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GlassX
Joined: Jan 27, 2008 Posts: 50 Location: Brazil
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Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 8:53 am Post subject:
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Hey guys, here's a 200e-style cabinet I just finished... I had three aluminum boxes I was going to use for desktop-mount of modules, but I changed my mind and decided to make it like a Buchla 200e cabinet, because it's portable and very... cute. I just had to make the wood ends and do some fiddling with CadSTD and Autocad to get the design right. Well, it works and looks great! Now I just have to make some holes and new panels for my old modules.
If anyones wants the CadSTD/Autocad files for the wood parts, I'll post them here (If I'm allowed to)
Hope I'm not breaking any copyright law or something. I just did it because it's a fantastic design...
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(Closed cabinet... the "blue" colour is because there's a sticker to protect the aluminum. I won't take it out until the modules are ready to preserve it) |
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buchlajoe
Joined: Apr 19, 2008 Posts: 8 Location: new york
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Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 9:46 am Post subject:
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do you have Buchla modules to install?
100 , 200 , 200e?
hmmmm..... |
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Stream Operator
Joined: Oct 13, 2007 Posts: 6221 Location: near Austin, Tx, USA
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Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 10:30 am Post subject:
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GlassX wrote: | I just did it because it's a fantastic design... |
Wow, I've never seen that, folds up for transport! Very nice design! _________________ "Let's make noise for peace." - Kijjaz |
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Coriolis
Joined: Apr 11, 2005 Posts: 616 Location: Stilling, Denmark
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Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 11:06 am Post subject:
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Hey, that IS cool! Always thought that was a great design...
Hmm, I wouldn't mind looking at those Autocad files. Could you pm them or post them?
Hope to se that thing full of modules soon...!
C |
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GlassX
Joined: Jan 27, 2008 Posts: 50 Location: Brazil
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Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 1:24 pm Post subject:
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buchlajoe wrote: | do you have Buchla modules to install?
100 , 200 , 200e?
hmmmm..... |
Nope... I wish! But I have boards ready to use for the quintessential Buchla modules - AD/AR, Lopass/Gate and dual VCO. They're not exactly the same circuits (only the lopass), but I was inspired by the layout and Mr. Buchla ideas! |
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GlassX
Joined: Jan 27, 2008 Posts: 50 Location: Brazil
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Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 1:36 pm Post subject:
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Coriolis wrote: | Hey, that IS cool! Always thought that was a great design...
Hmm, I wouldn't mind looking at those Autocad files. Could you pm them or post them?
Hope to se that thing full of modules soon...!
C |
PM Sent! |
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Clack
Joined: Aug 08, 2005 Posts: 438 Location: Walthamstow - london
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Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 2:40 pm Post subject:
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nice!
how do you make it stand up in a curve without collapsing or being wobbley? _________________ Clacktronics.co.uk |
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GlassX
Joined: Jan 27, 2008 Posts: 50 Location: Brazil
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Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 2:53 pm Post subject:
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Mr Clack wrote: | nice!
how do you make it stand up in a curve without collapsing or being wobbley? |
Well, there are two feet to hold the middle boat (not installed yet), and two "stoppers" (I don't know the exact word) to keep the two boats in place in relation to the middle. It's hard to explain, but here's a website with photos of the the Buchla cabinet that helped me a lot: http://www.synthi.se/bcab/ |
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v-un-v
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Joined: May 16, 2005 Posts: 8933 Location: Birmingham, England, UK
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Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 4:05 pm Post subject:
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wow! That's very cool/ nice!!! _________________ ACHTUNG!
ALLES TURISTEN UND NONTEKNISCHEN LOOKENPEEPERS!
DAS KOMPUTERMASCHINE IST NICHT FÜR DER GEFINGERPOKEN UND MITTENGRABEN! ODERWISE IST EASY TO SCHNAPPEN DER SPRINGENWERK, BLOWENFUSEN UND POPPENCORKEN MIT SPITZENSPARKSEN.
IST NICHT FÜR GEWERKEN BEI DUMMKOPFEN. DER RUBBERNECKEN SIGHTSEEREN KEEPEN DAS COTTONPICKEN HÄNDER IN DAS POCKETS MUSS.
ZO RELAXEN UND WATSCHEN DER BLINKENLICHTEN. |
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Sound
Joined: Jun 06, 2006 Posts: 842
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Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 4:13 pm Post subject:
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Hi GlassX this is very nice!
How you did the aluminium boxes? |
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GlassX
Joined: Jan 27, 2008 Posts: 50 Location: Brazil
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Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 7:28 pm Post subject:
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sound wrote: | Hi GlassX this is very nice!
How you did the aluminium boxes? |
Hi! I got them at a metal shop near my house, where I also buy my (aluminium too) panel plates. I asked them to fold the metal sheets for me. They also sell other materials... At first I tought about doing it in steel, but I just love the look of brushed aluminium |
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cbm
Joined: Oct 25, 2005 Posts: 381 Location: San Francisco
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Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 7:46 pm Post subject:
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It's also worth noting that there are bolts that fit through little metal flanges, when the cabinet is unfolded. These get little knurled brass nuts screwed onto them to keep the cabinet solid. You can see the flanges and bolts in the folded-up picture that site: http://www.synthi.se/bcab/b4.jpg
-C _________________ Chris Muir
http://www.eardrill.com <– My jobby (more than a hobby, less than a job) |
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blue hell
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Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 8:04 pm Post subject:
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GlassX wrote: | I just love the look of brushed aluminium |
Don't know why & don't know why I type this
To me your avatar matches the look of brushed aluminum. And it's a beautiful picture. I spent time on it guessing about what's gong on. _________________ Jan
also .. could someone please turn down the thermostat a bit.
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Luka
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v-un-v
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Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 3:12 am Post subject:
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GlassX, I too would like to see the CAD files if that isn't too much of a problem? If it's AutoCAD, would you mind sending them as R2004 files?
Thanks for the links too! _________________ ACHTUNG!
ALLES TURISTEN UND NONTEKNISCHEN LOOKENPEEPERS!
DAS KOMPUTERMASCHINE IST NICHT FÜR DER GEFINGERPOKEN UND MITTENGRABEN! ODERWISE IST EASY TO SCHNAPPEN DER SPRINGENWERK, BLOWENFUSEN UND POPPENCORKEN MIT SPITZENSPARKSEN.
IST NICHT FÜR GEWERKEN BEI DUMMKOPFEN. DER RUBBERNECKEN SIGHTSEEREN KEEPEN DAS COTTONPICKEN HÄNDER IN DAS POCKETS MUSS.
ZO RELAXEN UND WATSCHEN DER BLINKENLICHTEN. |
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GlassX
Joined: Jan 27, 2008 Posts: 50 Location: Brazil
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Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 7:49 am Post subject:
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Blue Hell wrote: | GlassX wrote: | I just love the look of brushed aluminium |
Don't know why & don't know why I type this
To me your avatar matches the look of brushed aluminum. And it's a beautiful picture. I spent time on it guessing about what's gong on. |
Thanks!!!! It was quite simple, actually, I just cranked the levels on my old digital camera (it had an photoshop-like level adjustment), but lighting made the difference, I guess |
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GlassX
Joined: Jan 27, 2008 Posts: 50 Location: Brazil
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Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 8:18 am Post subject:
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(PMs sent!) |
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v-un-v
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Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 9:33 am Post subject:
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GlassX, what are the x (w),y (h) and z (d) dimensions of the metal cabinets?
fwiw, originally when I saw the Buchla it took me two takes before I realised how small the thing was! Have you based the dimensions on eurorack sizes? AutoCAD is giving me a reading of 5.9056cm for the height (y) - that can't be right can it I'm hoping I can scale the diagrams.
Also while we're here, a quick shout or 'plug' is due here for Ribbonsoft's brilliant CAD software; QCad. (www.ribbonsoft.com) _________________ ACHTUNG!
ALLES TURISTEN UND NONTEKNISCHEN LOOKENPEEPERS!
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IST NICHT FÜR GEWERKEN BEI DUMMKOPFEN. DER RUBBERNECKEN SIGHTSEEREN KEEPEN DAS COTTONPICKEN HÄNDER IN DAS POCKETS MUSS.
ZO RELAXEN UND WATSCHEN DER BLINKENLICHTEN. |
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GlassX
Joined: Jan 27, 2008 Posts: 50 Location: Brazil
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Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 10:34 am Post subject:
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v-un-v wrote: | GlassX, what are the x (w),y (h) and z (d) dimensions of the metal cabinets?
fwiw, originally when I saw the Buchla it took me two takes before I realised how small the thing was! Have you based the dimensions on eurorack sizes? AutoCAD is giving me a reading of 5.9056cm for the height (y) - that can't be right can it I'm hoping I can scale the diagrams.
Also while we're here, a quick shout or 'plug' is due here for Ribbonsoft's brilliant CAD software; QCad. (www.ribbonsoft.com) |
My metal boats are very small indeed! They are 40x15x5 cm. As I mentioned, I chose a new form factor using round numbers in metric format for ease of construction, so, they're not standard. The wood sides are 1cm taller than the cabinet for asthetic reasons.
The original 200e boat (the 12 modules version), OTOH, is 7"x17"x4"...
However, I believe that scaling the drawing to your favourite form factor is the best option... if you scale the wood parts to about the same size, they're gonna fold right |
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v-un-v
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Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 11:04 am Post subject:
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I'm going to scale the whole lot together. I've already imported the lot into Qcad. I'll post the reslts when I'm done _________________ ACHTUNG!
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DAS KOMPUTERMASCHINE IST NICHT FÜR DER GEFINGERPOKEN UND MITTENGRABEN! ODERWISE IST EASY TO SCHNAPPEN DER SPRINGENWERK, BLOWENFUSEN UND POPPENCORKEN MIT SPITZENSPARKSEN.
IST NICHT FÜR GEWERKEN BEI DUMMKOPFEN. DER RUBBERNECKEN SIGHTSEEREN KEEPEN DAS COTTONPICKEN HÄNDER IN DAS POCKETS MUSS.
ZO RELAXEN UND WATSCHEN DER BLINKENLICHTEN. |
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mistercooper
Joined: Jul 17, 2006 Posts: 62 Location: Seattle
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Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 11:12 am Post subject:
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Simply beautiful. I wouldn't mind any a pm with the cad stuff either. Thanks! |
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v-un-v
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Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 1:59 am Post subject:
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GlassX wrote: |
My metal boats are very small indeed! They are 40x15x5 cm. |
You're not wrong there!! 5cm deep??! That doesn't leave a lot of room for component height tolerances or power distribution
-but then again I opened up my Palm computer last night to change the battery- that really was a feat of space engineering! _________________ ACHTUNG!
ALLES TURISTEN UND NONTEKNISCHEN LOOKENPEEPERS!
DAS KOMPUTERMASCHINE IST NICHT FÜR DER GEFINGERPOKEN UND MITTENGRABEN! ODERWISE IST EASY TO SCHNAPPEN DER SPRINGENWERK, BLOWENFUSEN UND POPPENCORKEN MIT SPITZENSPARKSEN.
IST NICHT FÜR GEWERKEN BEI DUMMKOPFEN. DER RUBBERNECKEN SIGHTSEEREN KEEPEN DAS COTTONPICKEN HÄNDER IN DAS POCKETS MUSS.
ZO RELAXEN UND WATSCHEN DER BLINKENLICHTEN. |
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mono-poly
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Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 3:11 am Post subject:
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Yeah i'd be interested in the CAD file to |
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macumbista
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Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2008 7:54 am Post subject:
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Boa tarde! Same here, would love to get the CAD file. Any reason you don't just post to the forum? Otherwise, PM is fine.
Also, can anyone recommend free/free+open source CAD editor for Linux and/or OSX? _________________ Esoteric drones and nonlinear distortion
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ericcoleridge
Joined: Jan 16, 2007 Posts: 889 Location: NYC
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Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 11:09 am Post subject:
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I'd love to build this enclosure also, although I don't have a CAD editor. I'm guessing the critical dimensions here are for the wooden sides. If anyone builds one of these scaled for 7" Buchla panels-- It would be really great to see the side panel measurements/drawing. |
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