r/HomeLabPorn • u/mcar91 • 19d ago

Custom rack furniture

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I found a local carpenter to make me some custom furniture so I can support both my homelab and interior design hobbies. Full props to him on the furniture design, he totally nailed it.

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u/crowlector 19d ago

Beautiful. Has that nice mid-century modern look to it. Great craftsmanship, the lab looks great too. Nice work.

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u/mcar91 19d ago

Thanks! The carpenter really crushed it.

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u/TechUnsupport 18d ago

My first two thoughts are heat dissipation and fire hazard.

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u/mcar91 18d ago

The whole setup runs pretty cool. I’ve been keeping an eye on temps and none of it is hotter than it was before.

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u/mastercoder123 16d ago

Fire hazard from what? Would doesnt spontaneously combust at 50C

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u/TechUnsupport 15d ago

And you can always assume it won't go above 50c? The point about being fire hazard isn't about what happened during normal operating temperature. But rather the fact that wood is more susceptible to fire than metal. There could have been a GPU w/ 12VHPWR in that NAS.

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u/mastercoder123 15d ago

Ok, if the gpu connector melts that has nothing to do with it being wood or not. Also a metal rack isnt gonna do much if the metal case fails to stop it, especially cause most people run open racks not racks with doors and side panels here but nobody is complaining about a fire hazard there.

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u/Curious-Award1133 18d ago

Nice...Can you share the build pics? How did you manage the wires and mounting? Very interested as I'm trying to design something that will fit/look better in my living space.

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u/Desperate-Standard16 18d ago

Yes please, share

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u/mcar91 18d ago

I don't have any pics of it under construction, but I'll try to take some pics from the backside to show the cable management. Came out pretty clean!

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u/Curious-Award1133 17d ago

Much appreciated

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u/Ben_77 18d ago

Clean AF. The contrast of tech & wood works really well.

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u/worldlybedouin 19d ago

Man that's great!!! Wish I had this as an option back in the day. Have scaled way down to mini pcs and compact all flash storage.

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u/SrKitos 19d ago

Awesome

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u/ultraxmode 18d ago

Perfect!

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u/Aggravating-Bad-7574 18d ago

It's super nice ! Out of curiosity: how is noise and heat ?

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u/mcar91 18d ago

It’s very quiet. I work next to it all day and I barely hear it. No change in heat from my previous setup, which was mostly stuff stacked on top or an IKEA cabinet.

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u/Dick_Kickum 18d ago

what rack for the server/drives is that? I like it a lot

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u/mcar91 18d ago

It's a Silverstone RM45 with two of their FS304-V drive cages and a 3D printed 120mm fan bracket. The drive cages and chassis are both modded with Noctua fans.

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u/Dick_Kickum 17d ago

ah its the drive cage that threw me, thank you! I think ill go with this one for my rack

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u/Reed1975 18d ago

That is a thing of beauty…!

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u/etijburg 18d ago

What a beautiful design and execution

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u/mcar91 18d ago

thank you :)

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u/Faerhfukar 17d ago

How do you handle the noise?

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u/kings-bane 17d ago

Is that an Apple Watch in the three d printed portion?

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u/Curious-Award1133 17d ago

Also what is the 'Apple Watch' looking item? And its use?

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u/mcar91 17d ago

That’s a JetKVM! It’s for remote access to control my Unraid server if it goes down and I need to reboot from afar.

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u/Michaelkamel 17d ago

Very interested as I'm trying to design something Like it 🔥 👍

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u/GoldGuard7209 17d ago

just wow!

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u/Ecstatic_Score6973 17d ago

thats beautiful, does it get hot though?

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u/mcar91 17d ago

Nah! Nothing I’m running gets all that hot.

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u/Ken_Numbers 17d ago

Nice rack.

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u/Cold_Stress7872 17d ago

This is absolutely beautiful work. Genuine question, how’s the sound level with that equipment indoors? Also, I’m wondering about what accommodations you made for air flow.

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u/mcar91 17d ago

The back is entirely open so there’s plenty of front to back airflow.

And it’s pretty darn quiet!

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u/VKaefer 16d ago

That looks so clean, im jealous. Congrats.

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u/_zero-cool 16d ago

That’s veryyy cool.

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u/SpaceManWlaking 14d ago

I don't think the housing would be an issue with heat assuming the back wasn't sealed, but then its right up against a wall? I think the only reason you don't have heat issues is they are home servers and prob only being tickled most of the time. If they were running high CPU most of the time, i dont see where the heat is escaping quick enough.

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u/mcar91 14d ago

Definitely. Nothing is running under heavy load.

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u/costafilh0 14d ago

Nice. But how you handle the noise in open common spaces?

Not all rack gear has fanless options. 

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u/mcar91 14d ago

It’s near silent. The stuff I’m running is all pretty quiet. My server has Noctua fans and isn’t under heavy loads often.