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Re: [motm] Update

2008-05-28 by David Moylan

I used standard rack rails running horizontally when I built my cabinet. 
  Standard rack screws will fit through the holes, but the large heads 
tend to obscure some of the panel graphics.  I just looked around for 
some of the same size (10-32?) with a small head.  Found some allen head 
ones that work nicely and are stainless steel so the little heads help 
as markers for module boundaries as well.  Due to the arc of the rail 
bend you end up with about 1/8" gap top and bottom but I think they work 
fine.

Pics are here (pre stainless screws, those are standard MOTM screws 
which are wiggly but bite enough to hold the modules down):

http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/motm/files/portable%3F/

Dave

Mark wrote:
> 
> 
> On 5/28/08, Jeff Laity put forth:
>  >Something that just occurred to me last night: you can use standard
>  >rack rails for mounting MOTM modules. I don't mean vertically
>  >mounting modules using the MOTM-19A rails, but running rack rails
>  >horizontally. I knew that 1u MOTM = 1u rackspace but I thought the
>  >screw size was different or something.
> 
> The screw size is different, but it might work if regular rack screws
> still fit through the holes in the panels.
> 
>

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