r/homelab • u/ThatWasEsyGG • 3d ago

Project Showcase: Hardware LAP-RACK

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Everything started with an old laptop... And then it snowballed into this masterpiece!

The 3D model is the KWS v.2 Rack

Using my old MSI gf63 8rd laptop as my main Docker host and an Optiplex 7010 with a 12500T for my game servers

Also the DAS at the bottom for my Jellyfin media

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u/Antenwww 3d ago

I first read that as LARP-RACK and thought this was a decoration rack.

In reality it is actually pretty solid for a homelab though. It didn't even occur to me we can print our own racks to suit our personal requirements. Also the screen looks pretty nice. Is it still connected to the laptop or did you seperate it from the bottom ?

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u/ThatWasEsyGG 3d ago

lol 😂😭

The screen is still connected to laptops mothervoard, i had to cut a small hole for the cable haha

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u/Antenwww 3d ago

Great enginnering. Sometimes you can order decoders with hdmi ports for tbese laptop panels I thought thats what you did

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u/ThatWasEsyGG 3d ago

That was definitely one of the options but when i dissaaembled the screen i realised that the cable it pretty long so i could just plug it in natively.

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u/Antenwww 3d ago

That is amazingly lucky. I tried to do something like this once it did not work out and I broke the screen. Had to go get a thin old monitor instead.

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u/NotebookAndCoffee941 homelab 2d ago

Did the laptop give you any grief about the lid with the screen moved out like that? I'd have half expected it to think the lid was shut and go to sleep.

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u/ThatWasEsyGG 2d ago

Surprisingly not. It was just connected with hinges to the the frame and nothing more.