MOTM

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Hi all, 

 

I'm building a 24U wide, two row cabinet, and I need flat rails to mount
the 

modules. After all the drama, I assume it is no longer for sale
anywhere?

 

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Another thing that you can do in a pinch is use normal rack rails. What
I mean by that is the kind of rails that you would buy if you were
constructing your own 19" rack enclosure. I only looked at these
quickly, but something like this:

 

http://www.americanmusical.com/item--i-RAX-RKRL6--m-11_65_271.html

 

I used such a setup for a while before diving into the woodworking. In
fact, this might be the same exact brand that I used. I had three pairs
of these rails about 12u "high" each. Turned horizontally, I bolted two
of the pair together back-to-back (they are L-shaped in cross-section),
with the third pair split as the "top" and "bottom" rails. After bolting
a bunch of MOTM modules to these, the whole thing holds itself together
with no other back or sides (naturally, for your safety and the safety
of your modules, you wouldn't want to leave it like this, but as an
interim measure, this worked for me). 

 

All I'm saying is that if the Stooge flat rails are ever really gone for
good, maybe turning to something like these rails and building a cabinet
around them would be the way to go.

 

One thing to be aware of - the tapped holes in a 19" rack are a size
larger than those in the Stooge flat rails. I don't remember the exact
sizes off-hand, but if Paul is shipping #8x32 machine screws with the
modules, then you need #10x32 I think for the rack (whatever standard
rack-mount screws are). The holes in the corners of MOTM modules "just
about exactly" pass a #10, so you may end up nicking the paint a little
bit (inside, in the mounting holes normally covered by the screws). Just
mentioning this because it's not and perfect fit and if you're sloppy
the screws may dig into the sides of the mounting holes a tad. 

 

But it does work. And they're relatively cheap. There are other lengths
available - see the sidebar at right.

 

Hope this helps.

 

Ken T.