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Hi Paul!

Thank you for the dimensions and information! I am surprised the 
modules are 9" deep behind the panel. It didn't seem that far in the 
picture I remember seeing. I'll need to reduce the power connector 
sticking out somehow. I've actually wondered about this ever since 
first seeing the pics I can no longer find showing the Wiard 300 
construction. Seems it would make more sense to have the power coming 
out the bottom, near the rear. Perhaps there's no room for a DIN 
there? I remember the Aries had the pcb fingers out the rear to a 
busboard style connector, but that was fairly flat. I'll see if I can 
find or mold some Right angle DIN's. How many pins are these?

That is good news WRT the JAG dimensions, it will allow 
the "butterfly unfolding" I had hoped for!

Thank you again, I'm sure there will be some pics posted once this is 
done.

Kind regards, Randal  

--- In wiardgroup@yahoogroups.com, "plord" <plord@...> wrote:
>
> 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
>