[Boatanchors] 19" Cabinet Mounting Question

[Glenn Little WB4UIV]

I work as the Chief Engineer at a TV station.
We mount a LOT of equipment in racks.
All of our racks have the holes that you describe.
We use these 
http://www.markertek.com/Racks-Cases/Rack-Screws-Hardware/TecNec-Cables-Connectors/CORN.xhtml?CORN 
to mount our equipment.
This is a pack of 25 of the clip nuts.
These are the standard 10-32 thread.
There are also 6MM clip nuts available.
It sounds like you may need 8 clip nuts for the 
front and possibly 4 for a back support.

You can find these at other places.
Markertek seems to have most of what we need so they a one of our suppliers.
Newark also has these for slightly more.
http://www.newark.com/jsp/search/browse.jsp?N=500003+1003146&Ntk=gensearch_001&Ntt=clip+nuts&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial

Mouser also has these for about the same price.


Hope this helps.

73
Glenn
WB4UIV

At 05:19 PM 12/12/2010, Greg Roecker wrote:
>Hello to the group, I have obtained a very nice 
>19” cabinet for my R-390A.  The cabinet has a 
>recessed lip on either side of the cabinet that 
>runs down both sides behind the front panel of 
>my R-390A.  The holes in the lip are NOT 
>threaded - and are larger than a standard 
>mounting screw - so I can not simply attach a 
>screw through the front panel into threads on 
>the lip behind it. Anyone have any suggestions 
>or ideas on how to secure the front panel to the 
>cabinet? Thanks, and 73, Greg/n4osj 
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