* Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net> [120603 02:51]: > [1] I still need to check the current prices for wood etc.. Of course, > building a rack made of wood from the bulk garbage still would be less > expensive. > FWIW I don't need something as stable as a flight case. I still own one > professional flightcase, bought it 30 years ago and I don't like it due > to it's weight.
The HOWTO which I provided is the approach which I take when I need something in a hurry and cannot afford a commercial rack. Yes, it is ugly. Yes, it is heavy. Yes, drilling the holes and putting in the screws one-by-one the first time is a pain. But if you have a little scrap lumber in the garage, the approach is cheap, and it gives you a rack in one evening, maybe two. Finally, it gives you a rack of precisely the height you need. One advantage which a homebuilt wooden rack has over most commercial steel racks is that you can recess the gear, so that knobs are protected from accidental impacts. And for gear such as a headphone amplifier with front-panel 1/4-inch phone jacks, I may recess the rails as much as two inches, to guard against accidental impact on the phone plugs -- because a hard knock on the phone plug can damage the phone jack in the rack gear. RLH -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120603051811.GA2508@cromwell.tmiaf