Dear Dino,
Rack mount work is easier than enclosure. You can use flat plate or sheet
stock and drill the front panel accordingly.
I would suggest side rails in the rack enclosure to support the weight of
the
chassis so nothing rests on the front panel.
The flat plates may be joined to form 90-degree angles with aluminum
1/8" angle metal with fasteners in numerous places. Using a larger
diameter
and thickness angle extrusion for the "drawer-slides" on the bottom of
the
chassis will allow you to use socket-head screws so as not to need
flat-head
countersinking.
Flat plates can be ordered to exact dimensions, which removes the task of
cutting stuff on a straight line.
The only rub is that now with the bump in energy prices, corresponding
metal prices are through the roof. Not a good time to be metal working on
a budget.
Another source of rack enclosures are cellular provider contractors. The
cellular industry is in a major rework mode and a whole bunch of racks
and associated equipment are being scrapped all around the U.S.
If I wasn't in a hotel 300 miles from home I might have started to
collect
junk. Who knows, I might yet!
'73,
Hal
W4HBM
On Mon, 12 Sep 2005 09:39:29 -0700 Dino Darling <k6rix@earthlink.net>
writes:
> Hello!
>
> I have two projects I'd like to tackle. One will be a 6-meter mono
> band
> amp using a single GS-35B. The other will be a 10-80 amp using a
> pair of
> GS-35Bs. They will both be fed by the same power supply in one
> large rack
> cabinet. I'm still in the "sketching it out" stage.
>
> I am looking for a source for the RF decks. I want them to be rack
>
> mountable. I've done a search on "rack mount enclosures", "rack
> mount
> boxes", "project boxes", etc. I usually get pictures of the racks
> themselves rather than the boxes that go in them. Any suggestions
> for
> enclosures (boxes)?
>
> I'm not in the position to role my own enclosures at this time.
> Thanks!
>
> Dino...k6rix@earthlink.net
>
>
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Harold Mandel
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