Re: 19" racks - worth the expense ?

["Tim Hawes" <timsyahoo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You can compliment me on my rack anytime... ;-)

I need to add a couple more photos with it now populated. The only
thing it cost me were the bolts for the castors on the bottom,
everything else was salvaged from skips, including the rack strip. The
frame is actually two tables cut down and joined at the bottoms of the
legs (i.e one upside down and one the right way up). I keep meaning to
write-up the construction properly...

It now lives under the stairs and houses my hifi gear, a standalone
Sony TV tuner box, old network switch, laser printer and a few
work-in-progress project items.

There's a few more examples here:
http://www.automatedhome.co.uk/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=8

It's hopefully coming in for a bit of a revamp soon, once I get my
Xlobby PC built and zoned audio amp connected up :-)

Cheers,

Tim.


On 9/22/06, Chris Hunter <cjhunter@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> 'just been scanning through the photo's folder (hadn't noticed it
> before) & noticed Tim's 19" rack set ...
>
> 'when I've considered going that way before, the expense has always
put
> me off ...
>
> also, having been to some trouble to accomodate our hi-fi very neatly,
> I've cursed the set-up many times, because not only does teh kit run
> hotter than it might, but it's less accessbile, when wires are to be
> switched or an item has to be removed ... much better, maybe, if it
was
> all on a simple shelf !



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