[sdiy] Cool Patch Matrix

[Michael Ruberto]

Go check out http://www.govliquidation.com/index.html

I have seen this patch panel there as well as the entire test bench for 
auction. Look for the Aerospace events. Now that all Navy F14s are going to 
the boneyard you will start to see tons of related equipment on this site. 
If you win an auction located in Norfolk I'll go pick the stuff up at their 
DRMO for you - trust me, you don't wanna pay UPS to do it for you. I had to 
pay $64 for an auction item I won from Jacksonville FL. and considering I 
only paid $35 for the item I was not pleased.

Also take a look at any cockpit control panels you see because most of them 
have some *really* interesting controls on them. If you are looking for a 
great pitch bender keep an eye out for F/A18 control sticks because they 
contain a 1.5" wheel that operates just like a pitch wheel on a synth.

M. A. Ruberto


>From: Tim Parkhurst <tim.parkhurst at gmail.com>
>To: Michael Ruberto <frankentron at hotmail.com>
>CC: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
>Subject: Re: [sdiy] Cool Patch Matrix
>Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2005 16:59:24 -0700
>
>On 8/25/05, Michael Ruberto <frankentron at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Since the US Navy is deep sixing it's F14s I have been having fun 
>tinkering
> > with the old test benches for their avionics. One bench in particular 
>really
> > got my interest. It has a removable patch panel which accepts these 
>small
> > plugable jumpers. When you have completed using your patch you simply 
>swap
> > the patch panel for another, thus allowing you to "store" your patches. 
>Of
> > course the implications were obvious and I had to find out just who
> > manufactured the patch panel. After some digging in pubs and a few 
>minutes
> > on the military parts locator website I found the company.
> > Prepare to drool...
> >
> > http://www.macpanel.com/Images/Gallery%201/pages/140%20series.htm
> >
> > Now I must find out how to obtain them!
> >
> > M. A. Ruberto
> >
> >
>
>WOW, those sound cool. I think turning a synth freak loose on a bunch
>of cost-no-object military harware is asking for trouble. I've got to
>admit that the military does make some really neat gizmos. I think if
>you wait for 10 years or so for these parts to become 'surplus' you'll
>be able to pick them up for pennies on the dollar. As long as you know
>who to talk to about finding the parts. I think it would be mega-cool
>to turn some titanium jet engine parts into synth cabinet parts. Let
>us know what comes of the "F-14 Patch Panel Project."
>
>
>Tim (cost-know-object) Servo
>--
>"Imagination is more important than knowledge." - Albert Einstein