Plans are done. The ones of the previous page changed slightly following review, discussion, criticism, tears, yelling, arguing, acceptance and finally putting my foot down and insisting on what I wanted.
We started with the bottom and decided to try our hand with lap joints. We didn't have any fancy dado saw (the thing with the wide blade) so we had to go old school.
Did we succeed? Short answer YES (we have a joint). Would we get paid for this work. No.
... and ...
Better stop working on getting that better and start with the main structure. This involved drilling and screwing. We can do that!
And the end of the first night ... or was it the second ... this is what we had ...
Finally, we glued, drilled and screwed it all together. Added wheels to the bottom (two fixed, two swivel) ... so that it can be pushed around ... and here it is ...
The planned 2 x 3 plastic container storage on the bottom fitted perfectly (way to go sketchup!). The middle shelf with the yet to be purchased, built, o/s loaded, etc NAS looks good. I will be putting in a Fractal Design Define R5 in there. The top shelf has a 24-port patch panel on the bottom, a 24-port switch on the top and room for other power items (cable modem, voip modem, etc). I even have room to slot in another shelf (if required) between that and the top.
Close up of the top shelf ...
Here is where the Ethernet cables will come into play ... dropping from the ceiling of the basement (insert), down into a service loop on the outside of the wooden server rack and then ducking through that hole and into the patch panel.
