Re: [AFMUG] Super long rack screw

2016-03-30 Thread Ken Hohhof
Lots of people don’t know that’s why a pork butt is called a butt, not because of what part of the pig it comes from. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_butt From: Eric Kuhnke Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2016 5:05 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Super long rack screw How many FSK

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2016-03-30 Thread Ken Hohhof
Like Canada where they converted the signs to metric but didn't move the signs, so lots of them warn you of stuff 1.6 km ahead. -Original Message- From: Jay Weekley Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2016 5:03 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Super long rack screw We mentally

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2016-03-30 Thread Mathew Howard
US, square holes and M6 >> cage nuts >> and screws are pretty much standard. At least in data >> centers. Telco might still use 12-24. >> *From:* Eric Kuhnke <mailto:eric.kuh...@gmail.com >>

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2016-03-30 Thread Jay Weekley
f@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com> <mailto:af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Super long rack screw I've seen lots of M6 in the stuff from China, and of course 12-24 and 10-32 from US

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2016-03-30 Thread Mathew Howard
om:* Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *Sterling Jacobson > *Sent:* Wednesday, March 30, 2016 3:55 PM > > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Super long rack screw > > > > Now you’re just being ridiculous. > > > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:af

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2016-03-30 Thread Josh Reynolds
need to bring a tap kit and power drill. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 8:52 PM, Ken Hohhof <af...@kwisp.com >>>>> <mailto:af...@kwisp.com>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I think even h

Re: [AFMUG] Super long rack screw

2016-03-30 Thread Eric Kuhnke
nd power drill. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 8:52 PM, Ken Hohhof <af...@kwisp.com >>>> <mailto:af...@kwisp.com>> wrote: >>>> >>>> I think even here in the US, square holes and M6 cage nuts >

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2016-03-30 Thread Josh Luthman
; and screws are pretty much standard. At least in data >>> centers. Telco might still use 12-24. >>> *From:* Eric Kuhnke <mailto:eric.kuh...@gmail.com> >>> *Sent:* Tuesday, March 29, 2016 9:45 PM >>> *To:* af@afmug.com <m

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2016-03-30 Thread Eric Kuhnke
etty much standard. At least in data >>> centers. Telco might still use 12-24. >>> *From:* Eric Kuhnke <mailto:eric.kuh...@gmail.com> >>> *Sent:* Tuesday, March 29, 2016 9:45 PM >>> *To:* af@afmug.com <m

Re: [AFMUG] Super long rack screw

2016-03-30 Thread Jay Weekley
Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2016 8:10 PM To: af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Super long rack screw Add mounting ears farther back on the switch. -Original Message- From: Sterling Jac

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2016-03-30 Thread Eric Kuhnke
6 3:53 PM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Super long rack screw > > > > Horsepower-weeks per fathom. > > > > *From:* Eric Kuhnke <eric.kuh...@gmail.com> > > *Sent:* Wednesday, March 30, 2016 4:46 PM > > *To:* af@afmug.com > > *Subject:* R

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2016-03-30 Thread Sterling Jacobson
Now you’re just being ridiculous. From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Ken Hohhof Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2016 3:53 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Super long rack screw Horsepower-weeks per fathom. From: Eric Kuhnke<mailto:eric.kuh...@gmail.com> Sent: Wed

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2016-03-30 Thread Ken Hohhof
Horsepower-weeks per fathom. From: Eric Kuhnke Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2016 4:46 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Super long rack screw That's why you need to convert every weight measurement to the Batman. The millibatman and kilobatman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_

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2016-03-30 Thread Eric Kuhnke
, 2016 at 8:52 PM, Ken Hohhof < <af...@kwisp.com> >>> af...@kwisp.com> wrote: >>> >>>> I think even here in the US, square holes and M6 cage nuts and screws >>>> are pretty much standard. At least in data centers. Telco might still use >

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2016-03-30 Thread chuck
I have seen 10-24 almost as much as 10-32. Not so much M5. From: Eric Kuhnke Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2016 3:11 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Super long rack screw Most relay racks / two post racks from US sources (Hammond, Middle Atlantic, Chatsworth) which don't use nuts seem

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2016-03-30 Thread chuck
a centers. Telco might still use 12-24. From: Eric Kuhnke Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2016 9:45 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Super long rack screw I've seen lots of M6 in the stuff from China, and of course 12-24 and 10-32 from US s

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2016-03-30 Thread chuck
12-24, yeah, that is what I meant. From: George Skorup Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2016 3:22 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Super long rack screw Old AT telco racks are 12-24. All of the new 2-post telco racks we get are 12-24 threaded as well. On 3/30/2016 4:11 PM, Eric Kuhnke

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2016-03-30 Thread George Skorup
ata centers. Telco might still use 12-24. *From:* Eric Kuhnke <mailto:eric.kuh...@gmail.com> *Sent:* Tuesday, March 29, 2016 9:45 PM *To:* af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Super long rack screw

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2016-03-30 Thread Josh Luthman
en Hohhof <af...@kwisp.com> wrote: >> >>> I think even here in the US, square holes and M6 cage nuts and screws >>> are pretty much standard. At least in data centers. Telco might still use >>> 12-24. >>> >>> *From:* Eric Kuhnke <eric.kuh...@

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2016-03-30 Thread Eric Kuhnke
On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 7:41 PM, Ken Hohhof <af...@kwisp.com> wrote: >> >>> Rack screw can be 10-32, 12-24, M5, M6. And rack rail can be threaded, >>> round hole, square hole. Too many options. >>> >>> -Original Message- From: Cassidy B. Larson

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2016-03-30 Thread George Skorup
Telco might still use 12-24. *From:* Eric Kuhnke <mailto:eric.kuh...@gmail.com> *Sent:* Tuesday, March 29, 2016 9:45 PM *To:* af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Super long rack screw I've seen lots of M6 in the stuff from China, and of co

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2016-03-30 Thread Eric Kuhnke
hink even here in the US, square holes and M6 cage nuts and screws are > pretty much standard. At least in data centers. Telco might still use > 12-24. > > *From:* Eric Kuhnke <eric.kuh...@gmail.com> > *Sent:* Tuesday, March 29, 2016 9:45 PM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* R

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2016-03-30 Thread Carl Peterson
; wrote: >> >>> I think even here in the US, square holes and M6 cage nuts and screws >>> are pretty much standard. At least in data centers. Telco might still use >>> 12-24. >>> >>> *From:* Eric Kuhnke <eric.kuh...@gmail.com> >>> *

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2016-03-30 Thread Adam Moffett
n data centers. Telco might still use 12-24. *From:* Eric Kuhnke <mailto:eric.kuh...@gmail.com> *Sent:* Tuesday, March 29, 2016 9:45 PM *To:* af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Super long rack screw I've seen lots of

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2016-03-30 Thread Jay Weekley
might still use 12-24. *From:* Eric Kuhnke <mailto:eric.kuh...@gmail.com> *Sent:* Tuesday, March 29, 2016 9:45 PM *To:* af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG]

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2016-03-30 Thread Mathew Howard
gt;>>>>> >>>>>>> would something as small as 10-32 at 6 inches support the weigt >>>>>>> without bending at the thread? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 10:52 PM, Ken Hohhof <af...@kwisp.co

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2016-03-30 Thread Bill Prince
ndoffs are too wide in this case. *From:*Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *Ken Hohhof *Sent:* Wednesday, March 30, 2016 10:29 AM *To:* af@afmug.com *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Super long rack screw But they make velcro, zipties, duct tape and hotmelt glue for that! *From:*Sterling Ja

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2016-03-30 Thread Josh Luthman
l as 10-32 at 6 inches support the weigt >>>>>> without bending at the thread? >>>>>> >>>>>> On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 10:52 PM, Ken Hohhof <af...@kwisp.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> I think even here in th

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2016-03-30 Thread That One Guy /sarcasm
e thread? >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 10:52 PM, Ken Hohhof <af...@kwisp.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I think even here in the US, square holes and M6 cage nuts and screws >>>>>> are pretty much s

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2016-03-30 Thread Sterling Jacobson
fit, but just couldn’t get the switches to attach to the rack posts that far back. Standoffs are too wide in this case. From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Ken Hohhof Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2016 10:29 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Super long rack screw

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2016-03-30 Thread Ken Hohhof
But they make velcro, zipties, duct tape and hotmelt glue for that! From: Sterling Jacobson Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2016 11:14 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Super long rack screw Oh, no, I think not. I already have them stacked on a mounted shelf in the rack. This is just

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2016-03-30 Thread Mathew Howard
weigt without >>>> bending at the thread? >>>> >>>> On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 10:52 PM, Ken Hohhof <af...@kwisp.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I think even here in the US, square holes and M6 cage nuts and screws >>>>&g

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2016-03-30 Thread Sterling Jacobson
Oh, no, I think not. I already have them stacked on a mounted shelf in the rack. This is just to fix them in place. From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of That One Guy /sarcasm Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2016 9:26 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Super long rack screw

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2016-03-30 Thread That One Guy /sarcasm
nuts and screws >>>> are pretty much standard. At least in data centers. Telco might still use >>>> 12-24. >>>> >>>> *From:* Eric Kuhnke <eric.kuh...@gmail.com> >>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, March 29, 2016 9:45 PM >>>> *To:* a

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2016-03-30 Thread Jason Wilson
tty much standard. At least in data centers. Telco might still use >>>> 12-24. >>>> >>>> *From:* Eric Kuhnke <eric.kuh...@gmail.com> >>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, March 29, 2016 9:45 PM >>>> *To:* af@afmug.com >>>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG]

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2016-03-30 Thread Josh Luthman
k even here in the US, square holes and M6 cage nuts and screws >>> are pretty much standard. At least in data centers. Telco might still use >>> 12-24. >>> >>> *From:* Eric Kuhnke <eric.kuh...@gmail.com> >>> *Sent:* Tuesday, March 29, 2016 9:4

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2016-03-30 Thread That One Guy /sarcasm
even here in the US, square holes and M6 cage nuts and screws are >> pretty much standard. At least in data centers. Telco might still use >> 12-24. >> >> *From:* Eric Kuhnke <eric.kuh...@gmail.com> >> *Sent:* Tuesday, March 29, 2016 9:45 PM >> *To:* af@afm

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2016-03-30 Thread That One Guy /sarcasm
data centers. Telco might still use > 12-24. > > *From:* Eric Kuhnke <eric.kuh...@gmail.com> > *Sent:* Tuesday, March 29, 2016 9:45 PM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Super long rack screw > > I've seen lots of M6 in the stuff from China, and of course 12-24 an

Re: [AFMUG] Super long rack screw

2016-03-29 Thread Ken Hohhof
I think even here in the US, square holes and M6 cage nuts and screws are pretty much standard. At least in data centers. Telco might still use 12-24. From: Eric Kuhnke Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2016 9:45 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Super long rack screw I've seen lots of M6

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2016-03-29 Thread Chuck McCown
To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Super long rack screw That's a good idea. If there are not holes, is there a small screw type that is short and self-tapping? Not sure the best way to mount the ears if the holes for the ears don't exist on the switch. -Original Message- From: Af

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2016-03-29 Thread Sterling Jacobson
Threaded, the thinner barrel closer together threads. Probably a 10-32. -Original Message- From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Ken Hohhof Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2016 8:41 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Super long rack screw Rack screw can be 10-32, 12-24, M5

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2016-03-29 Thread Eric Kuhnke
e. Too many options. > > -Original Message- From: Cassidy B. Larson > Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2016 9:24 PM > > To: af@afmug.com > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Super long rack screw > > I know on Cisco switches you could turn the ears around and the holes > would line up so you’

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2016-03-29 Thread Ken Hohhof
Rack screw can be 10-32, 12-24, M5, M6. And rack rail can be threaded, round hole, square hole. Too many options. -Original Message- From: Cassidy B. Larson Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2016 9:24 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Super long rack screw I know on Cisco switches

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2016-03-29 Thread Jeremy
ug.com] On Behalf Of Cassidy B. Larson > Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2016 8:25 PM > To: af@afmug.com > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Super long rack screw > > I know on Cisco switches you could turn the ears around and the holes > would line up so you’d get more switch in front of the rails. > &

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2016-03-29 Thread Sterling Jacobson
: [AFMUG] Super long rack screw I know on Cisco switches you could turn the ears around and the holes would line up so you’d get more switch in front of the rails. > On Mar 29, 2016, at 8:22 PM, Sterling Jacobson <sterl...@avative.net> wrote: > > That's a good idea. > > I

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2016-03-29 Thread Cassidy B. Larson
ay, March 29, 2016 8:10 PM > To: af@afmug.com > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Super long rack screw > > Add mounting ears farther back on the switch. > > -Original Message- > From: Sterling Jacobson > Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2016 7:57 PM > To: 'af@afmug.com' > Subject: [AFMU

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2016-03-29 Thread Mike Hammett
g.com] On Behalf Of Chuck McCown Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2016 8:10 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Super long rack screw Add mounting ears farther back on the switch. -Original Message- From: Sterling Jacobson Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2016 7:57 PM To: 'af@afmug.com' Subjec

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2016-03-29 Thread Sterling Jacobson
: Tuesday, March 29, 2016 8:10 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Super long rack screw Add mounting ears farther back on the switch. -Original Message- From: Sterling Jacobson Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2016 7:57 PM To: 'af@afmug.com' Subject: [AFMUG] Super long rack screw

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2016-03-29 Thread Chuck McCown
Add mounting ears farther back on the switch. -Original Message- From: Sterling Jacobson Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2016 7:57 PM To: 'af@afmug.com' Subject: [AFMUG] Super long rack screw This is really specific; don't ask why I need it :) But I need a standard rack threaded screw

[AFMUG] Super long rack screw

2016-03-29 Thread Sterling Jacobson
This is really specific; don't ask why I need it :) But I need a standard rack threaded screw that looks like a 6 to 7 inch long motherboard standoff screw. So it would stand a 1U switch forward from the 19" rack about 6-7 inches. I tried standard rack standoff modules, but the space is too