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The flat rails are alu 1/8" x 1/2" flat stock, drilled and tapped 8-32 on 1U
panel mounting centers and are 12U long.  They are additionally drilled and
countersunk for #6 woodscrews to attatch to wooden cabinets. They work great
(I'm using them, made my own) if you are making your own wooden cabinets.

Dave

Jeffrey Pontius wrote:

> Ok, I'm going to broadcast my lack of knowledge here.  What are "flat
> rails" that I've been reading in some recent messages?
>
> TIA, Jeff
>
>

To expand:

If you are building a wood "Moog modular" looking cabinet, you build 
inset wooden cross pieces at the top and bottom, and in the middle if 
your cab is more than 1 module tall. Now you need drilled and tapped 
metal rails to screw modules in to. The angled rail kits sold for 
rack mounting won't do. The flat rails are 12U long as opposed to 10U 
for rack mounting. They mount flush on the front of the wood cross 
pieces using wood screws.

They aren't available yet, still caught in the machine shop backlog.

Dave

--- In motm@egroups.com, Dave Hylander <david@h...> wrote:
> The flat rails are alu 1/8" x 1/2" flat stock, drilled and tapped 8-
32 on 1U
> panel mounting centers and are 12U long.  They are additionally 
drilled and
> countersunk for #6 woodscrews to attatch to wooden cabinets. They 
work great
> (I'm using them, made my own) if you are making your own wooden 
cabinets.
> 
> Dave
> 
> Jeffrey Pontius wrote:
> 
> > Ok, I'm going to broadcast my lack of knowledge here.  What 
are "flat

> > rails" that I've been reading in some recent messages?
> >
> > TIA, Jeff
> >
> >

Thanks, Dave & Dave,
So, essentially, using flat rails gives one an alternative way of building
a cabinet, for example, not being restricted to 19 1/8" wide with angle
rails mounted vertically and 'motm rails' mounted horizontally on the
angle rails (?) [like the cabinet that I just built for my first modules
that I pick up today from USPS].

Jeff

Yes,  That's it exactly.  It also brings the modules right out to the side of
the case, so you don't have to have a filler strip.  Paul's rails are going to
be 12U wide and that's the size I made mine, but you could make them any
length you want or screw two of the 12U rails on side by side and have a 24U
case.

Dave



Jeffrey Pontius wrote:

> Thanks, Dave & Dave,
> So, essentially, using flat rails gives one an alternative way of building
> a cabinet, for example, not being restricted to 19 1/8" wide with angle
> rails mounted vertically and 'motm rails' mounted horizontally on the
> angle rails (?) [like the cabinet that I just built for my first modules
> that I pick up today from USPS].
>
> Jeff
>
>