Re: Rack mounting the un-rackable

["noughtomate" <balraj_jassal@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Could you recommend where I can get this laser cutting service ?

I assume it won't be my local highstreet locksmith ?



--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Richard" <rich_lists@...> wrote:
>
> I have had some rack panels laser cut with an opening for the item
in
> question, and then held it in the back with some angle pieces and
double
> sided tape so the fascia stuck out the hole in the front, and it
rested on a
> shelf
>
>
>
> Otherwise cable tie it to a shelf or whatever if the front
appearance isn't
> too critical. I messed around for ages drilling my F connector
patch panel,
> in hindsight a laser cut one would have being easier and faster
then me
> getting around to it.
>
>
>
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of
> noughtomate
> Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 10:47 PM
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] Rack mounting the un-rackable
>
>
>
> I'm new to rack mounting - It's another world!
>
> Just wondering. If I have a non rackable component, apart from the
> obvious shelves or drilling of blank plates, is there any 'gizmo'
> which could telescopically clamp a component to a rack ? I need it
> specifically to handle 'thin' items such as IR distrubution
> components.
>
> Kinda like this, looking at the Rack head on :
>
> < 19 inch rack space >
>
> ----[Component here]---
>
> where -- represents the telescopic bit and the [ ] are the clamp
> grippers.
>
> I've googled around and although there are clamps for rack items,
> these appear to clamp components of full depth. I just need the
> front fascia to be clamped.
>
> It would be interested to hear how have you gone about keeping
your
> non rack components looking 'slick'.
>
> Thanks
>
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