Need: Cheap (Inexpensive) enclosures

Hi, if maybe these would work:

This shop's prices are pretty good; I got a quote of $42 in quantities of 10s for 5" deep 2U rackmount enclosures with an IEC knockout on back and blank front panel with handles, black powder-coat.

Black anodized, rather, not powder-coat

Give this a shot!!

I have been looking into having fabricated a chassis such as the Waveteks l ike the 103, 111 whatever. i do not want all the boards standing up like th ey have but I think the concept is good, and a piece off that is because it is adaptable to many things. A shear and a brake and you got it, well some grinders/polishers for the edges of course.

You're searching the wrong places. Hammond + electronics = expensive. Look for "low voltage" boxes, like used for alarms, keycard readers and building automation. The price suddenly drops.

Bud is one maker that may have want you want and for 1000 you're probably in the custom product range where options you don't need can be trimmed off.

So two pices of sheet folded into a square C shape and interlocked to make box

You could use "rivnuts" to provide holes for the mounting bolts for mounting the board

If your shear sharp you probably only need to wave a stone or a finishing file over the cut edge.

Bud is actually really great--they do custom machining for insanely cheap even in small batches.

Cheers

Phil Hobbs