MOTM

On 16.11.2006 16:01 Uhr, Paul Schreiber wrote:
>> The M5 cage nuts I got with my rack don't fit into the holes of the
>> rack rails. What's the correct product I've to use?
>> Esp. the nut dimensions, since I've to be sure that they slide in.
>>     
>
> The MOTM-19A rails use #10-32 screws and #10-32 nuts to mount them to a rack 
> frame.

Thanks Paul! So that means (which is of course obvious) that those parts 
are a tad smaller than the metric stuff I have here.

The difference of the UNC/UTS measure (#10) and the ISO measure (M5) is 
just
about  5 - (0.190 * 25.4) = 0,174mm.

So, for upcoming production runs would it be possible to change the 
diameter of the mounting slots of the rack rail to something slightly 
bigger in order to allow metric hardware to fit?
I personally don't care for the time being since I got a lot of this 
rails from a second hand source.
But since it's definitely necessary to file down the holes it could make 
sense.

Or am I the only european guy who ran into this kind of problem? (or the 
others just widened the slots)

    Just a thought,  :-)  Michael.