Reworking the rack
Geoff4rfc
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A big-ish job coming up. I've built my own racks made from birch, solid oak and now I have my server rack which is nice, but it's pretty full. I've posted pics of it so if you've seen it, you know.
Time to clean it out. 4 amps, processor, DAC, CDP, BRP and power conditioner with individual fans.
Ordered and on the way: Rack ears, rack shelves.
The Rack is a retired postal server rack, old school. Two tone gray. Even had a dead mouse down in the bottom of it when I first picked it up. Time to clean it, sand it, prime it and paint it black inside and out.
The rack ears and shelves are black to be mounted with black mounting screws.
Before/after pics coming.....dont' you dare catch our next episode....
Time to clean it out. 4 amps, processor, DAC, CDP, BRP and power conditioner with individual fans.
Ordered and on the way: Rack ears, rack shelves.
The Rack is a retired postal server rack, old school. Two tone gray. Even had a dead mouse down in the bottom of it when I first picked it up. Time to clean it, sand it, prime it and paint it black inside and out.
The rack ears and shelves are black to be mounted with black mounting screws.
Before/after pics coming.....dont' you dare catch our next episode....
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I thought this thread was about something completely different altogether. I came in to see who your plastic surgeon was.
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Naked rack....
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I had a chance to get 2 of those for free. A computer and audio-video company closed and left some stuff. The landlord said free, come get this stuff. It's outside. There were 2 Russound 12-channel amps in the pictures, too.
I emailed the person to see if the amps were there. The person said they were 20 miles away and had no idea.
I took a chance, and they were still there. I got them. It was going to rain in minutes, so time was limited.
With the amps in the front floorboard, I went to put both racks in the bed of my truck.
They were too heavy. They had glass doors on them, too. I didn't have the tools to take them apart. I thought of going to a store and buying the tools but the rain was near, so I aborted the thought. I was very weak
that day, and just couldn't muster the strength to tip them over and lift them in. 
It was a great and sad day at the same time.
I would've LOVED to have had those 2 pro-racks.
Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
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--Mark Twain.
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They were too heavy. They had glass doors on them, too. I didn't have the tools to take them apart. I thought of going to a store and buying the tools but the rain was near, so I aborted the thought. I was very weak that day, and just couldn't muster the strength to tip them over and lift them in.
It was a great and sad day at the same time.
I would've LOVED to have had those 2 pro-racks.
I can dig it. This one too had the glass front door. I pulled up to the dock, tipped it over and laid it on it's back in my truck. It's got casters so it's easy to maneuver. The thing is like a tank.
It's stripped down completely now, now front back or sides, shelves are out. Time to prep it for painting. I'll post before and after pics when it's done. -
Those old server racks were well made and yes quite heavy. I brought one home many years ago to as it was free. After some head scratching I decided to repurpose it and use it as an outdoor miter saw-work bench. The heavy duty metal sides serve as the top and bottom and the rails became shelves to hold scrap lumber. It's all connected together with threaded rod that was also free for the taking. I've used it for many projects over the years from roofing to cabinet work as it's quite solid.
It's been sitting outside for maybe 15 years now and still only has minimal surface rust on a couple spots. The smaller but much heavier bottom of the server rack became an outdoor metal working table for me with a pipe vise attached to it. Yes those useful old server racks were quite heavy and very well made. -
The rainy weather has been somewhat of a deterrent however with the makeshift paint booth I've made on my back patio, I've been able to press on here and there.
The side panels are painted up. I still need to: matt clear coat the frame and the side panels. Once completely dry, I'll install the components bottom up.....using rack ears for the amps and CDP and rack shelves for the Power conditioner, AVP, DAC and BRP.
I have a special plan to "showcase" the DAC......after pics for the reveal.
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I'll give it another day or two to cure, then it's time to load it.
It's not perfect, but for the cost of supplies, I'm happy with it.
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^^^^^^Nice job
Yours is way prettier than mine.
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LOVE the diamond plated cushion!!! ^^^
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Lol well I said it ain't pretty. Jury is still out on the cushioned cutting station. It's only been on there since yesterday afternoon after I tripped over it for the last time.
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@Geoff4rfc for rackmount stuff I’m a HUGE FAN of AC Infinity….. I have also bought some of their cooling stuff for my AVR and Amp in the house…."....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
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