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Hi there, i ordered all of the stuff, i need to make good rig frame or wood preferable,

i have 6 1060 cards, any one with measurements can help, an hp 1200w server psu and a biostar tb85 mobo

can someone guide, thank you

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfE_QidD75M

Just use wood instead of alu. I've done this but moved my hardware to 19" Rackcases.

I use shoe racks from eBay. Cheap and saves time obtaining wood and building etc. You can get them for $20

I was thinking something simillar to this


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9L3O0isOU_g

I started with wooden frames but "graduated" into using garage shelves like this:

https://i.imgur.com/MW1ANdi.png

I added some thin, wood back supports (red lines) with holes or screws on the top so that I can quickly "hang" or remove the cards (blue) if needed.

The bottom supports are to keep the cards steady.

Mobo/PSU are on the slabs - you can even make them half slabs or fix them without the slabs for more airflow.

Easy to make, makes it very easy to disassemble/troubleshoot rigs and the airflow is great, you can put them in front of each other so that one big fan can blow through more of them. And you can easily decide how many cards you want to put on a shelf, how much space you want between cards.

Sweet. This is a great idea, thank you

Does anyone know that sells affordable server rack cases?

https://www.voordeelmuis.nl/img/jpg/2035/2035249.jpg

14 euro, and you can make 2 rigs out of it.


https://image.ibb.co/bBA6fw/miner1.jpg

I have one of these made with PVC on Ebay.  This is completely ready to assemble and you can buy with or without GPU.  It is broken down in easy to assemble pieces to ship.


https://www.ebay.com/itm/Mining-Rig-4x-GTX1070-NVIDIA-Ethereum-plug-and-mine-ONLY-MODULAR-RIG-on-EBAY/322687360013?hash=item4b21aa5c0d:g:KJ4AAOSwmZFZpyzW

How about the assembling guide to mine the bitcoin with the proper rig set up. Will that be find inside the package of the rig set up pieces.
I have came across the many youtube videos which is been easy to make the mining with the wooden mining rig.
May I know what would be cost of the 6 card set up card rigs.

This is the video I used to build my rig frame. Dimensions of material is in the video description

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MA_sH4q2toU&t=01s

Albert is pretty cheap too

http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/products/storage-furniture/shelving-units-systems/albert-shelving-unit-softwood-art-00111994/

http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/images/products/albert-shelving-unit-softwood__0088996_pe220776_s5.jpg

what your skills are and what resources you have should determine your path.  I'd assume the fastest ROI is the goal while keeping everything functioning well.  In my case I already can do carpentry/furniture so i've build most of mine all out of the scrap pile I already had at home at zero cost, a lot of it was pure odds and ends ready to burn.  If you DIY scrap wood or cheap PVC would work.  if time/skill is an issue amazon some cheap shelving.  those aluminum rigs are silly and only hinder your earnings, that's for people who are dumb or like wasting money or honestly this is their favorite thing to do and the cost doesn't matter.

all you fools using wood for frames is just dumb, you do realize your giving your rig the ability to start a fire if something goes wrong. last time I checked wood makes good fire starter metal does not. and to those that use a full shelf that's not all that smart cause when you have to move said shelf you have to take off all the hardware, unless your going to move it with the hardware on it and take a chance to damage something like an idiot, id swear society is getting more and more stupid with each passing day, sure wood is cheaper than a lot of metal, but it poses risks, if anyone who has seen what happens when things go horribly wrong they know, and likely do not use wood frames. only takes 1 part to malfunction in such a way you lose it all because yall were just too careless to put some actual thought into the crafting of your frames, ya can blame no one but yourself

this guy made a poor shelf, the gpus aren't even properly supported, look at that gap between the top shelf and the risers, gpu is purely being held on at only one point which is on the I/O plate which isn't that strong to begin with, don't follow this guys crafting skills there clearly horrible and not enough thought went into the production of his frame
and again with the wood, just spend a little more and you get something that looks way better, and it doesn't pose a fire risk if something goes bad, it only takes about 40 dollars if that to make a good frame from angled aluminum. anyone who tells you otherwise are pulling your chain

im not sure if mosr you in here are retarded, but making rig frames from wood?
do you want to burn your house garage, or whatever???
if you really want it then just go on, but then dont cry...

DIY scrap wood or cheap PVC???
you fucking kidding right?...

have been running wooder rig frames for years now. never got a problem. it depends on what wood u take and how you build and cool your rigs

PVC made will not be able to simple house hold utility as well but wooden rig frame pretty fine bear the vibration, heating isssues and etc. I do not think that pvc will bear all these issues. When I started mining rig with the multiple Nvidia cards I have chosen the wooden rig only and made the clamps to bolt all those.
Should have it in the cooling place and proper psu to avoid the heating issue.

Wooden frame FTW! Easy to cut and in general a lot safer to manage compared to aluminium rigs

I'm installing a rig in a the coolest room of my house, but it's a bit dusty, like stonewall and stuff...
I was wondering if some PVC around my rackcase, with a vent and some holes to change the air would be a good idea ? less dust, but maybe a bit more heat...
Any opinion ? :D

I use $8 36" x 11" shelves from Home Depot along with 5x 3/4" square dowels that run about $3 a pop.  36" provides nice spacing between GPUs and allows moving the rigs to cold spots in the house during winter.  In my case since I use 240V only PSU's, I had to install 240V outlets at each miner location, which can be a pain.

http://www.cstone.net/~dk/miner03_lr_01.JPG

In the summer time, they all live on metal shelving like this, and the wooden frame miners will also slip into those shelves without issue.

http://www.cstone.net/~dk/subsrearminers.JPG

I urgently recommend NOT use wood in your rig frame. It's cheaper than aluminium frame about 10-15 dollars but can cause a huge trouble.
Flammable materials are dangerous!

I prefer aluminum over wood, I invest little more, but it's safer option.
Racks are ok, but it's easier to sell smaller rigs.
Man can build anything that he wants, if he wants.

Check it out this link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Unassembled-GPU-Mining-Rig-Open-Air-Frame-Case-/222529908628  
You could build something similar. There are measurements that you can use.
 
I agree with others aluminum or metal constructions are more secure. But there are risks with metal too if you have no temperature, fan failure monitoring devices then you can end up with fire too.

Tell that to retard that made metal frame that got himself killed, because unlike wood, metal actually conducts electricity

I use an old 4U rackmount server case for my 6gpu and a milk crate for my 4gpu. Milk crate is way more heat efficient, I may rebuild the rackmount one into a larger milk crate...

Plus the smaller one is almost portable. It's running ethos and if I can get the wifi working, it can be a mobile "space heater".

I followed this tutorial, with wood, and everything went fine in my attic this summer :)

http://highoncoins.com/litecoin-rig/how-to-make-diy-wooden-frame-for-litecoindogecoin-rig/ (http://highoncoins.com/litecoin-rig/how-to-make-diy-wooden-frame-for-litecoindogecoin-rig/)

Aluminium would be better, yes, but it's fun to build your own wood rig :)

You sound like you have no clue what you are talking about. If your machines are creating enough heat to set a wood frame on fire then you have already melted your hardware your hardware. Also, pretty sure no one with enough equipment to require a full rack is going to just be moving shit around all the time. The best part is how you complain about society getting more stupid when you are the one saying the stupid shit.

Maybe if you are using balsa wood or something weird.  Any good hardwood isn't going to catch fire from normal heat or circumstance.  Pretty sure it has to reach near 300 degrees Celsius to catch fire.

Go back and read what he actually wrote. Especially the part about MALFUNCTION.

The point youre obviously missing is that under normal operation wood is fine BUT if a component fails wood catches fire easily and when that fire has fuel it can burn your house down. A metal frame will not catch fire if a component fails and components by themselves dont have enough material to really burn explosively.


If youre using wood, plastic, cardboard(srs Ive seen a few) or any other easily flammable material to build your frames you are a moron. Its that simple. Electronics fail and when they do you dont want to have them light anything up...

Ikea sells inexpensive freestanding wire frame shelf units. I saw one for $20 USD.

Wouldn't a metal frame be a lot safer from a fire safety hazard point of view?

I'm always looking for cheap, easy to assemble frames.

Yup. This. The discussion is "can", not "will", and in the can discussion metal will always be fire safer than wood.

Plastic, though? Depends. I have a 6gpu rig in a 4U rack case, but I also have a 4gpu rig in a milk crate. It's stupid thick, hard plastic. Is it flammable? Technically yes, but literally the whole rig would have to catch fire for it to be a concern (and I keep it on some sheet metal in a concrete basement).

Now the sound dampening box for my L3, however, is built from wood. I do plan to eventually line the interior with sheet metal for this exact reason, but I'm also not shutting it off in the meantime because the risk exists, but is rather low...

Yes a metal frame would definitely be a lot safer in terms of fire hazards. You're smart and I doubt i need to explain why.

With regards to pricing, the standard retail price for wood frames are much cheaper. What you can do is to DIY and build your own metal mining rig frame. There are lots of people out there who have used metal or aluminum shelves instead of making a custom mining rig frame. It will depend on what is available at your local hardware. You can always look for online guides out there on how to make mining rig shelf. Good luck.

Best is to build a rig in wood

Everybody chooses that they like. Wood frame could be good enough if it previosly prepared - i.e. saturated of special fire resistant fluid. It cheap and easy to process. But you can't  ground wood frame and it's violation in safety engineering of the using of electrical installation

I only use wood. If a fire occurs, it will not be hot, but that something else will start to burn and in style. The wood also does not accumulate a static charge, the only metal I threw out because it was unstable, the same hardware in the wood does not fall.

Nothing prevents you from grounding your rig in wooden frame...its like saying you can't ground concrete
that your metal rig standing on, so its "violation in safety engineering of the using of electrical installation"

only retard here buddy is yourself and maybe that guy that got killed by electrocution lol, properly set up metal framed rig isn't going to do that, aluminum is a horrible conductor, while it still can, its a horrible conductor, now if steel was used now that lol could pose an issue. you happen to know what kind of material he used? chances are I bet steel was used aluminum with as much dc amps as were using would prolly melt the aluminum, ac same thing, aluminum doesn't handle current very well lol hence why it was used in houses for such a short period of time back in the day:D but hey you go ahead with a wooden frame to each there own lol, rig fires aint no joke, last I checked people have ALOT of them in there HOMES, all your doing is giving it fuel to burn better and hotter. also with the guy that died there is no way to know the whole story, for all you know he was careless and didn't check or do something before touching it or any other number of various reasons why it happened

I'm doing it this way also, its a pretty easy and cheap option. Does not require a lot of skills to pull it off.
You get more space to use for your rigs. Looks great and when you cable management a bit its even better.

yet your the one making an assumption that ive had rigs burn, which might I add I have not. I'm more careful than that, learn from other peoples mistakes. heat has nothing to do with it. most rigs are using 100+amps of dc which is more than enough to start a fire if somewhere were to malfunction, and yeah its real stupid that I don't use wood a friggin fire starter for crying out loud as a frame, so yeah I have no clue what I'm talking about except its clearly not me we are talking about here, its you. maybe you need to have a rig catch fire to see the real dangers of using a wooden frame, especially when you are putting not just yourself in harms way but others that possibly live there too with you, that's real smart

I suggest you take some aluminium and go touch 220V, so we get rid of your stupid comments, lol

I'm not sure why you are so adamant against people using wood for frames.  Just let them all burn their houses down which means more hashing for you?  ::)

https://i.imgur.com/8qlhPnd.jpg

We made our own dowels from $3 2x4s

https://i.imgur.com/vy5WVOz.jpg

It looks cool BeerMan81! But is it better if you arrange these 12 GPUs in 1 column?

U should use an open air kitchen rack, found at any restaurant supply store, these home depot storage racks don't allow any vertical ventilation?? R U crazy?

Should be wire rack, should have 50cm  fans at the end of every rack, and small fans ( 12v 10cm ) in front of every two cards,

These days you can buy chinese aluminum grade rigs that support 12 cards for $30, the restarurant racks that support 500LB are about $60, they will support 4 RIGS at 30 cm each tall, about 50 for each rack elevation, the restaurant racks allow adjustable setting every 4 cm

Power rack with 220v circult, don't use 110v, all power supplys  made in CHINA and come with 220v/110v switch, but the fans ( cmd fans are blowing right left to right on each level ) may be 110 wher you live, and your network switches too may be 110v, this is why its probably better u live in china, russia, or austrailia, only cave-men use 110v

If your using windows your a loser,

Real men use linux :)

Pictures please.

hi guys, I'm new around here but i wanted to show the rig I've built and I'm open to any suggestion to make em better.

they are built in aluminum and allow Full customization.
Can be build to accommodate from 1 to 28 cards with 15cm between cards
Fan grids are optional just in case u will use them.
total cost of the rig is 16 USD

https://imgur.com/a/t1xeg

Thanks, hopes its ok.

    

Looks good. Would like to see full install. Where will you place MoBo and PSU? And how do you plan to organize the ventilation of the rigs? 36 GPUs is great setup

That's a good idea I was looking at those shelves at home depot yesterday $50 not to bad and your idea for the supports are quick and easy

Thanks! That was just a drop in the bucket! I made a whole post here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2373161.0;all

Here is a pic of the first prototype frame that I built. It was not very sturdy. The two layer setup was designed around the shelves that we have (24x36 in) So, there were constraints. What is key is to consider what  direction the screws need to go in. You can clearly see the placement of the GPUs around the mobo and PSUs. The video is the final version!

https://i.imgur.com/iyLP2AN.jpg?1
https://i.imgur.com/0ZhrU25.jpg?1
https://i.imgur.com/bdwF28D.jpg?2

What was the total cost of the frame so far?

Hello guys, here i have updated pics on the new frame ive made, cost is around 15 to 16 USD.

https://imgur.com/a/9JV1m

72 cm long
62 cm high
42 cm depth

any suggestion, tip or critics are welcome to improve the product.

Thanks in advance
cheers

Here is the tour of the full project https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bzhg0OhwZpg

Here is the link to the full thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2373161.0

I spent a little time making a video https://youtu.be/A8fv8xqT0to (https://youtu.be/A8fv8xqT0to) (still learning the ropes on that) ??? on how to build a 12 GPU Mining Rig Frame. The total cost is around $4. Below are the dimensions as requested. Feel free to check out the video too. I am starting a small series detailing how to build a rig from the beginning!

My dad cut the lengths of strips at the beginning of our shed project. So the pieces of wood are not square, they are rectangular. The ideal dimensions are as follows:

• QTY 2 of 30 1/4" x 3/4" x 3/4"
• QTY 2 of 28 1/2" x 3/4" x 3/4"
• QTY 2 of 12 1/2" x 3/4" x 3/4"
• QTY 2 of 2 7/8" x 3/4" x 3/4"
• QTY 4 of 7 1/2" x 3/4" x 3/4"

https://i.imgur.com/IJd3FOK.jpg?2

https://i.imgur.com/v3n9dRS.jpg?1

High voltage electricity will use wood as insulators. Not sure why some of ya'll are freaking out about "fire".

Much lower risk of shorting something out using a wood frame as well.

You mean ceramic materials as isolator right?

From wiki:

"Large power transformer windings are still mostly insulated with paper, wood, varnish, and mineral oil; although these materials have been used for more than 100 years, they still provide a good balance of economy and adequate performance."

If youre only making a 6 card rig then you might want to take a look at this easy to make frame:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkkVQdTgof8&t=5s (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkkVQdTgof8&t=5s)

Total cost to build when I did it was around $25.

i was selling it last year

https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FoHujivF.jpg&t=584&c=UO80tqV8ZLeePw

what screw size did you use to screw in the risers to the fram?
are those spacers needed that are attached to the risers?

I have this setup on the balcony, she did not seem too cold :))))

Spacers are not needed but yea you can always make your own spacers from some plastic tubing, easy n cost effective :P