Small rack sourcing

[Howard Gibson]

On Sun, 23 Sep 2012 15:49:29 -0400
Anthony de Boer <adb-SACILpcuo74 at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> 
> Note that all racks are not created equal; some gear expects to mount in
> a four-post rack cabinet, while other stuff is happy on a two-post relay
> rack.  Also there are racks that take any of at least three different
> screw size/pitches (don't strip out the holes!), ones that ship with
> paint partially blocking the threads, and ones that have square holes
> that need a supply of special spring nuts.  And sometimes second-hand
> servers and such are missing the rails they need to mount, and some
> system vendors seem to want to force you to buy their special oddball
> racks.

Anthony,

   The standard is for the holes to be 10-32UNF.  I have seen M6X1.  Paint can be easily removed with a tap of the correct thread size.  If you need the clip-in nuts, I can figure out where to find them.  They actually, are very convenient and strong.

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