Heavy Metal

[Matt Haines]

>I'm neither an expert in metallurgy nor static mechanics, but I'm pretty
>sure that steel is stronger than aluminum!!  Perhaps not pound per pound,
>but certainly by volume. 1/16" aluminum might not be strong enough for
>what you want, but I'm not sure how you are designing this thing.  Why do
>you want to hang a power transformer off of the front panel??
>

Just 'coz. :) Actually, it'll all be rack-mounted, so the PS has to be a
module just like everything else. I'm gonna put it at the top probably,
with all power cables hanging down to the various modules. That particular
panel needs to be mighty, and thus the rest of the panels will need to be
of the same thickness to match.

>You can get away with fairly thin metal as long as it isn't bearing a
>load -- chassis panels that are there only for sheilding don't have to be
>that strong.

The only load-bearer is the PS unit so far. Although I was thinking of
rack-mounting some cinder blocks....


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