I moved into a new house 3 years ago, and designed and built everything to be technology friendly. I use Home Assistant to control all things smart home, but never really organized my homelab stuff after I moved in. It was always a project that I promised myself I’d get to eventually. I had a 10" Deskpi Rackmate on my Amazon wish list, and Santa actually brought me one for Christmas, so it was a sign to get things started and organized. Most of the customizations for this project were 3D printed, but I snuck in a custom laser cut acylic router stand into this build. There are enough nerds here to appreciate a good tech project that incorporates laser cutting, 3D printing, and workspace organization, so here it is.
Before…
My goals were to consolidate the router, modem, switch, mini pc, hubs, and Synology NAS that was on my desk, as well as upgrade to a 10 Gbe network. I’m still waiting on a JetKVM from kickstarter, and still have some cable management to do, but everything came back online
so I’m happy for now.
The sides of the rack were acrylic and begging to be modified, so I laser cut an acrylic stand that mounts to the side to hold the Eero router. The reasoning is due to the odd shape of the router, which wouldn’t fit on the inside of the rack. The router stand is thick
clear acrylic.
Most the custom rack panels were 3D printed in PETG and designed in fusion 360 to fit my components. I did use the shelves that came with it to hold power bricks. The cable management and smart power strip mount were also designed by me and 3D printed. If anyone has any questions about specific components used, I’m happy to share!
Still have clean up back here, but it’s pretty tight with cables.
After!
