[sdiy] Today's Pet Peeve

[Tim Ressel]

Sometimes the boards are perpendicular to the front panel and have a 
control board as well. This is where it gets tricky.

--tr



On 7/27/2018 3:40 PM, Tom Wiltshire wrote:
> Totally agree about portability and flexibility. What that means in terms of specification, I have no idea. But neither does anyone else!
>
> Two boards is pretty much guaranteed to work, three boards is a stretch. And it depends so much on the power connector depth and the amount of space the power bus takes up.
>
> T.
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>> On 27 Jul 2018, at 20:15, Quincas Moreira <quincas at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I go for 7cm deep behind the panel when making skiffs. They'll still fit a 3 board sandwich like the Leapfrog Filter as long as the bus board is in another row.
>> I like skiffs, there's no need for modular cabinets to be super deep these days, and part of the point of Eurorack is portability. Also a skiff can be placed flat on a table, or angled slightly, so it's more flexible than traditional deeper cabs like the Doepfers.
>>
>> https://youtu.be/gBs0sSc04MU
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>> On Fri, Jul 27, 2018 at 1:44 PM Tim Ressel <timr at circuitabbey.com> wrote:
>> There is no standard for minimum depth for a skiff. I blame IEEE. Also
>> this is what you get when you indulge DIYers  ;-)
>>
>> My customer has defined a skiffable module as being 46mm or less from
>> the back of the front panel.
>>
>> --Timbo
>>
>>
>> On 7/26/2018 11:26 PM, p. hendricks wrote:
>>> On 7/23/18 8:26 AM, Florian Anwander wrote:
>>>> Many old Doepfer modules are too deep for skiffs.
>>> Pretty much ALL older modules are. Plan B, Analogue Solutions, Analog
>>> systems, LiveWire...
>>>
>>> And then define "skiff" How is a Skiff defined? Depth? what depth is a
>>> "skiff"?
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