Make Your Own Rack Mount Case

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Make your own rack mount case.

Allows you to create and add your own drawers to your rack cases. They have the further advantage of being buildable in your own garage at a fraction of the store bought cost. Here s a link to a rack i built last year that i modeled after an argosy spire 7142 2 bay rack. 3 8 1 2 case wall rivet may be used in conjunction with parts and.

You will make your drawer. Hopefully you will get some ideas on ways you can set up your kits. Set up with some gear in it. If you re really messy you ll find a way to make your rack messy too but generally racks are easier to arrange and a variety of gear can aid in the task.

Allows you to create and add your own drawers to your rack cases. You will make your drawer out of wood or whatever material you choose. Make sure the 2 sides are square. Building a cabinet around your computer case gives you ample opportunity to hide cables and other general untidiness.

Make your measurement for how far back the rails will sit. There are many different holes to choose from when screwing in the rails. M5 x 0 8 rack mounting screws probably came with your rack mountable hardware we bought this rack at target for about 30. It s nearly the perfect width for adding rack rails.

Rack mount drawer slide kit consists rack mount brackets and drawer slides that attach to the bracket. Cut to size and secure with wood glue and pocket hole screws for 1 1 2 material as shown. Wood cases work fine for light touring use and have the advantage of better matching your carpet covered speaker cabinets. Once you have everything adjusted and square.

Materials four 6u rack rails 8 shock isolation mounts 4 13 lengths of 1 4 angle steel for use as braces baltic birch plywood of whatever thickness i end up. When the case is built i ll cover it with amp tolex and build press fit front and back which will be covered in grill cloth so that the whole rack will look like a small combo amp. The link has pictures of the building process and pdfs of the visio files i used to design the rack. Make a measurement towards the top of the rack and one towards the bottom and then line up the rack rail.

Might be a good idea to make sure some of your rack mount equipment fits too just in case the blanks are off. In this case 3 4. Half of the drawer slide mounts to the outer sides of your drawer. Rack mount drawer slide kit consists rack mount brackets and drawer slides that attach to the bracket.

3 8 1 2 case wall rivet see product description 0 09. Use whatever works and put a screw every 3 or 4 holes.