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Well, despite the fact that the hole is large enough to support 1/16 inch of
slop movement side to side, I have already encountered a rack that my end
caps do not fit.  Sigh....

I do not know how many of you this will impact.  The cap did undergo fitting
test in several racks (including the SKB) prior to being sent off to the
metal shop.

But, given the apparent variety of "rack standard" implementation, some of
you may find your hole off slightly.  Future versions of this end cap will
have the hole slightly slotted to address this issue.

So, what do you do if your end cap hole will not line up?  Well you have
options.

1.  Think to yourself, "I have been waiting 2 years for these, I'm not
giving them up, and drill the hole out to a slightly larger size so that
they will indeed fit your rack.  How big?  The existing holes are about
15/64 inches.  So, good drill choices would be 1/4" for if you are within
1/32 of fit, 17/64 if you need 1/16" to fit, 9/32 if you need another 3/32"
and so on.  You metric guys get out your own calculator.  :)

2. Think to yourself, "I cannot operate / do not own a drill and want Larry
to fix them for me."  Send them back to me and I will drill them out without
mucking up the nice paint and I will send them back to you at my cost.

3.  Quietly 'cuss the Stooge (emphasis on quietly) and send your end caps
back for a full refund, or a Stooge replacement credit for free replacement
when I run these again with a slotted hole.  The down side of this option is
that you will probably have a five month wait before Dave and I paint metal
again for Stooge products.

I doubt that this fit issue will effect many of you.  It is impossible to
know with so many different racks out there.  But, if it does, refer to
options 1 through 3 above and know your purchase of Stooge products is backs
by a full satisfaction guarantee.

If you do have a rack that the caps do NOT fit, PLEASE tell me exactly what
rack it is so I can put it on my personal "poop" list for future reference.

I plan to exercise option # 2 for all end caps that are not yet shipped, so
that anyone that has not already received their end caps should not have any
fit issues.

Stooge Larry

Hello Larry (and all),

I got my end caps and found that they worked perfectly for my SKB cases, 
but I had problems on my "industrial" rack (from mouser I think). The 
issue is that the holes need to be a bit bigger, The SKB is not a 
problem because the actual holes that the screws go in are those little 
pop-ins which have a little "play".

I considered drilling the holes in the end caps slightly larger, but
a quicker solution was to install one cap upside down.

On the left side I place the end caps the normal way with the "broad" 
side facing in, and on the right side I flipped it over. Loosen up all 4 
screws and nudge the the whole row slightly to the right to minimize the 
extra space.



...jp



J. Larry Hendry wrote:

> Well, despite the fact that the hole is large enough to support 1/16 inch of
> slop movement side to side, I have already encountered a rack that my end
> caps do not fit.  Sigh....
> 
> I do not know how many of you this will impact.  The cap did undergo fitting
> test in several racks (including the SKB) prior to being sent off to the
> metal shop.
> 
> But, given the apparent variety of "rack standard" implementation, some of
> you may find your hole off slightly.  Future versions of this end cap will
> have the hole slightly slotted to address this issue.
> 
> So, what do you do if your end cap hole will not line up?  Well you have
> options.
> 
> 1.  Think to yourself, "I have been waiting 2 years for these, I'm not
> giving them up, and drill the hole out to a slightly larger size so that
> they will indeed fit your rack.  How big?  The existing holes are about
> 15/64 inches.  So, good drill choices would be 1/4" for if you are within
> 1/32 of fit, 17/64 if you need 1/16" to fit, 9/32 if you need another 3/32"
> and so on.  You metric guys get out your own calculator.  :)
> 
> 2. Think to yourself, "I cannot operate / do not own a drill and want Larry
> to fix them for me."  Send them back to me and I will drill them out without
> mucking up the nice paint and I will send them back to you at my cost.
> 
> 3.  Quietly 'cuss the Stooge (emphasis on quietly) and send your end caps
> back for a full refund, or a Stooge replacement credit for free replacement
> when I run these again with a slotted hole.  The down side of this option is
> that you will probably have a five month wait before Dave and I paint metal
> again for Stooge products.
> 
> I doubt that this fit issue will effect many of you.  It is impossible to
> know with so many different racks out there.  But, if it does, refer to
> options 1 through 3 above and know your purchase of Stooge products is backs
> by a full satisfaction guarantee.
> 
> If you do have a rack that the caps do NOT fit, PLEASE tell me exactly what
> rack it is so I can put it on my personal "poop" list for future reference.
> 
> I plan to exercise option # 2 for all end caps that are not yet shipped, so
> that anyone that has not already received their end caps should not have any
> fit issues.
> 
> Stooge Larry
> 
>

I got mine yesterday, and they just *barely* fit.  Tight, and I had to
loosen and adjust the rails to get them to fit.

This is a pretty cheap-o rack, a 16U-high thing made out of black-laminated
particle board, which I borrowed from somebody several months ago and will
probably soon replace...

Once I got 'em installed, though, those end caps are a very nice finishing
touch.

                    ...Craig

----- Original Message -----
From: "J. Larry Hendry" <jlarryh@...>
To: "MOTM List" <motm@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 10:22 PM
Subject: [motm] End cap... errr... issues


> Well, despite the fact that the hole is large enough to support 1/16 inch
of
> slop movement side to side, I have already encountered a rack that my end
> caps do not fit.  Sigh....
>
> I do not know how many of you this will impact.  The cap did undergo
fitting
> test in several racks (including the SKB) prior to being sent off to the
> metal shop.
>
> But, given the apparent variety of "rack standard" implementation, some of
> you may find your hole off slightly.  Future versions of this end cap will
> have the hole slightly slotted to address this issue.
>
> So, what do you do if your end cap hole will not line up?  Well you have
> options.
>
> 1.  Think to yourself, "I have been waiting 2 years for these, I'm not
> giving them up, and drill the hole out to a slightly larger size so that
> they will indeed fit your rack.  How big?  The existing holes are about
> 15/64 inches.  So, good drill choices would be 1/4" for if you are within
> 1/32 of fit, 17/64 if you need 1/16" to fit, 9/32 if you need another
3/32"
> and so on.  You metric guys get out your own calculator.  :)
>
> 2. Think to yourself, "I cannot operate / do not own a drill and want
Larry
> to fix them for me."  Send them back to me and I will drill them out
without
> mucking up the nice paint and I will send them back to you at my cost.
>
> 3.  Quietly 'cuss the Stooge (emphasis on quietly) and send your end caps
> back for a full refund, or a Stooge replacement credit for free
replacement
> when I run these again with a slotted hole.  The down side of this option
is
> that you will probably have a five month wait before Dave and I paint
metal
> again for Stooge products.
>
> I doubt that this fit issue will effect many of you.  It is impossible to
> know with so many different racks out there.  But, if it does, refer to
> options 1 through 3 above and know your purchase of Stooge products is
backs
> by a full satisfaction guarantee.
>
> If you do have a rack that the caps do NOT fit, PLEASE tell me exactly
what
> rack it is so I can put it on my personal "poop" list for future
reference.
>
> I plan to exercise option # 2 for all end caps that are not yet shipped,
so
> that anyone that has not already received their end caps should not have
any

> fit issues.
>
> Stooge Larry
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
>
>

These are the kind of responses that I expected.  There will be a slight
delay in shipping the remaining end caps whilst I carefully enlarge the hole
and possibly make it more "slotted" if I can find the appropriate tool this
weekend.

All, who have received theirs so far and have fit issues, please fell free
to return them to me for "factory installed hole adjustments."  (Covered by
Stooge warranty of course).

Oxy-moron = "rack standard"

Stooge Larry

----- Original Message -----
From: Joe Pavone <jpp@...>
I got my end caps and found that they worked
perfectly for my SKB cases,  but I had problems
on my "industrial" rack (from mouser I think). The
issue is that the holes need to be a bit bigger,

----- Original Message -----
From: Craig Critchley <craigc@...>
I got mine yesterday, and they just *barely* fit.  Tight, and I had to
loosen and adjust the rails to get them to fit.