Your message brings a good chuckle. Remember, this is an addiction,
not a hobby. You ∗∗will∗∗ need to continue to add modules and a full
cabinet brings on a minor panic attack.
My first cabinet was a 20U rack using the rails and room at the
bottom for 2U of standard rack gear. The power supply mounted in the
rear so I had a full 20U for modules. I didn't even get my first
order of modules built before I had it full! Then I added a 10U
expansion rack on top. I made both of these out of pine and covered
them in tolex with chrome corners. Photos and drawings at the bottom
of
http://modularsynthesis.com/cabinet/cabinet.htmI then decided to build three 1x24U wood cabinets. Rather than deal
with angled and straight cabinets, I built them all straight and used
towers with pivots to be able to angle each cabinet. I have the
bottom cabinet pointed up and the top cabinet pointing down. The
bottom cabinet is up about 6" so it is above the height of the
keyboard. 3U x 24U is about the maximum I can comfortably reach when
using the synth. By the time I had the cabinets built I had about
75% of the top cabinet empty. I finished a 1/4" piece of birch to use
to fill the empty space. Every time I bought a new module, I just cut
1.75" off of the filler strip.
I ran out of room and then started using my original cabinet as a
side wing. Now that has only 1U remaining and I'm going to have to
build another side wing.
Each cabinet has it's own power supply and I have a 2U panel in the
rear for slaving AC power to each cabinet from a single main switch.
The side wing cabinets each have their own power supply and switch.
Photos of these cabinets are on the same page. I allowed 1/16"
clearance around the 1x24U spacing. 1/4" foam on the sides blocks the
gap. The Stooge rails cover the gap along the top and bottom.
The rotation works well although I should have the pivot points
towards the front of the cabinet as that is where all the weight is.
I bought 5/16" screws (still have a bunch) and 1/16" plastic washers
to mount each module.
Dave
--- In motm@yahoogroups.com, Jeff Laity <synthetic@...> wrote:
>
> I'm planning to build my own cabinet for a MOTM system. My first
> spec for modules came up with 35u.