jcaut
02-28-2006, 10:31 PM
I know: A pretty mundane sounding project. Nevertheless, this turned out well enough that I wanted to show somebody.
I've been wanting a power strip that I could put on an audio rack with some other components. When I saw Partsexpress had these buyout rack-mountable strips for ~$17, I thought that was just the ticket, so I bought one. There weren't any dimensions listed, and when it arrived I was surprised to see that it was less than 4" front-to-back. Fine for rack-mounting, I guess, but not really what I had in mind, as I wanted to sit it On the rack, like a regular component. Maybe sit something on top of it, etc.
Anyway, I built a center section out of MDF to go between the front and back "halves" of the strip, to make it deeper, like a typical component. Finished it with the infamous truck bed liner, and a couple of strips of red oak for side panels. Re-wired it internally such that one receptacle is switched and the others are always on.
This proved to be a difficult thing to show in pictures, but it looks really nice.
I've been wanting a power strip that I could put on an audio rack with some other components. When I saw Partsexpress had these buyout rack-mountable strips for ~$17, I thought that was just the ticket, so I bought one. There weren't any dimensions listed, and when it arrived I was surprised to see that it was less than 4" front-to-back. Fine for rack-mounting, I guess, but not really what I had in mind, as I wanted to sit it On the rack, like a regular component. Maybe sit something on top of it, etc.
Anyway, I built a center section out of MDF to go between the front and back "halves" of the strip, to make it deeper, like a typical component. Finished it with the infamous truck bed liner, and a couple of strips of red oak for side panels. Re-wired it internally such that one receptacle is switched and the others are always on.
This proved to be a difficult thing to show in pictures, but it looks really nice.