MOTM

wow i am very impressed. keep sending the pix as it nears completion.
mark

At 04:45 AM 1/31/01 +0000, you wrote:

>Here's an early look at what's keeping me up nights:
>
>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/motm/files/wild_case_1.jpg
>
>Two cabinets, each 18U long by 20U high, concave panel sloping for
>ergonomics. If you see it after it's done and you DON'T mutter "Holy
>S**t!", I haven't done my job!
>
>Moe
>
>
>
>

Here's an early look at what's keeping me up nights:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/motm/files/wild_case_1.jpg

Two cabinets, each 18U long by 20U high, concave panel sloping for 
ergonomics. If you see it after it's done and you DON'T mutter "Holy 
S**t!", I haven't done my job!

Moe

Guess what will be in the booth at next year's NAMM?? That is, if we can
lift it without a forklift!

Paul S.

----- Original Message -----

From: <mate_stubb@...>
To: <motm@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2001 10:45 PM
Subject: [motm] My case can beat up your case


> Here's an early look at what's keeping me up nights:
>
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/motm/files/wild_case_1.jpg
>
> Two cabinets, each 18U long by 20U high, concave panel sloping for
> ergonomics. If you see it after it's done and you DON'T mutter "Holy
> S**t!", I haven't done my job!
>
> Moe
>
>
>
>
>

I've finally had a chance to look at the recent case postings from Trenkle, 
Jeff P. (nice set up Jeff -- I too like the idea of hinged rear cable access, 
and I think you've left enough empty space to prepare a bigger set up as each 
rack gets filled), and Al W. (great woodworking, nice look -- I had a problem 
reading the dimensions of the wood and jig however, but thanks for the 
details on costruction).

I had a question for Mr. Stubbs (aka Moe, aka Blinky LEDs, aka ...). What was 
the reason you decided to move to an 18U wide case from the 24U (or was it 
26U)? I do like the look of "concave" layout and have been thinking in that 
direction myself. And what happened to the Moog 35 size case you were working 
on about ten months ago, are you using that while you build this monster?

JB

In a message dated 1/30/2001 8:58:05 PM, mate_stubb@... writes:

>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/motm/files/wild_case_1.jpg
>
>Two cabinets, each 18U long by 20U high, concave panel sloping for 
>ergonomics. If you see it after it's done and you DON'T mutter "Holy 
>S**t!", I haven't done my job!

--- In motm@y..., jwbarlow@a... wrote:
> I had a question for Mr. Stubbs (aka Moe, aka Blinky LEDs, 
> aka ...). What was the reason you decided to move to an 18U wide 
> case from the 24U (or was it 26U)? I do like the look of "concave" 
> layout and have been thinking in that direction myself. And what 
> happened to the Moog 35 size case you were working on about ten 
> months ago, are you using that while you build this monster?

I moved from 26U wide to 36U wide - when I drew up my system as I 
pictured it ending up, it took that much space (SuperMoe is a space 
hog!) Clearly, I'll never be able to move a cab 20U tall and 36U 
wide, so it had to be split up. Two 18U wide cabs seemed the best 
choice.

My other 26U by 10U cab is sitting there unused. The sticking point 
for a long time has been to decide how to do the rails. By the time I 
figured out how to do them, I already knew I was going to the new 
case design. So if anybody wanted the other cab, and could figure out 
how to get it (it's bulky - shipping would be awkward), I'd let it go 
VERY reasonably. It's stained and finished, but has no rails.

My modules currently reside in a third case 24U by 10U, just an 
unfinished box left over from another synth I built long ago. Plus 
they are laying all over my workbench, cos I have too many to fit!

Moe

I can see your reasoning now. I'd been thinking about smaller size racks (I 
remember some were looking at the Moog 3P style layout -- maybe it was just 
Ken Tcaks idea). If I were to chose this method I'd also like to have them 
circle around me (a la Tonto) but it uses up so much horizontal space.

In a message dated 2/3/2001 4:02:01 PM, mate_stubb@... writes:

>My other 26U by 10U cab is sitting there unused. The sticking point 
>for a long time has been to decide how to do the rails. By the time I 
>figured out how to do them, I already knew I was going to the new 
>case design. 

And how did you do them -- most specifically the hole drilling pattern? And 
what are you planning to make them (the cases) out of -- verneer plywood?

>My modules currently reside in a third case 24U by 10U, just an 
>unfinished box left over from another synth I built long ago. Plus 
>they are laying all over my workbench, cos I have too many to fit!

Mine too! I've been waiting too long on this case thing; waiting to sort out 
the rails and then the design.

Thanks!
JB

--- In motm@y..., Stooge Barlow wrote:
> And how did you do them -- most specifically the hole drilling 
> pattern? And what are you planning to make them (the cases) out 
> of -- veneer plywood?

The rails are pine, with brass insert nuts. The nuts have wood 
threads outside and #8-32 machine threads inside. I had to use a soft 
wood because the brass would deform trying to seat it into oak rails. 
I bought hundreds of them (literally 576 to cover 144U of panel 
space) from Lowe's and got a special price. I decided to populate 
each and every possible hole location so that I wouldn't be 
constrained later on when I wanted to move modules around. They are 
spaced in standard rack spacing - start 0.25" from one end, then the 
pattern is 1.25", 0.50", 1.25", 0.50", 1.25"...

For the cases themselves, I haven't decided, although the technique I 
used to build the other one worked really well, was inexpensive, and 
turned out beautifully. That was simply to use good birch 3/4" 
plywood, and cover all exposed ply edges with iron on birch veneer 
(all this stuff is available at Lowe's also.) It matches perfectly 
and looks dead-on like solid wood. After finish sanding, I used 1 
coat of MinWax Pre-Stain Wood Conditioner as a sealer, 2 coats of 
MinWax Red Oak Stain, and 3 coats of MinWax Wipe-On Poly. I will 
stick to these products the next time, because it's the very first 
time in my life that I obtained a professional looking finish. 

Moe

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