[sdiy] tips for wooden frames/cases (monome clone)

[Mike Beauchamp]

Looking at the picture of the Monome, the case looks pretty damn easy
and I think you might be over complicating it (although there's no
harm in that).

I've made cases exactly like this before, and they've all turned out
really well.

On the monome picture, the sides are just joined with a mitre joint
and glue. (If you don't have the ability to do this at home, just butt
joints will still be fine!) Then for the recess for the top and bottom
panels, just run a router (or use a table router for way easier
results) around the inside of the top and bottom with a rabbeting bit.
Go around the outside with some sandpaper to smooth down the
corners... done.

No need for fancy joints aside from aesthetics. Screwing down both
plates will make it very strong!

If you want to get a pro woodworking place to make the case really
fancy, by all means! It'll help stimulate the economy! :)

But I think just going down to the hardware store, finding some nice
wood that's already in the dimension you want, cutting it, gluing it,
routering it, sanding it and then staining it should be pretty easy!

Have fun with it though.. cool project!

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On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 11:18 AM, Danjel van Tijn<danjel at gmail.com> wrote:
> So I am about build the wooden case for my arduinome 128 clone. I am
> going to get it made by a pro woodshop and need to make them the cad
> files.
>
> I had a few questions:
>
> 1. The real monomes seem to have mitered corners. How were these made
> so they are strong? wooden dowels inside? bracket inside enclosure.
>
> 2. Should I use fingerboard or dovetail joints instead? If so should I
> draw these in the cad program or can I just specify this to the wood
> shop?
>
> 3. Should I have the woodshop cut the recess for the panels with a CNC
> machine after assembling the frame or should it be designed into the
> parts before?
>
> My plan is to have the wood frame and then metal plates on the top and
> bottom screwed into it (I have already made these).
>
> Any tips appreciated!
>
>
> cheers,
> Danjel
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