Gorty
New member
I made myself a rack cabinet for my rack mount gear last week. I didn't take too many photos due to not thinking about it until I had applied the first coat of stain.
Here it is anyway. It is a 12 ru space unit with a shelf at the bottom which I haven't actually fixed in position yet.
The wood is radiata pine with 3 coats of Sekkins Teak stain which is steel wooled ("000" grade) in between coats to obtain a smooth finish. In real life the cabinet matches my desk stain beautifully!
I drilled and screwed every rack rail mounting hole just to make sure the rails held the weight of all the rack components. So far I only have 9 ru spaces being used, an interface may well be the next rack piece to be purchased.
I even fitted little casters on the bottom to make it easy to wheel around for cable routing etc.
Here's a few pics.
Here it is anyway. It is a 12 ru space unit with a shelf at the bottom which I haven't actually fixed in position yet.
The wood is radiata pine with 3 coats of Sekkins Teak stain which is steel wooled ("000" grade) in between coats to obtain a smooth finish. In real life the cabinet matches my desk stain beautifully!
I drilled and screwed every rack rail mounting hole just to make sure the rails held the weight of all the rack components. So far I only have 9 ru spaces being used, an interface may well be the next rack piece to be purchased.
I even fitted little casters on the bottom to make it easy to wheel around for cable routing etc.
Here's a few pics.
