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rackstack/cases/rack2/mainRail.scad
2022-12-31 13:56:54 -05:00

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include <./config.scad>
include <./screws.scad>
// Distance between the middle of a screw mount and the rail's vertical edges
railScrewHoleToInnerEdge = 5;
railScrewHoleToOuterEdge = 5;
// Distance between the midpoint of the rail screw holes.
rackMountScrewWidth = maxUnitWidth + 2*railScrewHoleToInnerEdge;
railFrontThickness = 6; // Make sure that the nuts for the chosen screw type can slot within the front face
railSideMountThickness = 2.5;
railOtherThickness = 2.5;
// Extra spacing for the rack unit screws.
frontScrewSpacing = 8;
/* 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;
sideSupportExtraSpace = 2;
sideSupportScrewHoleToFrontEdge = 5;
sideSupportScrewHoleToBackEdge = 4.5;
sideSupportDepth = sideSupportScrewHoleToBackEdge + sideSupportScrewHoleToFrontEdge;
frontFaceWidth = railScrewHoleToInnerEdge + railScrewHoleToOuterEdge;
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])
m4HexNutPocketNegative();
}
}
}
module _connectingLBracketRailSegment() {
difference() {
cube(size = [railOtherThickness, frontScrewSpacing + railOtherThickness, railTotalHeight]);
union () {
translate(v=[0,4,railFootThickness + screwDiff / 2])
rotate(a=[0,90,0])
cylinder(r=m3RadiusSlacked, h = 10, $fn=32, center=true);
translate(v=[0,4,railTotalHeight-(railFootThickness + screwDiff / 2)])
rotate(a=[0,90,0])
cylinder(r=m3RadiusSlacked, h = 10, $fn=32, center=true);
}
}
translate(v=[0, frontScrewSpacing + railOtherThickness, 0])
rotate(a=[0,0,270])
cube(size=[railOtherThickness, frontFaceWidth - sideSupportExtraSpace, railTotalHeight]);
}
module _sideSupportSegment() {
difference() {
cube(size=[sideSupportDepth, railSideMountThickness, railTotalHeight]);
for (i=[1:numRailScrews]) {
translate(v=[sideSupportScrewHoleToFrontEdge, railFrontThickness/2, i*screwDiff + railFootThickness])
rotate(a=[90,0,0])
cylinder(r=m4RadiusSlacked, h=10, $fn=32);
}
}
}
module _railFeet() {
difference() {
cube(size = [frontFaceWidth - sideSupportExtraSpace, sideSupportDepth, railFootThickness]);
hull() {
translate(v = [1.5, 5, 0])
cylinder(r = m3RadiusSlacked, h = 10, $fn = 32);
translate(v = [0, 5, 0])
cube(size=[0.1, m3RadiusSlacked*2, 10], center=true);
}
}
}
module mainRail() {
union() {
_frontRailSegment();
translate(v = [0, railFrontThickness, 0])
_connectingLBracketRailSegment();
translate(v = [frontFaceWidth-sideSupportExtraSpace, railFrontThickness + railOtherThickness + frontScrewSpacing, 0])
rotate(a = [0, 0, 90])
_sideSupportSegment();
translate(v = [0, railFrontThickness + railOtherThickness + frontScrewSpacing, 0]) {
_railFeet();
translate(v = [0, 0, railTotalHeight-railFootThickness])
_railFeet();
}
}
}
mainRail();
echo("Total Rail Height = ", railTotalHeight);