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Belay that last, that'd the cleanest looking approach to a rackmount 6100, but it'd be a friggin' nightmare to service.
Buy a length of track for 2 x 4 (nominal size) metal framing studs, they usually come ten feet long.
You can use tin snips (only buy really good ones) to rough cut to length in the parking lot.
you'll need some kind of aluminum angle to tie the front together and cover the cut edges.
Fab your side pieces, brackets, center and rear cross members from the metal stud track.
Use hex head, drill point, self tapping sheet metal screws in all the right places for fitting/prototyping.
Drill each undersized screw hole out one or two at a time and replace with short bolts, washers & nylon insert lock nuts for final assembly.
This way the feets sit on nice wide side strips, the bottom has free airflow and you can pull the stock (no holes on the sides) MehMac6100 out of the custom shelf for service. :approve:
Belay that last, that'd the cleanest looking approach to a rackmount 6100, but it'd be a friggin' nightmare to service.
Buy a length of track for 2 x 4 (nominal size) metal framing studs, they usually come ten feet long.
You can use tin snips (only buy really good ones) to rough cut to length in the parking lot.
you'll need some kind of aluminum angle to tie the front together and cover the cut edges.
Fab your side pieces, brackets, center and rear cross members from the metal stud track.
Use hex head, drill point, self tapping sheet metal screws in all the right places for fitting/prototyping.
Drill each undersized screw hole out one or two at a time and replace with short bolts, washers & nylon insert lock nuts for final assembly.
This way the feets sit on nice wide side strips, the bottom has free airflow and you can pull the stock (no holes on the sides) MehMac6100 out of the custom shelf for service. :approve: