rack radio mounts

[E5911]

Have a standard if old effects rack out of a radio station, floor standing, I have various radios mounted to standard rack shelves and would like to explore custom flush mounting, such as below How are such mounts made, can I make them myself and how do I design them to hold the equipment?
Note there is one ic 706, one ft-7800, one 396xt scanner and one 900 mtx Motorola .
Thanks, and if this is the wrong place to post let me know.

My goal is a more clean pro like appearance.

 

[SteveC0625]

Have a standard if old effects rack out of a radio station, floor standing, I have various radios mounted to standard rack shelves and would like to explore custom flush mounting, such as below How are such mounts made, can I make them myself and how do I design them to hold the equipment?
Note there is one ic 706, one ft-7800, one 396xt scanner and one 900 mtx Motorola .
Thanks, and if this is the wrong place to post let me know.

My goal is a more clean pro like appearance.

You can find some on eBay and other internet outlets. Here's a current listing for a rack mount for the Motorola CDM radios: Rack Mount 2U Dual Motorola CDM 1250 | eBay

19" rack mounts have been around for a long time. You can find used ones all over the place. I searched ebay for "rack mount" (with the quotes) and got 12,000 hits. Many, many of the hits are for parts for rack mounts so it should be quite easy to build your own, too.

As for design, I am sure that if you look at enough pictures of 19" rack mounts, you can figure out how to plan one for yourself.

 

[TonyS]

Making the cabinet is the easy part. Making the face plates is another thing. I've tried making my own face plates with my mill but it was very tedious. The 1/8"-thick metal usually used will bend/twist in a vice. You need a backer to hold it in place. Best to buy the face plates. You can whip up a cabinet in 1 day if you have decent skills.

 

[E5911]

Have the rack. Need the faceplates, thanks

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[03msc]

Have the rack. Need the faceplates, thanks

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Is that picture from the thread of the user who has the model airplanes in his shack as well? If so I believe he has a few threads on here in the Pictures subforum and I am 99.9% sure he says in that thread where he acquired the faceplates from, etc. If you just found that online then search the Pictures forum for one called "____ Racks the Shack" where ___ is his ham callsign...I'm not where I can easily look it up and link to it or I would...

 

[TonyS]

Jotto makes nice faces. Never had a problem with them over the years. Easiest thing would be to call them and ask if their hole spacing is standard to EIA specs or what . BTW, here's a link to making your own racks. There's info there you can use. http://www.hauntedyards.com/images/books/rackbuildinghowto.pdf

 

[kb4mdz]

Jotto faceplate for the particular radio(s) i'm interested in; and a Hammond rack panel, 3U high, I used the PBFS19005BK2; it's flanged on the top & bottom so it will have some more rigidity. I have access to someone with a plasma cutter, he opened up 2 holes, side by side, that the Jotto faceplates can fit into. Mount the radio to the faceplate then screw the faceplate to the panel with the standard mounting holes.

Here's some kenwood stuff I did years ago;with a couple CPI Tone Adapters also racked. And then a whole rack full of them; previously had been on shelves, two radios with TRA per shelf. Reduced rack space by 1/2.

 

[E5911]

Thanks

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[N9JIG]

Have a standard if old effects rack out of a radio station, floor standing, I have various radios mounted to standard rack shelves and would like to explore custom flush mounting, such as below How are such mounts made, can I make them myself and how do I design them to hold the equipment?
Note there is one ic 706, one ft-7800, one 396xt scanner and one 900 mtx Motorola .
Thanks, and if this is the wrong place to post let me know.

My goal is a more clean pro like appearance.

This is from one of my prior shack builds. While I still have the same cabinets etc. they have been rearranged a bit since I moved to Arizona.

The rack, faceplates and power supplies came from Radio Specific Power Supplies. They use JottoDesk faceplates (http://jottopublicsafety.gojotto.com/console-accessories.html).

Enjoy!

 

[N9JIG]

You can find some on eBay and other internet outlets. Here's a current listing for a rack mount for the Motorola CDM radios: Rack Mount 2U Dual Motorola CDM 1250 | eBay

19" rack mounts have been around for a long time. You can find used ones all over the place. I searched ebay for "rack mount" (with the quotes) and got 12,000 hits. Many, many of the hits are for parts for rack mounts so it should be quite easy to build your own, too.

As for design, I am sure that if you look at enough pictures of 19" rack mounts, you can figure out how to plan one for yourself.

NovexComm (the guy referenced above) makes some nice stuff. I have used his Icom mounts for years and have an R8500 rackmounted with his mount now.

 

[N9JIG]

Is that picture from the thread of the user who has the model airplanes in his shack as well? If so I believe he has a few threads on here in the Pictures subforum and I am 99.9% sure he says in that thread where he acquired the faceplates from, etc. If you just found that online then search the Pictures forum for one called "____ Racks the Shack" where ___ is his ham callsign...I'm not where I can easily look it up and link to it or I would...

http://forums.radioreference.com/pictures-your-shack-mobile-setup/294794-n9jig-racks-shack.html