In a message dated 10/27/99 4:44:43 AM,
jlarryh@... writes:
>Absolutely not. The only thing true is that one stooge (ahem... me) was
>trying to irritate another stooge (ahem.... you) by spreading vicious
>rumors and lies. Sorry. :) I thought that "conspiracy" comment would
>let
>you know I was telling a boldface lie.
Oh I get it! It's like a joke. Ha ha! Damn Larry, you one funny guy! You
should go in to comedy! But you probably hear that a lot, like maybe at your
gigs when you're on the stage (ouch!).
>I think you are correct that as much as we have discussed the various other
>aspects of cabinet construction, this is one that has been ignored. I
>can
>think of only two ways to attach the center rail to the cabinet side. One
>is a corner brace or "L" bracket as you have suggested. I think this is
>about as good an idea as anything (especially since Paul has planned for
>the rails to have a longer trailing edge). Another idea if you are willing
Not willing! I still (kinda) like the "L" brackets idea until I hear a better
one. One more thought about "L" brackets is that a little block of wood could
be attached to the inside of the cabinet sides against the rails so that it
would resist the back and forth motion of the rails over time with constantly
inserting and removing jacks.
And if Paul (hint hint) decides to make specially bent rails which have the
slope as their bend, he would not need to make a complementary pair of these
rails, but merely one type of rail. I believe that such a rail could be
inverted (isn't this what Moe was on about?) on the bottom and both would
have the same slope. I think it was Chris J. (damn kid) that couldn't
remember which way the MOTM rack rails mounted to the racks. I remember
looking at them and thinking they would probably work either way and not
interfere with the modules ability to mount to the rails. Do you follow me?
>Perhaps there are some other good ideas out there. Hint Hint.
I hope so!
>I exchanged e-mail with Kevin Lightner yesterday. He has a Moog slant
>face
>cabinet in the shop right now and offered to take any measurements or
>photos we might like to have. He also granted permission to use any of
>his
>photos to the list for the purpose of cabinet construction (although it
>is
>probably as easy for one to just go look at his site).
Thanks for that Larry! Kevin has been really helpful to me in the past with
my ARP questions. If you talk to him, mention that his help in this was
greatly appreciated.
It did recently occur to me that maybe two rows of MOTM isn't enough
(WHAT????) and that maybe a three row cabinet would be more worth the hassle
of all this construction, and it would give a nice big sloped surface too.
Any thoughts in this direction?
>JB, you have my public apology for acting too stooge-like on the list
Hey Larry! I love you man! But I absolutely hate Styx!
John (he ain't heavy, he's my brother) Barlow
BTW: My Mother was a Kiwi (i.e., NZ), and absolutely hated the Three Stooges.
As I recall, she thought they represented everything bad about the US -- bad
humor, violence, stupidity. My Father is a Limey, and echoed all my Mother's
sentiments about them, but I also recall him laughing at them a lot. So this
reinforces the old "women don't like the Stooges" theory as well.