RackCabinet

Revision as of 15:12, 23 June 2010

Premise

• People make variable-sized cabinets to hold their entertainment system.
• People make standard-cabinets to hold their computer equipment (aka: Racks)
• Computer equipment is becoming more an entertainment system every day.

Solution?

• Use computer rack standards as the basis for entertainment system cabinet.

Basic Layout

• Cabinet with a square footprint with rails spaced as a 19 inch rack along all faces.
  • ie, cabinets are not designed with an explicit 'front'
  • Advantage of square footprint is that rack-mount shelves can be mounted to face outwards from the sides (for use as speaker stands or random cabinet trinkets shelving, etc)
• Two cabinets roughly 2metres high (42 RU?) for speakers and storage.
• Two cabinets roughly 60cm high (12RU?) to make a base for TV. This should be suitable height and proportion for a LARGE modern flatscreen TV.
• For remote control access through doors, an IR-retransmitter may be required. Alternatively, bluetooth remotes

Style

• Welded/rivetted metal in an industrial steampunk style, ie, welds and rivets, but not much (any) victorian frill. Heat scoring on the bare metal is a plus
• Doors as aged-wooden doors of a similar style/

ie, this should look like a vintage welded iron+wood table, which has decided to be a rack for a while.

• Side doors should be simple wooden doors of similar style.
  • Note that conjoined racks do not need door panels, neither are panels needed for the rear

Additional notes

Some things may need to be custom designed?

• CD RackShelf

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19-inch_rack

• http://www.racktechnologies.com.au/default2.asp?id=1,43,108,180 - rails...
• these, for eg, are 600mm depth. can also be 450mm depth...?
  • http://www.altronics.com.au/index.asp?area=item&id=H5412A - 12RU frame
  • http://www.altronics.com.au/index.asp?area=item&id=H5438A - 38RU frame