Analogue-sequencer

--- In analogue-sequencer@yahoogroups.com, "Colin f" <colin@c...> 
wrote:
...
The rack ears option had occured to me, but personally I'm just 
making a
rack mounting unit that can sit on the desktop.
Paul Maddox is having an alternate layout machined into a Hammond
desktop case, which looks like it will be very nice.
I'll be wanting to see photos when he gets it back...
 
I have a couple of wooden ends holding my rack panel above the desk, 
at the same sort of angle as the desktop cases. These are shaped so 
that the DIN plugs connecting at the back willl still fit when it is 
rack mounted with something above it.
...

that's pretty much what i've decided to do. i'm going to (try to) 
drill & cut the frontpanel and the rest of the enclosure out of 
several pieces of sheet aluminium which i'll screw together when the 
bending gets too complicated. no fixed rack-ears but holes to screw 
them on. that's how my QM-309 is mounted; 2 home-bent'n'bashed (..so 
sufficiently diy-looking ;)) pieces of aluminium. for the design & 
lettering of the frontpanel i've decided not to bother with stick-on 
letters and that kind of stuff; i've made a (rather nice, if i may 
say so myself - i've uploaded it to the 'files' section of this 
group) design with all text & holes marked, which i'm going to have 
printed in 19" size. afer cutting out the larger holes i'll then 
firmly stick this on my home-cut/drilled frontplate and cover it with 
several layers of transparent but effectively dirt repelling coating. 
i'll punch or drill through the smaller holes for pots & such later, 
as any extra covering could serve as a dust-protection.
looking forward to getting started..

grtz chiel