Make Your Own Rack Mount Case

It s nearly the perfect width for adding rack rails.

Make your own rack mount case.

You will make your drawer out of wood or whatever material you choose. Set up with some gear in it. If you re really messy you ll find a way to make your rack messy too but generally racks are easier to arrange and a variety of gear can aid in the task. 3 8 1 2 case wall rivet may be used in conjunction with parts and.

Wood cases work fine for light touring use and have the advantage of better matching your carpet covered speaker cabinets. Hopefully you will get some ideas on ways you can set up your kits. Materials four 6u rack rails 8 shock isolation mounts 4 13 lengths of 1 4 angle steel for use as braces baltic birch plywood of whatever thickness i end up. Once you have everything adjusted and square.

In this case 3 4. This is my road ready rack i use for weddings and other quality events. Building a cabinet around your computer case gives you ample opportunity to hide cables and other general untidiness. Half of the drawer slide mounts to the outer sides of your drawer.

There are many different holes to choose from when screwing in the rails. Mark the length for the top and bottom 2x4 pieces. The link has pictures of the building process and pdfs of the visio files i used to design the rack. Make sure the 2 sides are square.

Rack mount drawer slide kit consists rack mount brackets and drawer slides that attach to the bracket. Cut to size and secure with wood glue and pocket hole screws for 1 1 2 material as shown. Here s a link to a rack i built last year that i modeled after an argosy spire 7142 2 bay rack. When the case is built i ll cover it with amp tolex and build press fit front and back which will be covered in grill cloth so that the whole rack will look like a small combo amp.

M5 x 0 8 rack mounting screws probably came with your rack mountable hardware we bought this rack at target for about 30. Diy rack the finished rack. Might be a good idea to make sure some of your rack mount equipment fits too just in case the blanks are off. Use whatever works and put a screw every 3 or 4 holes.

Allows you to create and add your own drawers to your rack cases. Allows you to create and add your own drawers to your rack cases. Rack mount drawer slide kit consists rack mount brackets and drawer slides that attach to the bracket. 3 8 1 2 case wall rivet see product description 0 09.

They have the further advantage of being buildable in your own garage at a fraction of the store bought cost. You will make your drawer.