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On the subject:

I spent the time and effort to make my solid wood cabinet out of a 
beautifully grained birch wood. Not the cheapest but man oh man was it worth 
the time. I bought in in 10" wide pieces and spent about $100 total on the 
wood and parts excluding stain. It was cinch to build. Basic top and bottom 
with sides sanwiched between all held together with a litlle glue, sawdust 
and very handy "L" brackets inside the case. 2 of these brackets on each 
corner and my case si super storng. I could put wheels on it and skateboard 
down the street! The brackets really sealed the strength issues for me.

The modules are held in to the case on 3 pine runners with brass machine 
screw inserts. I can provide a source for these later although now that 
Larry Hendry offers the flat rails I would give it a second thought. Very 
easy to take modules in and out versus the brass inserts (which are fine 
now, but loose in the beginnning till the wood closed in around them) My 
case is basically 2 x 10 space SKB cases full of modules in a new wood case 
(20u wide and 2 rows tall)

I am planning my second cabinet (tilted front) for under the first. I will 
use the same brass inserts to keep things the same as the first cabinet and 
BTW I have lots left over HA! The wood I used came in only 10" wide pieces 
and I now need a 13-14" piece for the bottom and sides of the new cabinet. 
Sadly I will have to look at plywood and edge pieces or use my friends 
"Biscuit Joiner" for putting 2x 10" pieces together and sand it all down 
quite a bit in the middle of the sides when its finished joining. I will 
probably take the plywood route due to current finances. Maybe I can find 
some with a simlar grain. If not I might save my money and wait since my 
first cabinet came out so nice I want to hold the image with the second.

How many degrees of tilt on the  front panels do you all think I should use. 
I plan for a 10inch top of cabinet and a 14 inch bottom of cabinet for 2 
rows in height of modules. Any thoughts?

Thomas White



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