Custom Eurorack Case Builds (Part 5) - Prototype D (the Cancer case)

So, here things go a little off the rails - no pun intended. I wanted to use ALL TWELVE U of my purchased rails, and fell in love with the idea of The Golden Ratio, by Eurorack Modular Case designs.
Where I went wrong though was choosing a terrible material to build this case out of; melamine-coated particle board. This is not good stuff to work with, no only from the health risk perspective, but it's super brittle so unless great care is taken working with melamine, you'll end up like me - with broken ends, stripped screw holes, and shards of cancer-causing chemicals injected into your flesh.
(okay maybe that last bit was dramatic, but I really hate the stuff)
I will revisit The Golden Ratio using either laminated plywood or hardwood in the future. Stay tuned for that ;-)
📚 CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
00:16 A Flawed Design
01:50 Build It Anyway
03:34 This Sucker is Heavy
04:16 Outro
🔗 Resources
➡️ www.perfectcircuit.com/
➡️ modularsynthlab.com/
➡️ eurorackmodularcase.com/
🔗 Health & Safety info about Melamine (chemicals)
➡️ tinyurl.com/4x7xrntp
➡️ tinyurl.com/yr3vaxpu
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[@PatrickCTimeTravel]

I like the idea of having RGB lights on one.

[@apeirogonmusic]

Great Series
It's been a Joy to watch

[@ericMT]

Good advice about the particle board. I was going to use MDF which is always ridiculously heavy but I learned that Doepfer uses 1/4” birch or similar wood on their low cost cases and they are actually quite strong for using such thin material. I’m in the process of replicating a Doepfer monster system (168hp) with a 6U base and two 9U cabinets, mainly because it’s too hard to move one giant 24U 168hp case no matter what material you use. I know the angled look is cool with one large cabinet (that’s what I have now) but I thought sort of a reverse Marshall stack look with the 2 cabinets on top of the “head” or base in this case would be interesting.
This series is great. I’m really bad at woodworking so I’ve been doing a lot of research before building anything and this has been very helpful. I do think what companies charge for custom cases is a little crazy. They are handmade though and labor is expensive. Did you ever mention where you purchased your black rails? Those look nice.

[@VisionsMusicGroup]

I do indeed, in a couple of these videos I mention Modular Synth Lab (NL), the rails, threaded strips and PSU/Boards. Check the description for a link to their site. And good luck on the case! Big, Black Rectangle won't do you wrong! 🥰