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Re: [motm] Re: MOTM road cases?

2008-05-11 by Richard Brewster

I'm leaning towards two standard 10U cases.  Ivan, how do you power the 
R&R cases?

-Richard

Ivan wrote:
> The taller the rack the deeper it needs to be in order to be stable
> when standing.  I had R&R Cases build some 12" deep 19" wood racks in
> a case for my MOTM setup.  R&R is expensive but build the finest
> touring case that I know of (I've used them for $250,000 mixing consoles):
>
> http://www.rrcases.com/rackwoodcommon.htm
>
> If you stayed with normal 19" cases you could go with a bunch of
> 10-space racks.  EWI has the best inexensive (made in Korea) cases for
> the money that are shallow enough for MOTM:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/5us84t
>
> They also have 6-space racks and if you don't want the shallowest 10"
> deep case they do have a 12" deep version.
>
> Here are the R&R racks that I had built (they fit into ATA cases for
> transport):
>
> http://HOME1.GTE.NET/res05k5t/pics/MOTMracks1.jpg
>
> http://HOME1.GTE.NET/res05k5t/pics/MOTMracks2.jpg
>
> 18mm 13-ply Baltic Birch plywood. Both are 11-spaces and have a door
> on the rear.
>
> Ivan
>
>
>
> --- In motm@yahoogroups.com, Richard Brewster <pugix@...> wrote:
>   
>> I am wondering if anyone can show me an example of using MOTM rack
>>     
> rails 
>   
>> to mount modules in a rack that can be ported around.  I have looked at 
>> typical 19-inch road cabinets and found that most of them are either
>>     
> too 
>   
>> deep or too short to be well suited.  A 12-inch depth should be
>>     
> adequate 
>   
>> for any module, even with Stooge long brackets.  Ideally I would
>>     
> like to 
>   
>> have three 10U wide rows of 5U height modules.  That would be a tall 
>> case, about 30 inches.  I am thinking of using a second road case
>>     
> for my 
>   
>> Mackie 802-VLZ3 mixer and three 1U height pieces of equipment (MPX-1, 
>> flash recorder, and power conditioner).  I would consider going with
>>     
> two 
>   
>> two-tier cabinets of 10U width.
>>     
>
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