15 Apr
2002
15 Apr
'02
7 a.m.
Well, I just acquired a 5' x 3' x 2' IBM AS400 drive cabinet. F--n
heavy!
Now, to mount equipment in it, I need to find some more of those
clip-on T-nut kinda things, which clip on around the hole in the rails, so
you then use the supplies screws to mount your equipment. Some older DEC
racks used the same thing.
And, as you can guess, the guys at the local Home Depot just gave
me funny looks.
Anybody know where I can get a dozen or two of these screw mount
sets? For a reasonable price? And what are they called?
--- David A Woyciesjes
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15 Apr
15 Apr
7:04 a.m.
I use those very type of screws and clip-on nuts in our datacenter cabinets.
We get them from a local company called "falcon technologies". Don't recall
what they cost, but I don't think they were very cheap.
Jay West
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Subject: Kinda OT?: Looking for rackmount screw sets....
Well, I just acquired a 5' x 3' x 2' IBM
AS400 drive cabinet. F--n
heavy!
Now, to mount equipment in it, I need to find some more of those
clip-on T-nut kinda things, which clip on around the hole in the rails, so
you then use the supplies screws to mount your equipment. Some older DEC
racks used the same thing.
And, as you can guess, the guys at the local Home Depot just gave
me funny looks.
Anybody know where I can get a dozen or two of these screw mount
sets? For a reasonable price? And what are they called?
--- David A Woyciesjes
--- C & IS Support Specialist
--- Yale University Press
--- mailto:david.woyciesjes@yale.edu
--- (203) 432-0953
--- ICQ # - 905818
Mac OS X 10.1.2 - Darwin Kernel Version 5.2: Fri Dec 7 21:39:35 PST 2001
Running since 01/22/2002 without a crash
8:23 p.m.
I would think Home Depot would have some larger examples of what you
need. Lowes does. I'm not sure I've seen them used in computers, so
you may need a more refined (probably a bad way of saying it) product,
than what I've seen used in automotive applications. Still it's worth a
shot. Try a shop that supplies auto body shops. You may find what you
need. I suspect, if you need something smaller/finer.... maybe a nut
from the dashboard area may work. Maybe silver in
color, rather than grey.
J-nut, U-nut, or speed-nut perhaps. Shops/manufacturers call them
different things, some people call them nothing at all. Someone
mentioned "tinnerman", but I think this is a brand name that covers a
lot of different designs.
Chad Fernandez
Michigan, USA
David Woyciesjes wrote:
Well, I just acquired a 5' x 3' x 2' IBM
AS400 drive cabinet. F--n
heavy!
Now, to mount equipment in it, I need to find some more of those
clip-on T-nut kinda things, which clip on around the hole in the rails, so
you then use the supplies screws to mount your equipment. Some older DEC
racks used the same thing.
And, as you can guess, the guys at the local Home Depot just gave
me funny looks.
Anybody know where I can get a dozen or two of these screw mount
sets? For a reasonable price? And what are they called?
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