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    I'm looking for different solutions where I can rack mount a macpro onto some kind of camera cart/ magliner / dolly.

    Preferably this cart could be configured to accept two 24" displays, rack mount a raid and a battery back up....

    Are there companies that specialize in this? That is selling or custom making carts specifically designed for this.

    I know of MagLiner but have never seen any rack mount configurations.

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    There's an old thread about rack mounting a Mac Pro which might help: http://reduser.net/forum/showthread.php?t=2798
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jamison Stark View Post
    There's an old thread about rack mounting a Mac Pro which might help: http://reduser.net/forum/showthread.php?t=2798
    thank you : )
    Anyone know what kind of a case this is?
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    MacPro is to large to rackmount. Try this cart, they have a sliding tray for MacPro. Great company to deal with, ask for Doug Solis:

    http://bigfootmobilecarts.com/

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    Quote Originally Posted by digitalfx View Post
    MacPro is to large to rackmount. Try this cart, they have a sliding tray for MacPro. Great company to deal with, ask for Doug Solis:

    http://bigfootmobilecarts.com/
    thank you.
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    Michael,

    I'm a DIT and have built a cart out of a magliner. I can tell you that using a Magliner or other Assistant Cart in combination with a custom case is my preference. Every DIT has a different idea of what the "perfect" cart would be, I think Brook Willard has nailed down my idea of the perfect cart. His is the nicest I've seen so far. You can draw up your ideas and have a custom case company build you a foam padded case that will hold a Mac Pro and rack along side of it, then drop the whole thing into a cart. I will be doing that on my next build. Here is a pic of my cart as it is now, it's not ideal but has been in a lot of places this year and served me well. Just for fun I included a pic of the v1 of the cart, I built it on location to color and transcode a feature with limited resources, then rebuilt it when I got back from the feature.

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    Quote Originally Posted by KevinStanley View Post
    Michael,

    I'm a DIT and have built a cart out of a magliner. I can tell you that using a Magliner or other Assistant Cart in combination with a custom case is my preference. Every DIT has a different idea of what the "perfect" cart would be, I think Brook Willard has nailed down my idea of the perfect cart. His is the nicest I've seen so far. You can draw up your ideas and have a custom case company build you a foam padded case that will hold a Mac Pro and rack along side of it, then drop the whole thing into a cart. I will be doing that on my next build. Here is a pic of my cart as it is now, it's not ideal but has been in a lot of places this year and served me well. Just for fun I included a pic of the v1 of the cart, I built it on location to color and transcode a feature with limited resources, then rebuilt it when I got back from the feature.

    Yeah. I saw brooks setup on his blog. It looks like his gear is rack mounted in a custom mastercase / ata case and then that case sits inside some kind of a backstage camera cart. I just can't figure out what kind of a monitor that is. It looks like a giant.

    When you travel how do you ship your gear?
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    I have a super nice rack mounted mac pro
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    Quote Originally Posted by digitalfx View Post
    MacPro is to large to rackmount. Try this cart, they have a sliding tray for MacPro. Great company to deal with, ask for Doug Solis:

    http://bigfootmobilecarts.com/
    Yup. Solis is the awesome.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mark L. Pederson View Post
    Yup. Solis is the awesome.
    Mark when you travel with this rig (or ship it) do you put it into a bigger ata/master case ?

    I saw these this weekend at reducation community day. built very well.
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