Pi 10 Inch Mini-rack Upgrade your home lab with this fun 3d printable project 4 February 2025 2 minute read By Kevin McAleer Share this article on Table of Contents What is a Mini-Rack?Mini-Rack 3D Design TutorialWhy a Mini-Rack?Building a Mini-Rack using a laser-cutter, 3D printer and 20x20mm aluminium extrusionStretch GoalsDesigning the Mini-RackProject Write-up Tags: Raspberry Pi cluster mini-rack Difficulty: beginner Category: raspberrypi 3ddesign Home Blog Pi 10 inch mini rack Pi 10 Inch Mini-rack Upgrade your home lab with this fun 3d printable project 4 February 2025 | 2 minute read | By Kevin McAleer | Share this article on Videos For every project I create, I often make a corresponding YouTube video. Sometimes, there might be more than one video for a single project. You can find these videos in this section. Explore more through these this dedicated videos. What is a Mini-Rack? A Mini-Rack is a small, 10” rack that can hold network equipment, computers and other related equipment. A full size rack, one you typially find in a serveroom or data center are 19” wide. A mini-rack is 10” wide, and designed for smallers spaces, perfect for a home lab or small office. I’ve created a full tutorial for you here: Mini-Rack 3D Design Tutorial Why a Mini-Rack? A mini-rack is a great way to keep your equipment organized and easily accessible. It also helps with cable management, keeping everything neat and tidy. It also helps with cooling, as the equipment is mounted in a way that allows for better airflow. Building a Mini-Rack using a laser-cutter, 3D printer and 20x20mm aluminium extrusion I built a mini-rack using a laser-cutter, 3D printer and 20x20mm aluminium extrusion. The rack is 10” wide, 4U high Racks use a standard unit of height, known as a ‘U’ where 1U = 44.45mm . It has 4 shelves, each 10” wide and 200mm deep. The frame is made from 20x20mm aluminium extrusion, 3D printed parts for stability and finished with a basswood top and front facia. The rack is intended to be a free standing desktop rack. My requirements for this rack project are: 10” Mini-Rack Made from parts I can easily source or make House 4 Raspberry Pi 5s House the networking equipment for the Raspberry Pi cluster 4 way power distribution UPS for power backup Stretch Goals In addition to the requirements above, I would like to add the following features: Networking - preferably with PoE for power Able to restart each pi remotely Second row of Raspberry Pi 5s for a total of 8 Pis Designing the Mini-Rack The first part of this project is to design and 3D print the parts for the rack. I’ve created a full tutorial for you here: Mini-Rack 3D Design Tutorial - which is covered in the videos linked above too. Project Write-up I’ve detailed this project here: Mini-Rack project Liked this article? You might like these too. Pi Tray - Mini-rack - Part II In this part of the mini-rack project, we will finish the design with the Pi Tray, Top Panel and Front Cluster Panel Installing and Using DeepSeek-R1:1.5 on a Raspberry Pi with Docker We explore its features, pros, cons, and why it's a disruptive innovation challenging ChatGPT and Gemini. Gamepad & BurgerBot Build a Raspberry Pi Pico powered bluetooth remote control for your robot 10 Projects for your Raspberry Pi Pico If you've just got a new Raspberry Pi Pico and you're looking for some inspiration, then you've come to the right place. Here is a collection of projects that you can build with your Raspberry Pi Pico. Raspberry Pi Telegraf Setup with Docker "Learn how to set up Telegraf on your Raspberry Pi with Docker to monitor system metrics and integrate with popular time-series databases like InfluxDB or Prometheus." Setting Up Dynamic DNS on a Raspberry Pi for Self-Hosting Learn how to configure Dynamic DNS on your Raspberry Pi to enable easy remote access and self-host your WordPress, Ghost blog, or other web services.
Pi 10 Inch Mini-rack Upgrade your home lab with this fun 3d printable project 4 February 2025 2 minute read By Kevin McAleer Share this article on Table of Contents What is a Mini-Rack?Mini-Rack 3D Design TutorialWhy a Mini-Rack?Building a Mini-Rack using a laser-cutter, 3D printer and 20x20mm aluminium extrusionStretch GoalsDesigning the Mini-RackProject Write-up Tags: Raspberry Pi cluster mini-rack Difficulty: beginner Category: raspberrypi 3ddesign
What is a Mini-Rack? A Mini-Rack is a small, 10” rack that can hold network equipment, computers and other related equipment. A full size rack, one you typially find in a serveroom or data center are 19” wide. A mini-rack is 10” wide, and designed for smallers spaces, perfect for a home lab or small office. I’ve created a full tutorial for you here: Mini-Rack 3D Design Tutorial Why a Mini-Rack? A mini-rack is a great way to keep your equipment organized and easily accessible. It also helps with cable management, keeping everything neat and tidy. It also helps with cooling, as the equipment is mounted in a way that allows for better airflow. Building a Mini-Rack using a laser-cutter, 3D printer and 20x20mm aluminium extrusion I built a mini-rack using a laser-cutter, 3D printer and 20x20mm aluminium extrusion. The rack is 10” wide, 4U high Racks use a standard unit of height, known as a ‘U’ where 1U = 44.45mm . It has 4 shelves, each 10” wide and 200mm deep. The frame is made from 20x20mm aluminium extrusion, 3D printed parts for stability and finished with a basswood top and front facia. The rack is intended to be a free standing desktop rack. My requirements for this rack project are: 10” Mini-Rack Made from parts I can easily source or make House 4 Raspberry Pi 5s House the networking equipment for the Raspberry Pi cluster 4 way power distribution UPS for power backup Stretch Goals In addition to the requirements above, I would like to add the following features: Networking - preferably with PoE for power Able to restart each pi remotely Second row of Raspberry Pi 5s for a total of 8 Pis Designing the Mini-Rack The first part of this project is to design and 3D print the parts for the rack. I’ve created a full tutorial for you here: Mini-Rack 3D Design Tutorial - which is covered in the videos linked above too. Project Write-up I’ve detailed this project here: Mini-Rack project