Vince, I like the wood idea.
Another option for folks looking for a card cage might be to have on laser cut - http://www.pololu.com/product/749 Andrew B On Monday, July 14, 2014 2:54:38 PM UTC-7, Vince Mulhollon wrote: > > (I posted this in the wrong group originally, sorry) > > I'm thinking of making an oak card cage for my 18 S100 slots. I've got > the original IEEE-696 physical parameters, is that good enough for all > modern N8VEM projects? > > Nice thick oak to be non-flexible. Thinking a short "U" with the board at > the bottom and slots cut in the arms. Probably not coming up all the way > on the side of the cards. That rather firmly bolted to standard rack mount > shelf (heavy duty) bolted inside a steel rack case > > Poly coated on all surfaces for humidity stability and it'll live in a > stable climate controlled area at constant temp/humidity anyway. > > Will live inside a ventilated steel chassis I have access to for EMI/RFI > whatever. Thank you PCI/DSS financial regulations for forcing the > production of cool little networking device cases with great ventilation > and locks and access on all sides etc. > > I have more than enough 'leet table saw skills to pull this off. > > I'm thinking of two MBs one on top of another in the rack case. I've got > 12U of space to hold these two MBs which will make a tight fit vertically > but probably survivable (Will have to model that extensively, maybe I can > get access to a 16U case...) > > Crazy? Sane? Better idea? I can' t be the first guy in 40 years to > think of oak as a card cage material. Also are all the N8VEM cards under > the IEEE size standards around the perimeter? I've seen some mighty full > cards with "stuff" right up to the edge. > > Curious if anyone tried it and the tannins in the oak made their pcb > corrode or poly finish sticks to rosin flux or something I haven't even > considered yet. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "N8VEM-S100" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
