MOTM

In a message dated 3/18/2001 9:32:03 AM, jpont@... writes:

>Just a Sunday morning $.02 with first cup of coffee - consider as you
>like, Jeff

Well, clearly you should have had another cup of coffee<g>!


>> Is anybody using standard rack rails for MOTM cabinets?
>At least one person (me) and I suspect a number of others.  At the moment
>I have a 3 rack cabinet (see
>www-personal.ksu.edu/~jpont/synths/synthstudio.html)
>which works well for me, and in the next several weeks will start on a
>4
>rack 19" cabinet (similar to the above) since I'm running out of module
>space (apparently a common lament).
>
>> I bought some rails a 
>> couple of years ago with the intention of trying it, but the numerous
>> problems (screw size difference, gap between modules in upper and lower
>rows, 
>> possible interference with the back of pots) all caused me to reevaluate
>this 
>> idea.

Actually, my (implied but not stated) point was using the standard rack rails 
horizontally and mounting the MOTM modules directly in them -- if you try 
this you will see all the problems that I mention come into play to one 
degree or another. So for those of us wanting to forego mounting our MOTMs in 
the standard 19" racks (and wanting to build some version of a large 
impressive modular cabinet), it looks like the mythical (and presently 
nonexistent) flat cabinet rails, or the inserts into wood are the only 
possible methods since using horizontally mounted standard rack rails 
probably won't work -- unless someone else has had more success???

John (I'm on my fourth cup already!) Barlow