[sdiy] Turkey Day DIY activities...

[John L Marshall]

Hi Jim,

I have the parts to make 8 maple synthesizer cabinets. Each cabinet will
hold 13 modules, 5U by 26U. Lots of sanding and staining this weekend.

I just picked up 8 power supplies +-15 Volts at 800 milliamps and +5 /volts
at 6 Amps, Condor HCAA60W-A, $22.50 each. Each cabinet gets it's own power
supply. I have to build a rear bracket to hold a fuse and power cord strain
relief for each cabinet.

There are 104 5U by 2U aluminum panels that need drilling and filing.

I am moving all of my old modules into my new standardized design. I guess
that I have about two years of work to do to finish this synthesizer.

You know, all of us fiddle with the same issues; panel size, connector
standard, knob standard, printing legends on panels. The electronics is only
part of issue of building a synthesizer. I appreciate all of the sharing
that goes on in this Synth-DIY community. You guys are motivators.

John


----- Original Message -----
From: Jim Patchell <patchell at silcom.com>
To: <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Monday, November 19, 2001 8:08 AM
Subject: [sdiy] Turkey Day DIY activities...


>     I am pretty excited about this four day weekend...
>
>     I should be getting back photo's of my latest project (under
> construction).  I just stuffed the "vocal filter" (7hrs assembly time)
> yesterday (still missing a few parts :-( ), a 8x2 sequencer board is
> supposed to be delivered today, I am going to bread board a
> multi-segment envelope generator, and wire up the front panel for all
> this (well, I might not quite get all that done, but I sure hope to make
> a REAL big dent in it).
>
>     Anybody else (in the states), have any big plans for Synth-DIY over
> the holiday?
>
>     The other currious thing...here I am, sitting at work, it is now
> 8:07 and nobody else is here...I wonder if something happend on friday I
> wasn't told about?....
>
>     -Jim
>
>