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A parametric 3d-printable mini rack system

  • Mount Anything: Perfect for organizing SBCs, mini PCs, small switches, power hubs, etc.
  • Fully customizable: Fully written in OpenSCAD. Everything, from the dimensions of the rack, to the roundness of the corners, can be modified with a simple code change.
  • Printable from home: Designed to be printed with conventional FDM printers. Requires minimal supports when printing, and final assembly needs only a few easy-to-source parts.
  • No cage nuts! Sliding hex nut design for the front rails allows one to easily mount items without dealing with cage nuts.
  • Stackable: Individual racks can be easily stacked and fastened together. Mix and match different color and design combinations!

Renders

See the renders for difference parametric profiles here

Assembly

Pre-generated STLs for roughly 200mm^3 (mini), 180mm^3 (micro), and 100mm^3 (nano) rack frames can be found in stl. These STLs are generated from the files in rack/print, and rack-mount/print - further information about printing these parts (supports, orientation) can be found in these files.

Assembly Instructions

Please see the assembly README here

Required Tools:

  • 3d FDM Printer - build size requirements depend on configured rack profile
  • M3 Allen Key (for constructing the rack)
  • M4 Allen Key (for mounting rack-mount items)

BOM - Single Rack:

Item Name Quantity Comment
M3x12 FHCS 20 Extras are useful and inexpensive. If you plan on eventually stacking multiple racks together, don't hesitate to get a lot more.
M3x16 FHCS 16 ☝️
M3 hex nut 36 ☝️
3x10 steel dowel pin 4 3mm diameter, 10mm height
6x2 neodymium disc magnet 8 6mm diameter, 2mm height
super glue >= 2ml Used to glue magnets to plastic

Notes:

  • Omitted actual plastic for printing. Any conventional 3d printing plastic should do (PLA, PETG, ABS), but beware of PLA's thermal limits. Higher infill is recommended for all parts.
  • For joining two racks, you will need 8 M3 hex nuts, and 8 M3x12 FHCS.
  • Main front rails use M4 hex nuts and screws.
  • Side rails are mounted using M3 hex nuts and screws.

Configuring + Generating STLs

A python script: rbuild.py is provided to generate different project stls.

Requirements:

  • openscad cli command (Only runs on Linux)
  • python3

Examples:

Generate all project files for the micro profile:

python3 rbuild.py -b all --nightly -c micro

This will build all the required STLs for a micro rack in the stl/custom/ directory. The --nightly is optional and means the build script will use the openscad-nightly command, instead of openscad. This usually results in much faster build times and is generally recommended.

For generating a specific part:

python3 rbuild.py -b yBar --nightly -c micro -t custom

Generated stls are put into the stl/ directories. The actual variable values for different profiles can be found in
rack/profiles.scad.

Description
A modular 3d-printable mini rack system.
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