MOTM

> From: Paul Schreiber <synth1@...>
> Please voice your opinion for "big honkin' rack rail"
> lengths for wood cases.
> 
> 1 26U length recorded. Any other preferences?

Cast one vote for 24U length.  I guess I could cut down  from 26U.
 
> The rail are currently planned as simple 'L' brackets with:
> a) the same tapped holes/spacing as the 19A but....
> b) the other "leg" of the rail is 0.75" wide with counterbored
> holes to accept wood screws
> The holes on this side are about 6 inches apart.
> 
> I *know* this does not address what to do if you want 2
> or more "butt-ended" rows on top of each other.

Explain to me why this does not allow one to bolt the big honking rack
rails back to back for "butt-ended" rows one on top of another.  That is
certainly possible with the existing rack rail "L" brackets (some drilling
required). There is nothing I can see about the extra depth that would
cause a problem.  All that would be required is the same bend profile. 
Would the bend be different?  'Splain it to me Lucy."

> Also, these will be "cut in half" so I can ship them
> without sending 40" long torpedos through the mail
> system, and then postal employees use them for pole
> vaulting practice.

That might be OK depending on the answer to my above question.  If I were
planning to "butt-end" two rows on top of one another, or bolt top and
bottom rows to some kind of "magic bus," I would want my joints to be
staggered, not in the middle.  For the 26U example above.  I would want say
one 16U and one 10U length so the but would not be at the same point on
both crossing rails.  However, if the answer to above says they cannot be
"butt-ended" this is a non issue..

Larry Hendry