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I started with a two-row, 20U-wide cabinet,with a sloped front. After I filled that I stacked another one-row cabinet ontop to get that Moog System 55 look. J Before I filled that new row the guy who built the cabinets for me(my SO’s father) decided to move and sell all of his shop equipment, so eventhough I didn’t need it at the time I got him to build me another one-rowcabinet to stack on top, for future expansion.
One advantage of building several cabinetsand stacking them is that the cabinets can be moved individually. A cabinetloaded with modules and a PSU can be surprisingly heavy. I can’t move myentire system around as a unit, but I can move the cabinets one at a time. Iused T nuts and machine bolts to anchor each cabinet to the one below, so theupper ones don’t slide around when I push cables into jacks in theirmodules.
Another thing to consider is whether youwant to build any custom stuff into the cabinet, such as something like Larry’sMagic Buss system. I added a 1U-tall space to the bottom of my middle cabinetwhich houses an Encore Expressionist and a breakout panel for it.
The half-empty aspect doesn’tparticularly bother me, but I suppose you could print full-sized copies of thepanel images from the MOTM website and use them to fill the empty spaces. J
There are photos of my system here:
http://studionebula.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=12072
--Adam
From:motm@yahoogroups.com [mailto:motm@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Jeff Laity
Sent: Friday, December 28, 200711:06 AM
To: MOTM List
Subject: [motm] Planning a cabinet
I'mplanning to build my own cabinet for a MOTM system. My first spec
for modules came up with 35u. I'm sure that will go up eventually, but
I also don't want a giant empty cabinet while I build my system.
Mostly, it will freak out the wife. How have you guys gone about this?
Did you build a small cabinet during the startup phase, buy your synth
all at once, or stare at a half-empty cabinet for a year?
If I do build a large cabinet, it will probably be about the size of
the Dotcom 44u cabinet (52u MOTM). I would like something that will
fit on top of this stand:
http://www.jefflait y.com/studio/ studios_large/ xstand_01. jpg
Plan B would be to build something like the 22u Dotcom cabinet, but
I'm worried that I'd fill it right away. I've seen quite a few stories
of people who outgrew their 1-row cabinet almost right away.
Other ideas would be to build the Dotcom 44u, but with a top row that
doubles as a bookshelf during the build process. Or a pair of 22u
cabinets stacked on each other, though that wouldn't work or function
as well. Or rack rails as I build up modules, though I plan to get to
10u pretty soon.
Let me know if you have any suggestions. Thanks, -jl