MOTM

Hello again (and welcome Thomas!)...  I'm wondering if it would take much
effort to throw together a 1U multiple panel, similar to the 940 but without
the jacks for other systems.  Just 4 4-way multiples.  Paul, you've already
got blank 1U spacers, right?  All that would be left would to drill them
correctly and spot in a bunch of switchcrafts and solder them together.
Something like this would be terribly useful to me...  Unfortunately, I
don't have a drill press, nor an arm steady enough to drill them myself (to
satisfaction).

Does anyone have the inclination to undertake the service of drilling some
blanks?

--PBr

Raxxess make a 16 hole drilled rack panel (1U tall) with holes for 16
1/4" jacks, I have used this panel and made for sets of 4 linked jacks
for exactly the purpose you stated. The panel costs about $7 and the
jacks and coax cost be another $16. It can all be assembled in less than
an hour.

"Brousseau, Paul E (Paul)" wrote:

> From: "Brousseau, Paul E (Paul)" <PaulBr@...>
>
> Hello again (and welcome Thomas!)...  I'm wondering if it would take
> much
> effort to throw together a 1U multiple panel, similar to the 940 but
> without
> the jacks for other systems.  Just 4 4-way multiples.  Paul, you've
> already
> got blank 1U spacers, right?  All that would be left would to drill
> them
> correctly and spot in a bunch of switchcrafts and solder them
> together.
> Something like this would be terribly useful to me...  Unfortunately,
> I
> don't have a drill press, nor an arm steady enough to drill them
> myself (to
> satisfaction).
>
> Does anyone have the inclination to undertake the service of drilling
> some
> blanks?
>
> --PBr
>
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Hmmm, that's not quite what I had in mind, more something that would go into
the MOTM spacing scheme.  I.E., 1U wide by 5U tall.  (I know, picky
picky...)  But the Raxxess may turn out to be the good investment after all.

--PBr

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Nathan Hunsicker [SMTP:nate@...]
> Sent:	Sunday, January 23, 2000 12:24 PM
> To:	motm@onelist.com
> Subject:	Re: [motm] Multiples
> 
> From: Nathan Hunsicker <nate@...>
> 
> Raxxess make a 16 hole drilled rack panel (1U tall) with holes for 16
> 1/4" jacks, I have used this panel and made for sets of 4 linked jacks
> for exactly the purpose you stated. The panel costs about $7 and the
> jacks and coax cost be another $16. It can all be assembled in less than
> an hour.
> 
> "Brousseau, Paul E (Paul)" wrote:
> 
> > From: "Brousseau, Paul E (Paul)" <PaulBr@...>
> >
> > Hello again (and welcome Thomas!)...  I'm wondering if it would take
> > much
> > effort to throw together a 1U multiple panel, similar to the 940 but
> > without
> > the jacks for other systems.  Just 4 4-way multiples.  Paul, you've
> > already
> > got blank 1U spacers, right?  All that would be left would to drill
> > them
> > correctly and spot in a bunch of switchcrafts and solder them
> > together.
> > Something like this would be terribly useful to me...  Unfortunately,
> > I
> > don't have a drill press, nor an arm steady enough to drill them
> > myself (to
> > satisfaction).
> >
> > Does anyone have the inclination to undertake the service of drilling
> > some
> > blanks?
>

Well, I was going to make this same offer since I do have a drill press -- I 
think Larry may be drilling his free hand (you've gotta admire that)! It had 
occurred to me that two popular hole layouts for the 1U (MOTM) "blank" panel 
would be the same as the MOTM 940 Patch Panel (for multiples and adapters) 
and the MOTM 800 EG (for most other modules). It might be nice if some time 
in the future Paul would offer these (unlegended) prepunched panels as 
alternatives to blanks. Like many others, when I order a 940, I will not be 
using the grounded bananas, but will probably make that column two sets of 
multiples.

I also wanted to ask if the 940 also had additional power connectors (you 
know, the MTA .156 connectors like on the MOTM 900 PSU)? I have a vauge 
memory of this, but I didn't see it on the description of the 940. I'm almost 
out of power connectors and will need to remedy this soon -- maybe the block 
could be installed on the back of a 940 anyway, eh?

John B.

In a message dated 1/23/2000 2:05:27 PM, jlarryh@... writes:

>If Paul does not come out with one soon, I would be happy to drill you
>one
>up.  I just finished drilling the multiples for my ultimate wood case
>system which each have 42 holes (24 MOTM units wide and 1/2 unit tall).
>The trick of course is getting them exactly straight.  Order yourself a
>one-unit blank panel and ask Paul to ship it to me.  I assume you will
>take
>care of jacks and wiring at your end.

If Paul does not come out with one soon, I would be happy to drill you one
up.  I just finished drilling the multiples for my ultimate wood case
system which each have 42 holes (24 MOTM units wide and 1/2 unit tall). 
The trick of course is getting them exactly straight.  Order yourself a
one-unit blank panel and ask Paul to ship it to me.  I assume you will take
care of jacks and wiring at your end.

Larry Hendry

----------
> From: Brousseau, Paul E (Paul) <PaulBr@...>
> To: 'motm@onelist.com'
> Subject: RE: [motm] Multiples
> Date: Sunday, January 23, 2000 2:53 PM
> 
> From: "Brousseau, Paul E (Paul)" <PaulBr@...>
> 
> Hmmm, that's not quite what I had in mind, more something that would go
into
> the MOTM spacing scheme.  I.E., 1U wide by 5U tall.  (I know, picky
> picky...)  But the Raxxess may turn out to be the good investment after
all.
> 
> --PBr
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:	Nathan Hunsicker [SMTP:nate@...]
> > Sent:	Sunday, January 23, 2000 12:24 PM
> > To:	motm@onelist.com
> > Subject:	Re: [motm] Multiples
> > 
> > From: Nathan Hunsicker <nate@...>
> > 
> > Raxxess make a 16 hole drilled rack panel (1U tall) with holes for 16
> > 1/4" jacks, I have used this panel and made for sets of 4 linked jacks
> > for exactly the purpose you stated. The panel costs about $7 and the
> > jacks and coax cost be another $16. It can all be assembled in less
than

> > an hour.
> > 
> > "Brousseau, Paul E (Paul)" wrote:
> > 
> > > From: "Brousseau, Paul E (Paul)" <PaulBr@...>
> > >
> > > Hello again (and welcome Thomas!)...  I'm wondering if it would take
> > > much
> > > effort to throw together a 1U multiple panel, similar to the 940 but
> > > without
> > > the jacks for other systems.  Just 4 4-way multiples.  Paul, you've
> > > already
> > > got blank 1U spacers, right?  All that would be left would to drill
> > > them
> > > correctly and spot in a bunch of switchcrafts and solder them
> > > together.
> > > Something like this would be terribly useful to me...  Unfortunately,
> > > I
> > > don't have a drill press, nor an arm steady enough to drill them
> > > myself (to
> > > satisfaction).
> > >
> > > Does anyone have the inclination to undertake the service of drilling
> > > some
> > > blanks?
> > 
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> From: JWBarlow@...
> 
> Well, I was going to make this same offer since
> I do have a drill press -- I think Larry may be drilling
> his free hand (you've gotta admire that)!

Well, you won't hurt my feelings if you take this job.  I don't really have
a drill press.  I have one of those things Sears sells that holds a drill. 
It is not NEAR as good as a drill press.  But, it is somewhat better than
complete freehand.  However, my offer still stands.

> It had occurred to me that two popular hole layouts 
> for the 1U (MOTM) "blank" panel would be the same
> as the MOTM 940 Patch Panel (for multiples and adapters) 
> and the MOTM 800 EG (for most other modules). It might
> be nice if some time in the future Paul would offer these
> (unlegended) prepunched panels as alternatives to blanks.
> Like many others, when I order a 940, I will not be using
> the grounded bananas, but will probably make that column
> two sets of multiples.

I agree Stooge Curly.  I mentioned to Paul once that he should get a few
extra next time he does 800 panels and hold them back from silkscreen.  I
am passing on the 940 as I don't plan to ever need 1/8" or bananas.  But,
then every time I think about DIY jobs, each one seems different.  So,
maybe he could hold back some 800s before silkscreen ONLY for those who
said "I'll take one."

BTW, I would take one.

Larry H

Hi y'all--

I've literally just gotten my first batch of MOTM stuff and barely
started putting it all together.  One thing I've been thinking about is
a little 'house keeping' panel, 2U wide- with two 4 way multiples in the
'traditional' MOTM location, a pair of simple attenuator pots (with
input and output jacks in, er, ah, non-traditional MOTM locations) and
at the top one more jack and a DC voltmeter.

Forgive the ASCII art, but:
______________
| ---------- |
| | meter  | |
| ---------- |
| O -meter in|
|            |
|            |
| O   <>   O |   "<>" being a pot
|attenuators |
| O   <>   O |
|            |
|            |
| O  O  O  O |
| multiples  |
| O  O  O  O |
|            |
--------------

Bear in mind this is for a simple system, which may eventually grow, but
for now will remain quite modest. Right now, I'm not going to need a lot
of multiples....

I'm also not really sure I'll *need* the meter that often, but it seems
worth the effort, just as a sanity check when a patch yields an
unexpected result. 

Frank Vanaman
Baltimore

Hi Frank,

I think a lot of what you suggest is good, but a long time ago I bought a 
cheapo meter and just hang it off near the top of one of my racks -- I almost 
never use it, and when I do use it, it's because of trouble, and my "good" 
meter is soon to follow.

JB

Howdy-

JWBarlow@... wrote-in-part:

> 
> a long time ago I bought a
> cheapo meter and just hang it off near the top of one of my racks -- I almost
> never use it, and when I do use it, it's because of trouble, and my "good"
> meter is soon to follow.
> 

Good point. The meter *seems* like a neat idea, but then again, I'd
probably rarely use it (except when the brain shuts down and I can't
figure out what I've screwed up in a patch)....and a few more mults or
another attenuator could be a lot more helpful....

Frank

BUT, analog meters look good on a MOTM panel.

See attached
Larry H


> From: Frank Vanaman <fvanaman@...>
> Good point. The meter *seems* like a neat idea, but then again, I'd
> probably rarely use it (except when the brain shuts down and I can't
> figure out what I've screwed up in a patch)....and a few more mults or
> another attenuator could be a lot more helpful....
> 
> Frank



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Oops, I meant the 910. Have they even shipped yet...?

-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Schreiber
To: motm@yahoogroups.com
Sent: 2/20/01 5:59 PM
Subject: Re: [motm] EG question/problem


Err...since last year :)



>  
> Have the 940's even shipped yet...?
> 




-----Original Message----- 
From:   Paul Schreiber 
To:     motm@yahoogroups.com 
Sent:   2/17/01 10:24 AM 
Subject:        Re: [motm] EG question/problem 

What mult? The '910 or '940?

Yep, got one last week or so.

--POBr

-----Original Message-----
From: Tkacs, Ken [mailto:ken.tkacs@...]
Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2001 5:31 PM
To: 'motm@yahoogroups.com'
Subject: [motm] Multiples


 
Oops, I meant the 910. Have they even shipped yet...?