RE: Pics of my Kat5 rack enclosure

[Paul Gale <groups2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yeah - I did think about doing it in a similar way but decided on
keeping them whole.

Metalwork by hand is hard!!! - well, for anything but drilled holes! Mind
you, I still had to file the corners of the square RJ45 cutouts.

Paul.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Keith Doxey
> Sent: 17 January 2009 12:45
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Pics of my Kat5 rack enclosure
>
> Very neat Paul.
>
> Didn't realise you were going to keep them in the original case. I
> imagined
> you would be doing something like this custom unit that I made. I
> didn't
> have a CNC machine, had to do all the metalwork by hand :(
>
> http://www.kat5.tv/images/AVS6RMFV.jpg
> http://www.kat5.tv/images/AVS6RMRV.jpg
> http://www.kat5.tv/images/AVS6RMFP.jpg
> http://www.kat5.tv/images/AVS6RMRP.jpg
> http://www.kat5.tv/images/AVS6RMTV.jpg
>
>
>
> > I've recently finished my custom enclosure for my 9 sets of
> > Kat5 A/V over Cat5 distribution units. I've had the Kat5
> > units for quite a few years and they've always (up until now)
> > been loose in one of my racks and a bit of a pain with scart
> > leads etc everywhere. This project was meant to tidy it all
> > up and provide easy connect/disconnect of cables allowing
> > re-patching etc.
> >
> > I bought the aluminium rack enclosure from RS, not the
> > cheapest option but as it's all quality Aluminium, it was
> > slightly easier to work than a cheaper steel enclosure. All
> > other parts were mainly from CPC and a couple from RS. The
> > PSU I've had lying around for something like 18 years!
> >
> > I milled all cutouts and holes using my Syil CNC X2 desktop
> > milling machine:
> >
> > http://www.syilamerica.com/product_X2.asp
> >
>
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