3d-printing

Yo dawg, I heard you like server racks so I made you a 10-inch rack that mounts in a 19-inch rack
June 30th 2025

Yo dawg, I heard you like server racks so I made you a 10-inch rack that mounts in a 19-inch rack

The standard server rack is 19 inches wide with 1.75 inch tall rack units. This means most rack equipment you'll find readily available for purchase is standardized around this 19-inch rack size. However, most 3d printers do not have a bed size capable of printing a full 19-inch tray. Due to this limitation, you'll find most 3d printable rack trays are either designed to be modular and interconnected so they can be printed in smaller pieces, or they are designed for smaller racks such as the increasingly more common 10 inch server rack size popular with DIY enthusiasts. This smaller size allows for a full tray to be printed in a 256mm x 256mm printer bed (like that of my BambuLabs X1C) as a single print. But what if you want both? What if you want easily available 19-inch rack equipment alongside your own custom 10-inch trays?