HI Matt: Yeah…. rack screws can be expensive. The brass screws we used at work were $1.50 each! One of the construction guys had a bag on 100 in his hand, and commented: “Hey guys… take a look at $150.” And the company was buying them in large quantities… likely 1000 at a time. I guess the alloy of the metal is special, because the screws may have to take the entire weight load of the rack unit being mounted. Some stuff can be pretty heavy, especially if it’s a power supply. But then, the PSs are usually at the bottom of the rack. 73 de Ray
On Mar 23, 2016, at 9:03 AM, Matt Patoray via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
I am looking for a good place to buy rack screws, I was hoping to find a place i can just stop in and pick up a pack of 100, tried Guitar Center and they told me they have to order them, unless i wanted some "specialty" ones they had in stock that where $9 for 10 screws, yeah I dont think so.
I am reassembling an Ampex VR-1200 Quadruplex VTR and it has a lot of rack mount modules.
Vintage Computer tie in, lots of Mini and S-100 bus computers are able to be rack mounted, and the VTR was able to used in a PDP-11 comtrolled editing system.
-- Matt Patoray Owner, MSP Productions KD8AMG Amateur Radio Call Sign