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I recently got two pair of 21U rack rails as I plan to move my growing MOTM
in to a Moog 35 style cabinet. I'm not sure whether I'll go fine wood or
plywood/Tolex. This will probably take me several weeks to plan and build,
but I thought I'd ask for general comments from those who have already built
your own cabinets -- basic things you've learned now that you've done it, as
well as a few specific questions:

1) Did anything ever become of those plastic washers for 1/4" jacks?
2) I was thinking of having a couple of metal strips manufactured which could
be used as a buss/multiple system that would distribute the signal across the
length of the rack rails (similar to Larry's suggestion a month or so back)
-- has anyone tried this?
3) If I don't do the buss thing, I might like to mount the middle two rack
rails together so that there is no strip of wood separating the top row of
modules from the bottom. Has anyone else done this? I've thought about using
simple "L" brackets to mount the rails to the sides of the cabinet -- I'm
hoping it would be strong enough(?)
4) Anything else I should think about?????

We now return to our regularly scheduled 50 daily posts about MOAS,
John B.