundge and buy a small half rack from BB or get a used rack. Don't waste your time (and ruin your clothes hamper) drilling and tapping everywhere.
- j - atomicwedgie, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1My thoughts exactly. Not that I was going to build this ghetto rig but seeing an overall shot of what it looks like would have been smart. Course, maybe he's afraid?
- dcbrs, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Well true the way he went about it wasn't the best but there is still a way to build it cheap and rock solid...Made mine with 2x4's got them from work ...these are used to keep binding straps on pallets from cutting in to the products...I have also found that allot of places like Lowe's give away there scrap 2x4's also so you have a good free supply of them....used screws i bought at lowes for 4.50/box after building the rack mount setup i than sat upon it and it held all 250lbs of me like a champ...as for the looks a cheap can of spray paint from wal-mart does the trick....If anyone wants to see what it looks like i will be adding it to my mod section on my site in about a week...
- Harmless, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Its amusing that this story has recieved over 700 diggs so far, but only about 2 positive comments. You guys are rough.
- spacenettnet, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Very Nice. I think you did a wonderful job on this project of yours. It is nice to see someone be creative and not be stifled by innovation.
- Klinky, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1The guy also used kinda pricey tools to make this. Not everyone has the hundreds of dollars in tools to make a $40 kitchen-rackmount-hack-thingy...
- Erkan, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0Why could he not take better pictures instead of cropped ones.
- BigBlock, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0maybe too cheap...save even more: http://www.netwar-lanparty.com/gallery/albums/netwar-1/Main_Switch.sized.jpg
- cntp, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0hackaday had an article about a guy who made his own rack mount computer cases. I was thinking about doing something similar. check it out, pretty cool:
http://www.hackaday.com/entry/1234000477070656/
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