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Subject: Re: FW: [motm] Gap between Flat Rails?

From: "tontaub" <egroups@...>
Date: 2005-02-11

Hi Ken,

> I just tipped the cabinet onto its back, laid the rail/panel
> contraption on top of it, and screwed it all down. When I removed
> the phony panels and replaced them with real modules, everything
> fit perfectly, and I did very little actual measuring.

don't laugh at me, but this is a very useful hint! ;-)
I just didn't think of it since my "prototype frame/box" simply
doesn't lay flat when tipping on it's back.
But finding a good support was easier than messing around whith the
contraption in a vertical position.

> When you're putting the modules in for the first time, it goes a lot
> easier to do it with the cabinet on its back.

Indeed! ;-)

> When you go to tip the cabinet upright, it's amazing how much it now
> weighs...!

Yeah - I'm just about to scrap my cabinet ideas and rethink
everything. I need it really portable and 3x12U per cabinet get's too
heavy.

Thanks, Michael.