Checked the photo, impressive rig man! Grtz, Ernst On Sat, Aug 10, 2013 at 12:26 AM, shoskins99 <shoskins99@yahoo.com> wrote: > ** > > > Added a photo in the album. > > > --- In Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com, "shoskins99" <shoskins99@...> wrote: > > > > Peter and James - Thanks guys for the replies, agree the modules aren't > too bad on their own but they add up LOL - 12U case packed feels like about > 40-45lbs so that plus 2 x 9U would be say another 50-60lbs so the base is > carrying approx. 100lbs - so I guess that will hold? eekk ;-) > > > > I like the rack idea and have a few 12U desktop racks, but I'm pretty > invested in these cases and theft aside I do like the fact that I can put > the covers on these bad boys and they are effectively somewhat mobile / > movable (not that I'd do that much). > > > > So I think I will have to continue to 3 row of 168HP if this last 9U > round doesn't hold me + a small step stool will be in order ;-) > > > > Cheers gentlemen, > > > > Stu > > > > --- In Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com, James Husted <james.husted@> wrote: > > > > > > If you are reaching that height you might as well go rack mounted and > get some good rack towers to put things in. It makes it a lot harder to > steal too. My rig is 4 A-100P6 boxes stacked 2x2 and that is about as tall > as I would want to do - go wider and get a rolling chair. > > > > > > -James > > > > > > James Husted > > > Designer, Synthwerks LLC > > > www.synthwerks.com > > > james@ > > > synthwerks@ > > > > > > > > > > On Aug 9, 2013, at 7:44 AM, shoskins99 <shoskins99@> wrote: > > > > > > > Hi Everyone, > > > > > > > > So I am very very fortunate to have a monster base A-100 case > (A-100PMB), on top of that is a 12U Monster case (A-100PMS12) and on top of > that is a 9U (A-100PMS9). It's quite stable and I have some of the rear > metal brackets ordered to bolt them together. > > > > > > > > My question is if I wanted to add another 9U (A-100PMS9) to the > stack are there any issues with the Base Unit taking the weight? > > > > > > > > The logical thing to do is start another stack (which I am guilty of > doing so as again I am very lucky to have 2x mentioned above) but can't > really fit a 3rd row of 168HP horizontally in my work space so wanted to > continue to go vertically. > > > > > > > > The base is very very solid but was curious if what I am suggesting > is just a tad risky? > > > > > > > > Thanks for any constructive input. > > > > > > > > Stu > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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Re: [Doepfer_a100] Re: Monster cases - stacked - how many is too much weight?
2013-08-10 by achtung_999
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