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Post by MikMo on Feb 6, 2022 20:33:39 GMT
Considering that my woodworking skills are somewhere between rudimentary and severly limited, this came out acceptable. It's quite chunky and heay, on purpose. And room for a third 2x20 case. I had problems with the AE case hinge kit, because i still have mdules with the old square in sockets, and when inserting the patchcables in those sockets you have to apply quite some preassure, which was a challenge for the case hinge kit, to a degree where i had to support the top case every time i inserted patchcables in the square sockets. The DIY cabinet has rubber feet that holds it firmly to the table. Still considering staining it, but i will wait until i am sure the angles i chose work for me. Attachments:
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pol
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Post by pol on Feb 6, 2022 21:05:14 GMT
Looks great, are the AEs just wedged in, or have you attahced to the wood?
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Post by maydonpoliris on Feb 6, 2022 22:24:10 GMT
measurements look bang on too.
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Post by jubin on Feb 7, 2022 7:17:57 GMT
Nice !
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Post by pt3r on Feb 7, 2022 8:20:30 GMT
 You did it! This is what I've been thinking about to build once I get my third rack. Absolutely beautiful.
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Post by MikMo on Feb 7, 2022 10:35:22 GMT
Looks great, are the AEs just wedged in, or have you attahced to the wood? The AE cases are secured to the cabinet with M5 screws that go into the embedded nuts in the cases normally used for the hinge kit. The 15mm Birch plywood is probably a little overkill 12mm or maybe even 10 would probably be sufficient. I just hacked it together over the weekend with whatever i had in the basement. But it's rock solid and stable. There are a couple of horisontal supports that you can't see in the pictures, but they are only for "lateral" stability, they are not supporting the cases. The casesare only held in place by the 4 M5 screws. |
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nols
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Post by nols on Feb 8, 2022 10:17:43 GMT
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Post by MikMo on Feb 8, 2022 14:27:55 GMT
Waau. That is very similar to mine. Look super cool when "the third floor" is inhabited.
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Post by funbun on Feb 8, 2022 18:00:02 GMT
How do you measure to make sure the side nuts fit? I've never been able to get such measurements exact.
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Post by MikMo on Feb 8, 2022 21:04:23 GMT
I started out with a cardboard template for the side walls. On that template i used an empty AE case to outline the position of the (end of) cases in the cabinet, while doing that i used a sharp pencil to mark the center of the nuts.
Then when i had cut the end walls out, i drilled the holes for the M5 screws with a 6.5 mm drill so there is 1.5 mm "slack" for each hole. I tried first to drill with a 5mm drill, but the holes i drilled did not line up precise enough with the nuts in the case. Making the holes sligtly larger did the trick. You could make them even larger and use a washer to get more "slack".
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Post by maydonpoliris on Feb 15, 2022 22:40:41 GMT
Not really a cabinet but was inspired by it and decided on a closing one as I went along. I'm pretty up for a darwin award when it comes to this sort of stuff so to be safe I held the corners in place with some wood glue and cloth tape and I liked the colour so I kept going. looks a bit tacky but works, saves me painting i guess too. The Ae is held in by screws, I took the side off the Ae and used it as a template which worked quite well. The 2*16 case has another hinge on the reverse side so i can add another row which folds down as well to a stack of 3 or 4. 3 works but opening up 4 and keeping it there is too much trouble and risky. 2 fits into a travel case too and will be easier to lock up so I might get another pedal case for this purpose. I also put some felt pads in the corners to soften the closing and give the bigger knobs some more room just in case I miss judged.    |
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Post by admin on Feb 15, 2022 22:52:31 GMT
Ahh the beauty of duct tape!  |
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Post by maydonpoliris on Feb 15, 2022 22:57:38 GMT
 love it.. duct tape is the best. Actually it turned out more like jubin s case so i should really have put it in there.
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Post by MikMo on Feb 17, 2022 11:21:53 GMT
The closing cases are super cool. better approach than mine if you need to be portable.
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Post by keurslagerkurt on Feb 28, 2022 16:34:30 GMT
Damn the cases in this thread all look so good!!!!  Love the blue color maydonpoliris |
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You did it! This is what I've been thinking about to build once I get my third rack. Absolutely beautiful.
love it.. duct tape is the best.
