What to put control board in?

Hi All,

I've purchased the components to build up a control system based upon a mesa 7i96 for a 3 axis cnc, what should I put it all in?

Stuff to house
4 stepper motor drivers
2 48v Power Supplies
1 5v/12v power supply
Mesa card
future spindle control

maybe I am being dumb but my search terms "electronics cabinent", "electronic equipment enclosure box" are either bringing back a small exterior weatherproof wiring box or a serveral hundred dollar which would work quite nicely other than the cost.

What are folks using to house all their electronics? is there something sub $100 which fits the bill that is designed or intended for other purposes?

Thanks for your advice

Due to lack of anything "useful" or "appropriate", i use the plastic fuse boxes as can be seen in the link bellow, at least they look half decent!
forum.linuxcnc.org/show-your-stuff/38547...plasma-build?start=0

Have look at this link, although they are just junction boxes nema 3/4 ie not dust proof or water tight. The hammond JB's are in your price range, to see them drill down the web page.

www.automationdirect.com/adc/shopping/ca...%20-%2020%22&start=0

I picked up a enclosed 18 unit rack cabinet second hand. Deep enough to have panels mounted in the centre and have components mounted either side.

Recent update is here forum.linuxcnc.org/show-your-stuff/40259...uild?start=10#205392

You didn't mention what you are doing for a pc. But I hollowed out an ATX Tower case and placed my computer with psu in it. The 48v psu fit where the drive bays go, stepper drives below that. Mesa card below pc mother board. Made some custom relay pcbs to fit the rest of what I needed. All the wiring came in and out via cheap plastic cable glands near or on plates over the pci slot areas.

Cost, damn near free

For a PC, I've been using a dell optiplex 755 as it has a parallel port and I took what I had been using for a 2nd monitor for my work laptop (no fun just looking at a laptop screen so I want that back). End game I wont need the parallel port with the new mesa card setup.

Recently my parents upgraded their dell 2350 all in one as the hard disk was on the way out. They gave it and I am in the process of replacing the hard drive and setting up with linuxcnc. Although the all in one has a fan and I assume that I will have dust problems with it, it does have a 23" touch screen and looks quite nice.

I've been searching and like the fuse panels with the clear plastic door so I will probably buy one of those