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rackstack/rack/mainRail.scad
2023-01-12 00:07:02 -05:00

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include <./config.scad>
include <../helper/screws.scad>
include <../helper/math.scad>
/* Small horizontal planes at the top and bottom of the main rails. Used so we can fasten the rail to the frame
Note that this value is also used for a depression at the bottom/top of the frame for aligning the rail */
railFootThickness = 3;
railTotalHeight = screwDiff * (numRailScrews + 1) + 2 * railFootThickness;
railFrontThickness = 6; // Make sure that the nuts for the chosen screw type can slot within the front face
railSideMountThickness = 2.5;
// Distance between the middle of a screw mount and the rail's vertical edges
railScrewHoleToInnerEdge = 5;
railScrewHoleToOuterEdge = 7;
// Distance between the midpoint of the rail screw holes.
rackMountScrewWidth = maxUnitWidth + 2 * railScrewHoleToInnerEdge;
// Extra spacing for screws.
frontScrewSpacing = 15;
sideSupportScrewHoleToBackEdge = 4;
sideSupportDepth = sideSupportScrewHoleToBackEdge + frontScrewSpacing;
frontFaceWidth = railScrewHoleToInnerEdge + railScrewHoleToOuterEdge;
railTotalWidth = frontFaceWidth;
railTotalDepth = railFrontThickness+sideSupportDepth;
echo("Total Rail Height: ", railTotalHeight);
// Also known as the z-bar :)
module mainRail() {
union() {
_frontRailSegment();
translate(v = [railSideMountThickness, railFrontThickness, 0])
rotate(a = [0, 0, 90])
_sideSupportSegment();
translate(v = [0, railFrontThickness, 0]) {
translate(v=[railSideMountThickness,0,0])
_railFeet();
translate(v = [railSideMountThickness, 0, railTotalHeight - railFootThickness])
_railFeet();
}
}
module _frontRailSegment() {
difference() {
cube(size = [frontFaceWidth, railFrontThickness, railTotalHeight]);
for (i = [1:numRailScrews]) {
translate(v = [railScrewHoleToOuterEdge, railFrontThickness / 2, i * screwDiff + railFootThickness])
rotate(a = [90, 0, 0])
hexNutPocket_N(mainRailScrewType);
}
}
}
module _sideSupportSegment() {
difference() {
cube(size = [sideSupportDepth, railSideMountThickness, railTotalHeight]);
for (i = [1:numRailScrews]) {
translate(v = [frontScrewSpacing, railFrontThickness/2, i*screwDiff+railFootThickness])
rotate(a = [90, 0, 0])
cylinder(r = screwRadiusSlacked(mainRailSideMountScrewType), h = inf10, $fn = 32);
}
}
}
module _railFeet() {
difference() {
cube(size = [frontFaceWidth - railSideMountThickness, sideSupportDepth, railFootThickness]);
translate(v = [5, 4, 0])
cylinder(r = screwRadiusSlacked(rackFrameScrewType), h = inf10, $fn = 32);
}
}
}
module railFeetSlot_N() {
slotSlack = 0.2;
union() {
translate(v=[-slotSlack/2, -slotSlack/2,0])
cube(size = [railTotalWidth + slotSlack, railTotalDepth + slotSlack, railFootThickness]);
translate(v = [railSideMountThickness + 5, railFrontThickness + 4 , -m3HeatSetInsertSlotHeightSlacked])
heatSetInsertSlot_N(rackFrameScrewType);
}
}