14 Aug
2007
14 Aug
'07
12:59 p.m.
On 14 Aug 2007 at 11:11, Mr Ian Primus wrote:
Well, if you want the cheap-and-dirty way to do it
(my
favorite way!) you could use a piece of 1/4" plywood
as a faceplate, cut square holes in it the size of a
full height 5 1/4" drive, and scavenge some drive
frames from junked PC mid-tower cabinets. Screw the
drive frames to the back of the plywood, and paint the
plywood to match the cabinet. The weight of the floppy
drives shouldn't be enough so that it needs any more
support than a few rack screws drilled through the
edges of the plywood.
Reminds me of the old-time custom of making rack panels out of 1/4"
masonite. I was thinking about 1/4" polycarbonate and a router (the
machine tool, not the network gear). I could make the side rails
from the same, just solvent-cemented to the front.
I'm not sure how, using the tools I have to carve big holes in a
thick aluminum blank panel plate. Would a 3 HP router and a carbide
bit do it? Ideally, I suppose a vertical mill would be the "right"
tool, but I don't have access to one.
Cheers,
Chuck