HP Cxxx drive rails, & moulding plastic

From: Tothwolf <tothwolf_at_concentric.net>
Date: Thu Feb 21 17:41:19 2002

On Thu, 21 Feb 2002, Tim wrote:
> Tothwolf wrote:
> > On Tue, 19 Feb 2002, Tim wrote:
> >> I've got an HP C180 and want to fit some more drives, but I'm short of
> >> the plastic rails you use to fit them.
> >
> > What do these look like? I've got piles of rails I'll likely never use,
> > but I wouldn't know HP rails from another type...
>
> As promised, I took a couple of snaps last night with the IndyCam (the
> only thing that keeps this almost on topic :-). Apologies for the
> poor quality, but you can't do a lot better with those things <g>:
>
> http://213.152.32.6/hp/driverail1.jpg
> http://213.152.32.6/hp/driverail2.jpg

Not sure if I have any of these, but I'll check. I've got piles of other
types of rails, but I don't remember seeing any that look exactly like
yours.

> If you do have any to spare which you could sell me, I would of course
> be eternally grateful... Otherwise, it's off to the railway modelling
> shop to follow the excellent suggestion of a resin moulding kit!

Wouldn't it be easier to fabricate something similar from some aluminum
stock?

-Toth
Received on Thu Feb 21 2002 - 17:41:19 GMT

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