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Make-shift 19" rack: Easy to build, even easier to overload

For quite some time I was looking for a rack to mount my 19" HP/Agilent gear in. I haven’t found a single rack that meets all my requirements. Most are too big, too small, too flimsy, too heavy, poorly made, too expensive, lack cooling … or are simply made for a different purpose. Since I already used IKEA LACK tables to put some of my 19" gear on - as a dodgy temporary solution - I thought: Why not build a little rack with those tables? A few screws later, two tables are combined into one ~45 EUR rack on four castors (IKEA RILL, 75mm). ...

August 20, 2024 · 3 min · Sebastian