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Randal,

I built cases for my Wiard 300 and Frac stuff this past summer.  I have
some of the data you seek.  No pics, though.

> I know the panel height, width and thickness of course, and I recall 
> seeing some pictures somewhere showing a DIN? power connector at the 
> rear? 

Correct.  The power cables Grant will ship are straight DIN, and the other
end is built to plug straight into a Blacet PS500, which is the PS Grant
ships these days.  The power leads themselves are 24" including the
connectors; you probably have about 22" of usable cable.  If you are
building a cabinet that is particularly tall or wide, you may want to
mount multiple PS500s, and/or install a Blacet PSCONN or two to help with
cable management and reach.

The metal case of the 300 series is 9" deep, plus 2" for the stock DIN
power cable.  HOWEVER the metal case only protrudes from an area in
between the LED board and the jack board.  So it starts about 3.5" from
the bottom of the panel, and an inch from the top. 


> I especially need to know how much room below the JAG panel is 
> required? And how tall the joysticks are when fully uhh, (straight up).

The new controller is very very shallow, under an inch deep.  The
joysticks stick up 1.5" from the top.  Similarly, the new dual Boogie and
dual Borg II modular will be shallow, as the PCBs lie flat behind them.

> The cabinet is going to be an elegant wooden "Chinese puzzle" affair 
> (not just a plain box) with exposed joinery and with some moving parts 
> that shift between traveling and playing mode. I hope it will be as 
> special as the modules it will contain, integrating into a complete 
> instrument as is Grant's expressed Wiard goal. 

I'll want to see the result :)  I like my cabinets, but they're a little
too big and heavy.

> Oh, and I also need to know about the power supply, its dimensions? If 
> that is something which Grant provides with a system. 

The PS500 should be included, one for every 6 modules (plus controller).
It is 5-1/8" x 5-1/8" x 2-3/4"

HTH,
Paul