SergeModular

Thanks for the additional info - a better and more specific description
helps. And as I stated before, earlier models pre-STS also used the cheap
mechanism.


Regards,

Bill
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Bill Sequeira, Ph.D.
Principal, Axon Hillock

> From: "John Loffink" <jloffink@...>
> Reply-To: SergeModular@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 20:31:26 -0600
> To: <SergeModular@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: RE: [SergeModular] Re: Want to buy: Rack ears
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> Bill,
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> Extruded right angle aluminum is not bent, it is formed and "pulled" or
> extruded into the shape needed in the lengthwise direction. It is the same
> stuff that Rex is using today. The hardest part would be making the slotted
> holes, but a couple drill holes and a file should take care of that.
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> FYI early STS circa 1994 used the cheap corner bent aluminum.
>
> John Loffink
> The Microtonal Synthesis Web Site
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Bill Sequeira [mailto:bill@...]
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>> Biggest problem is to get them to look aesthetically right.
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>> The pre-STS panels had exactly such ears, aluminum bent at 90 degree
>> angle,
>> and they look horrible when compared to the new STS rack ears.
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>> Maybe the problem is finding a material for the ears that won't look like
>> the corner shop bent it in a hurry for $1.
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>> Regards,
>>
>> Bill
>> ______________________________________________________________________
>> Bill Sequeira, Ph.D.
>> Principal, Axon Hillock
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>>> From: "John Loffink" <jloffink@...>
>>> The rack ears are just 1 inch right angle extruded aluminum with some
>> holes
>>> punched in them. Seems like it shouldn't be that hard to make these as
>> a
>>> DIY project.
>>>
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