MOTM

When I get around to building my cabinets this winter, I too was considering
drilling some holes in Masonite for a back panel. Right now I'm thinking I
will just buy some pre-drilled masonite "peg-board," since Home Depot has it
cheap in 4'x4' sheets, and the holes are spaced nicely. I don't really care
what it looks like in back, since it will be a studio-only machine up near a
wall, but I DO want to keep dust off (and the cat out of it) while allowing
for some ventillation.

Hey, if you use pegboard, you can get some hooks and hang your cables off
the back!  :) 

Question--do you find the 10" depth "stable"? I was going to take advantage
of the shallow depth of the MOTM modules and keep depth to an absolute
minimum (maybe 8" outside measurement), but I worry that I will plug a patch
cord in and push the whole thing over. Is this a silly worry? Even with
rubber feet? That's an open question to any of you cabinet guys / Moog
owners.

Ken


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From: alt-mode
To: motm@egroups.com
Sent: 10/22/2000 10:46 AM
Subject: Re: [motm] Moog/MOTM Cabinet

Thanks.  No, I wasn't planning a back for the cabinet at the moment.
Right now it
is sitting pretty close to a wall in the middle of a "stack" with no air
vents
nearby so dust accumulation should be minimal.  The depth of the box at
about 10"
also provides a pretty good overhang over the modules.  

If I do put a back on it, I will probably use some thin "Masonite" and
put holes
around the PS



--- "J. Larry Hendry" <jlarryh@...> wrote:
> Thanks for sharing Eric.  It looks nice.  Do you have a back planned
for it?
> If so, made of what?  Will you have any ventilation around the PS if
you

> have a back?
> 
> Larry H
>

> Question--do you find the 10" depth "stable"? I was going to take advantage
> of the shallow depth of the MOTM modules and keep depth to an absolute
> minimum (maybe 8" outside measurement), but I worry that I will plug a patch
> cord in and push the whole thing over. Is this a silly worry? Even with
> rubber feet? That's an open question to any of you cabinet guys / Moog
> owners.
> 

I was wrong.  The depth is really 8.5".  It is pretty stable.  I'll admit that the
depth was dictated by the other cabinets in my system so there wasn't any science
involved.  It did create a nice depth for mounting the power supply in the back with
a good bit of room between the PS and the modules.  What certainly helps is having a
lower cabinet that is deeper and sloped.  The bottom cabinet is 14".  The rubber
feet are very important when stacking.  I've had the whole stack shake when I get
'a-patchin'.  It sits on a fairly heavy duty table that does have some play with all
the weight.  I've never had any of the cabinets slide around.

   Eric


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> I don't really care
> what it looks like in back, since it will be a studio-only machine up near a
> wall, but I DO want to keep dust off (and the cat out of it) while allowing
> for some ventillation.
If the room that the modules are in does not get very dusty, is it
advisable to put a back on the cabinet anyway?  I was thinking of just
leaving my cabinets open, the room they are in gets minimal dust
collection (although I can relate to a cat wanting to check out
everything!).

> Question--do you find the 10" depth "stable"? I was going to take advantage
> of the shallow depth of the MOTM modules and keep depth to an absolute
> minimum (maybe 8" outside measurement), but I worry that I will plug a patch
> cord in and push the whole thing over. Is this a silly worry? Even with
> rubber feet? That's an open question to any of you cabinet guys / Moog
> owners.
A possible solution, depending on your cabinets and setup.  I built a
cabinet that is one standard rack width and 3 motm modules high with
standard 8" (actually 7.5", if I remember correctly) by 1" (3/4") lumber.
Because I have a very solid table on which most of my equipment sets, I
bolted the cabinet onto the table using 3 lag bolts with 1.5" washers top
and bottom.  Very stable, even when plugging and unplugging patch cords.

Jeff