Looking for rackmount brackets

[Colin McGregor]

Earlier this week I acquired a used 3com SuperStack II Dual Speed Hub 500
which did not come with the rackmount brackets, but which I now need to get
installed into a standard 19" rack. In other words I need to find a source
of suitable 3com brackets or I need to roll my own brackets. Also, any
solution needs to be cheap.

I have visited Active Surplus, they don't have suitable brackets for sale,
and at least while they are undergoing renovations the only metal sheets
they have on hand are thin sheets of copper (which appears to be way too
thin to be suitable). I went to a home building store which has 1/8" thick
1" steel angle brackets for sale that I think would be ok, just drill some
holes (by my measure I should be ok with angle bracket of .75" - 1" (i.e.:
.75" to 1" per side)), the problem is they only seem to sell in lengths
starting at 36" (I would need two length of 1.75")... I also looked at the
metal brackets used to help support 2" x 4" framing studs at the home
building store, price was right, but they didn't appear to be strong enough.
Ideas (preferably cheap)?

Thanks in advance.

Colin McGregor

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