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I'm trying to figure out the best panel angles for a five row modular 
cabinet with slanted top and bottom panels(rows 1,2,4 and 5). It will 
look something like the Synth of Doom Analog Heaven T-shirt image. 
I'm going to do it with the MOTM rack rails though and split the 
synth in half for increased portability. Yahoo's archive search 
doesn't pull up much with the things I've typed in to try to look up 
this topic. I know it's been discussed before. Any input at this 
stage would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Peter B.

I have some thoughts on the subject I will share.  I just finished my bottom
2 row cabinet (maybe similar to your bottom two rows in your 5 row).  I used
15 degrees as the angle.  I am very happy with that choice as it gives me a
nice deep base of 16" at the bottom and 11" at the top.  Here are some
photos of the unfinished cabinet at the bottom of my cabinet page:
http://www.wiseguysynth.com/larry/cabinet/cabinet.htm
But, since I left room for the magic busses, 16" and 11" would yield a
different angle for you.

For certain (IMHO) you don't want the same angle for the top rows as the
bottom.  Synth of Doom is not symmetrical.  If you do that, they look top
heavy.  Look at some of the Synth.com photos for 5 rows with a bottom
cabinet upside down on top of the middle straight cabinet.  The top cabinet
looks too big.

Larry H

----- Original Message -----
From: echophazer <echophazer@...>
To: <motm@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, May 25, 2002 1:38 PM
Subject: [motm] Five level slanted rack


I'm trying to figure out the best panel angles for a five row modular
cabinet with slanted top and bottom panels(rows 1,2,4 and 5). It will
look something like the Synth of Doom Analog Heaven T-shirt image.
I'm going to do it with the MOTM rack rails though and split the
synth in half for increased portability. Yahoo's archive search
doesn't pull up much with the things I've typed in to try to look up
this topic. I know it's been discussed before. Any input at this
stage would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Peter B.





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My cabinet is five levels.  Row 3 is vertical.  Row 2 is 15 degrees 
from vertical.  Row 1 is 30 degrees from vertical.  Row 4 is 7.5 
degrees from vertical.  Row 5 is 15 degrees from vertical.  You must 
either slant the top of your cabinet to allow room for the circuit 
boards and brackets behind the top row, or accept the fact that the 
deeper modules may not fit in the top row.  I'm very happy with my 
cabinet but some of my friends cannot reach the top row.  (I'm 6'5")

Hide the candy up there!

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> From: paulhaneberg [mailto:phaneber@...]
> Sent: Saturday, May 25, 2002 3:33 PM
> To: motm@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [motm] Re: Five level slanted rack
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> My cabinet is five levels.  Row 3 is vertical.  Row 2 is 15 degrees
> from vertical.  Row 1 is 30 degrees from vertical.  Row 4 is 7.5
> degrees from vertical.  Row 5 is 15 degrees from vertical.  You must
> either slant the top of your cabinet to allow room for the circuit
> boards and brackets behind the top row, or accept the fact that the
> deeper modules may not fit in the top row.  I'm very happy with my
> cabinet but some of my friends cannot reach the top row.  (I'm 6'5")
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>
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>
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