[Boatanchors] 19" Cabinet Mounting Question

[ronw8]

I have a supply of both the speed nuts that clip into the rack as well 
as the 10-32 threaded types and also the screws.

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Ron



On 12/12/2010 08:28 PM, WA5CAB at cs.com wrote:
> Cage nuts fit square holes and are made for various ranges of panel
> thickness.  They install from the back side of the panel.  My 40 KW Onan uses a
> zillion of them.  From the way in which you described the holes in your cabinet
> I think they are round.  The fitting you need clips on over the edge of the
> panel, and J-nuts is one name for them.  They are made for both sheetmetal
> screw threads and machine screw threads.  One place to look is McMaster.com.
>   But I've never bought any so there's no telling what they call them.  I
> would start by searching for "nut" and look at the photos.
>
> In a message dated 12/12/2010 5:35:43 PM Central Standard Time,
> anchor at ec.rr.com writes:
>> Hi Folks,
>>      Yes, these are better than the J-nut or speed-nuts, and you get a real
>>
>> nut with several threads to engage, a desirable attribute if you're rack
>> mounting.  I have some of them, but often they're too "closely coupled"
>> and there's too much metal in the cabinet or rack mount between the hole
>> and the edge of the lip.
>> 73,
>> Al, W8UT
>> www.boatanchors.org
>> www.hammarlund.info
>>
>> "There is nothing -- absolutely nothing -- half so much
>> worth doing as simply messing about in boats"
>> Ratty, to Mole
>>
>> On 12/12/2010 5:33 PM, Dennis pharr wrote:
>>> Greg:
>>>
>>> What you need are called Cage-Nuts.  These clip onto the existing
>>> non-threaded hole in the rack rail and provide a 10-32 nut behind to
>> capture
>>> the screw.  You can do a Google search and find a lot of sources for
>> these -
>>> one is below.  You might be able to find them at a well-stocked local
>>> hardware store as well, but it's doubtful since they are somewhat of a
>>> specialty item.
>>>
>>> http://www.rackmountsolutions.net/Rackmount_Screws_Hardware.asp
>>>
>>> 73
>>> Dennis
>>> WD5JWY
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 4:19 PM, Greg Roecker<n4osj at bellsouth.net>
>> 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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