On Tuesday, June 25, 2013 12:27:13 Michael Torrie wrote: > On 06/25/2013 12:14 PM, Lloyd Brown wrote: > > Or you could use the square-hole racks and cage nuts, which is my > > preference. That way you can use any of the "rapid-rails" that the > > equipment might have come with, and if you strip the threads, you just > > throw away the cage nut, and install another. > > > > Every once-in-a-while I have to install something in a direct-threaded > > rack, and I'm always really annoyed. > > Definitely square-holed racks are nice. And our servers had rails that > just snapped in with no screws at all. But even with my cnc plasma > table I don't think I could cheaply and effectively make a homemade rack > with square holes especially with standard mild steel 1/8" angle stock. > > Maybe if I had a nice punch and dye I could do it easily enough, using > thinner stainless steel stock or something. Food for thought...
You could use a Square Drill bit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjckF0-VeGI -- Jessie A. Morris 801-210-1526 [email protected] /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
