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I really don't want to be too much of a downer, but is this really just an HN post about someone putting something on a shelf?
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I mean, you can probably reduce any HN article to something that doesnt sound worthy of being on here if you want
You're not wrong.<p>How in gods name this article made it to the front page of HN is a mystery.
What you’re really here for is the Lack Rack:<p><a href="https://wiki.eth0.nl/index.php/LackRack" rel="nofollow">https://wiki.eth0.nl/index.php/LackRack</a>
I keep wanting to build this but I have seen people talking online that they changed the legs and they are now hollow and not really suitable for this.<p>That has made me very cautious to use this for any serious amount of mounting.<p>Edit: Apparently there is a section on that page about it, but does not give a ton of confidence that it won’t give me a lot of issues.
Reminds me of the LACK that is commonly used for server racks: <a href="https://www.google.com/search?udm=web&q=lack+rack" rel="nofollow">https://www.google.com/search?udm=web&q=lack+rack</a>
Nice fire safety and grounding. Wood is ideal for both. They should build data centers like this.
How exactly do you envision this going wrong?<p>The rack itself won't hold electrostatic charge, and if the devices themselves want to be grounded they can be grounded through their power supply<p>And wood isn't <i>that</i> easy to get to burn unless you turn it into small particles first
I once worked in a hardware lab that used wire shelving for holding arrays of running machines, and a bad ground running through one chassis caused anyone who touched the shelf to get shocked by something very close to line voltage.<p>I’m more worried about heat dissipation though.
That shelf is more glue and fire retardant than it is wood. Its also really bad as a book shelf so it might still be superior in this role than the intended one.