Re: Turntable underneath a rack?!?!

["noel_pilot" <HA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

thanks all,
appreciate it guys, will have a look at using more slide out shelves
then, not sure what i'd really need access to the rear for as i've not
had a rack yet but im sure it'll be for something! LOL

cheers

Noel

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Tim Hawes" <timsyahoo@...> wrote:
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> Noel,
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> I looked at something like this when I built my rack but decided it
> was too complicated, given the weight of kit that I'd probably house.
> I decided that pulling the whole rack forward was good enough. You can
> mount individual bits of kit on rails and pull them forward, out of
> the rack, but I didn't want the risk of the whole lot toppling over
> just 'cos I'd pulled a server forward etc.
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> Having big castors (ooo err Mrs...) are the key I think - the ones I
> have on my rack are a bit small but I'm also limited on height (my
> rack is about 1.5m tall) and rolls in & out of the cupboard under
the
> stairs.
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> HTH,
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> Tim.
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> On 4/15/06, noel_pilot <HA@...> wrote:
> > Apologies if this sounds insane!
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> > I've seen the little turntable spinny things...(technical term!!)
> > that you can get to put under tv's to be able to turn them
easily...
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> > ....so....assuming you had a space for Node 0 that you could only
> > access from the front but had a bit of space at the side is there
> > anything you could put under a rack that would let you spin it
round?!
> >  I know weight has got to be an issue here, and you'd have to
make
> > sure all cables entered from the top so you could turn it ok but
has
> > anyone ever heard or found anything that would allow this?
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> > Just thinking that I'd really not like to lose all access to the
rear
> > of Node 0 but the space im thinking of is front access only!
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> > any ideas or alternatively how do other people get round not
being
> > able to access the rear? slide out shelves and plenty of cable
slack?!?!
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> > Cheers
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> > Noel
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