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Home made hard drive rack
Hi all, As part of my ongoing Bench project, I decided to build a new version of my home made tool free hard drive rack. Materials: Aluminun L angle 1/2in x 1/2in 4 pieces, 16cm in length Aluminum L angle 1/2in x 3/4in 2 pieces, 13cm in length 4 pieces, 16cm in length Aluminum straight bar 1/2in 4 pieces, 10.5cm in length Aluminum rivets and washers 6-32 Thumb screws Tools: Hand drill, cobalt metal drill bits Center punch Pop rivet gun 6-32 tap Dremel tool--sanding drum and grinding bit
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And here it is: ![]() Yes, you can buy pre-stamped racks for $20, but I kind of wanted to do it my way for the experience. Plus its to my specific specifications. Total cost about $15 in materials. ![]() Drives slide in from the left, stopping at the back by the last rivet. This lines it up for the thumbscrews to engage the mounting holes, tacking it into place. Here's another view: ![]()
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I plan on painting it black and using the red thumbscrews. Here are my thoughts on the building process: Always measure twice before cutting/drilling. In fact, recheck fits after every change. Just putting in a rivet bends the metal a little bit, which can throw things off a bit. In fact the very LAST thing I did were the mounting holes for the thumbscrews to lock the drives in, because after riveting the thing together, the spots were off by 1-2mm.
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looks good, i woulda made it include 1 or even 2 120mm fans on the front for cooling but that me, i love noise ![]()
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ah, that looks sweet, i shoulda checked out the links in ur sig, i mean im one for noise, but having that delta...i cant even imagine ![]()
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That plexi HDD still working? Looks good by the way.
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Actually, the delta isn't very loud. There are 2 independently powered 120mm fans in the housing (counter-rotating), and I keep them both around 1300rpm, so it sound just like 2x1300rpm 120mm fans--that is to say far from silent, but what most would consider fairly quiet. The gain is an amazing amount of pressure. On the other hand, I can crank them up to 3000+ rpms and have things fly around the room! Sorry, the hard drive was broken even before I window'd it. It's just for show. But it looks nice, experimented a little with graphics--pic.
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That's actually very cool! It looks like you put a lot of thought and work into it before actually starting with your raw materials. Impressive ![]()
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This is pretty neat. It sure beats my hard drive rack of popsicle sticks, glue, and rubber bands.
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I like it as well, do the drives have any vibration noise? Before painting it, have you considered trying that plasticote stuff? Its a decent vibration dampener. If not that they make a weather stripping in 1/2" wide that you could lay down to eat some of that vibration up. Or some rubber grommets/washers where the thumbscrews attach. Just some ideas, looks great
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Not bad. But still a conventional layout. Personally I'd like to see some alternative mounting positions to help eliminate transfer of vibrations, airflow, & wiring.
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I'm not much of a silent pc person, for goodness sakes look at the fan on my Big Typhoon. Hard drive clicking bothers me not at all. The cage does vibrate with the hard drive, altho it doesn't seem to me to add any noise to the hard drive during virus scanning. The large acrylic sheet to which it is mounted, barely transmits the vibrations, even right next to the cage. Still, once I settle on a location, I'll mount it on neoprene washers. Quote:
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That is awesome Navig, great work! I can't believe how much stuff you can do with the Lubic Kits. Hopefully I will be able to pick up a kit next month, keep up the good work ![]()
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I wish I had that kind of talent!
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Nice nearly the quality of MM |
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where'd you get the alu? I like your design and have been trying to make one myself, but cannot find L-shaped alu. |
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Lowe's. My local ACE hardware. Some Home Depots. All else fails, mcmaster.com
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Very nice Work indeed, I have been wanting to do something like this myself. Thank you very much for sharing!
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Location: Somerset, KY
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Nice rack. I may do something like that to add a couple of more hard drives.
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Location: Australia
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Did I just see a home made raptor X??? Does that HD work?? Has anyone tried to make a HD rack like the ones in Lian Li PC V 1000? |
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Yes, that's a window'd hard drive, no it doesn't work anymore. That's an old-school mod from years ago, do a google search and you can find the safest method if you really want to try it. By HD rack like Lian Li, I'm assuming some sort of cage made of stamped metal? Its pretty easy to buy them (performance-pcs). I've had some requests to make some make some custom benches, but in the future I doubt I'll make another custom hard drive rack, its much more efficient and cost effective to just buy one for $15.
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Sorry that this thread is a little old, but how thick are your aluminum pieces?
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I'm not entirely sure, sorry. I believe its 1/16th. Its interesting, since this thread, I've upgraded my toolset--makeshift table saw and drill press. I could bang one out pretty quickly!
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Thanks. I was looking at some aluminum trim the day before at a hardware store and I was thinking that the 1/16" was too flimsy... Or maybe it was 1/32" ![]()
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Great Design! May have to borrow the idea in the future. Better than my method of stealing the HD mounting cages out of old cases.
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That setup looks like cat-shredding mayhem ![]() Excellent work! ![]() ~ Gos
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