MOTM

I think he's talking about those open racks without sides--think just rack
rails, vertical, 19" apart. Then he's thinking of putting a pair of
horizontal rack rails across the front of that. The horizontal rails will
mount to the vertical rails. Between the vertical rails will fit 5 2U
modules. Outside the vertical rails will fit, well, whatever fits on
whatever he has overlapping the ends.

Now what were *you* talking about with regard to 3/8" gap? Not between rows
of modules certainly...

David.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tkacs, Ken [mailto:ken.tkacs@...]
> Sent: Friday, March 16, 2001 12:07 PM
> To: 'motm@yahoogroups.com'
> Subject: RE: [motm] mounting idea
> 
> 
> 
> Open frame? Okay, I don't understand. How can you fit more 
> than 19" wide of
> modules in a 19" rack? In the Tardis, it works, but in my universe....
> 
> It wouldn't be a 19" rack, then, would it? If you're talking 
> about moving
> the vertical rails farther apart, then you're talking about a 
> non-standard
> rack... not something you would mount your digital delay or your
> Expressionist over your modules on, not something supported 
> by any existing
> hardware. I already have two tall 19" racks in my studio and 
> I've already
> opted not to mount my MOTM in those kinds of rails... I know 
> I wouldn't
> consider a non-standard rack.
> 
> I don't know if Paul's rack rails are flat or angled. I never 
> wanted to go
> the rack route since day 1, so I'm waiting for the flat rails.
> 
> What I'm talking about using 19" rails as horizontal beams 
> leaving space is
> that the rails are L-shaped in cross section, but not a clean 
> "L". There is
> almost always a 1/2" or 5/8" "round" to the joint because of 
> the thickness
> of the metal used in the rails. Stamping, tapping, and 
> bending the rails is
> far cheaper than extruding a clean "L" and then tapping, so 
> that's what you
> get. When you sandwich multiple rails together, the rounds 
> leave a wide
> space between module rows.
> 
> Buying those screws seems trivial... until you want them in 
> black. Not a
> Home Depot item. Obviously SOMEONE carries them, but many on 
> the list here
> have expressed frustration getting exactly the right screw.
> 
> 
> 
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