How to Make Everything Ourselves: Open Modular Hardware

Re:How to Make Everything Ourselves: Open Modular Hardware by TOGoS on Thursday June 28, 2018 @04:22PM (#17420159)

In the US it probably makes more sense to go with an inch-based standard, since it's easier to find materials in those sizes. I've been making up my own 'standard' for rack-mount electronics with an eye towards making it work nicely with as many other defacto standards as possible (19" racks, standard lumber sizes, pegboard, unistrut, erector sets): http://www.nuke24.net/docs/2018/TOGRack.html

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Re:How to Make Everything Ourselves: Open Modular Hardware by Qwertie on Thursday June 28, 2018 @07:50PM (#17421400)

You can just buy the closest match and cut off a bit of the end. In the end it's much better for everyone to standardize on the superior units

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Re:How to Make Everything Ourselves: Open Modular Hardware by TOGoS on Friday June 29, 2018 @01:08AM (#17422540)

Indeed. Which is why I standardized on inches, which match the hardware at Home Depot and whose rulers make it easy to divide by powers of 2. :P

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Re:How to Make Everything Ourselves: Open Modular Hardware by TOGoS on Friday June 29, 2018 @02:51AM (#17422874)

Aw shucks. Downvoted for disagreeing with the HN groupthink.

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Re:How to Make Everything Ourselves: Open Modular Hardware by TOGoS on Friday June 29, 2018 @02:38PM (#17426595)

First rule of HN groupthink is don't acknowledge HN groupthink. Just downvote anyone who's different.

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