I use those very type of screws and clip-on nuts in our datacenter cabinets.
We get them from a local company called "falcon technologies". Don't recall
what they cost, but I don't think they were very cheap.
Jay West
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Woyciesjes" <DAW_at_yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu>
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Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 11:00 AM
Subject: Kinda OT?: Looking for rackmount screw sets....
> Well, I just acquired a 5' x 3' x 2' IBM AS400 drive cabinet. F--n
> heavy!
> Now, to mount equipment in it, I need to find some more of those
> clip-on T-nut kinda things, which clip on around the hole in the rails, so
> you then use the supplies screws to mount your equipment. Some older DEC
> racks used the same thing.
> And, as you can guess, the guys at the local Home Depot just gave
> me funny looks.
> Anybody know where I can get a dozen or two of these screw mount
> sets? For a reasonable price? And what are they called?
>
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