PLAN B analog blog

why not have these cases for sale as precut kits?
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(i think you can figure that out) wrote:
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> It's made from 3/4 inch MDF - this is the high-density compressed wood 
> used
> for a lot of speaker cabinets. It'll run you $35 or so an 4 x 8 sheet.
>
> I did a rendering of the shape of the side plate in
> Freehand/Illustrator in scale. I had the lumber yard cut out the
> sides as a rectangle, then print out the arch (which in this instance
> fit on a tablet 17 x 11 piece of paper) and glued it to the corner of
> the one of the wood sides with rubber cement. Used a hand-held
> electric jig saw to cut away the arch using the printed line as a
> guide, then used that cut-out side for the trace template for the
> other end plate. One both are cut I clamped the two ends together and
> sanded the face of the arch on both together until they were smooth
> and uniform.
>
> Using two sets of right-angle bracket clamps and wood cement I glued
> the cabinet together, then routed the edges with a bull-nose bit and
> sent it to the paint shop. It tok me about two hours form start to
> finish to make the cabinet.
>
> Once back from painting, I bolted in the Vector rails to mount the
> modules to then cut the back plate to size, mounted that to the back
> using two pieces of 3.7 inch aluminum angle iron, cut out/filed the
> clearance patterns for the fuse, IEC connector and power switch anf
> the two 1/4 jacks for the rear outputs, mounted the PSU's inside and
> used two Model 1's as the dist. strips and bang - it was completed.
>
> I used Molex connectors for all the primary cabling so that the rear
> panel can be completely removed for rear access if required.
>
> If you have the tools, the complete chassis will cost you about $250
> all things considered (painting was a bit more than I wished, but the
> shop which was going to do it wanted surprised me at the very end with
> a two week turnaround when they usually do it overnight,...and I had
> exactly three days in which to do it! I had to hunt around for a
> facility who could spray wood (nobody likes to do this. it's pain in
> the butt as it requires a lot of paint).
>
> hope this helps
>
> - P
>
> --- In PLAN_B_analog_blog@yahoogroups.com 
> <mailto:PLAN_B_analog_blog%40yahoogroups.com>, "(i think you can figure
> that out)" <peter@...> wrote:
> >
> > I did!
> >
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> >
> > --- In PLAN_B_analog_blog@yahoogroups.com 
> <mailto:PLAN_B_analog_blog%40yahoogroups.com>, "drexciyaecho"
> > <drexciyaecho@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Nice system and agree that the case is great. That's the type cabinet
> > > I'm looking for , except with the addition of another row on the top.
> > > Any info for us on who made the case Peter?
> > >
> >
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