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Just another question: Will you also make matching back panels? I'd like to have blue front and back panels. :yes:
Yes. Im just waiting on the case group buy to check all the details, but the intention is to produce the rear panels also. Cost of rear panels TBC.
Are the 2 mm panels solid enough?
They will be more than strong enough for the desktop enclosure. You will be supporting virtually no weight / force from them, and they will be supported themselves by the enclosure on both the top and lower edge. There is no doubt at all that they are quite adequate for the application.
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definitely! how much would you charge for a front and backpanel? when time has come, I would like to buy both of them from you, too.
The 2mm panels, which are the ones that come in all the different colours / finishes should be GBP 85 for the top, and GBP (unknown at the moment) for the back.
The 3mm panels, which come in matt black, and natural (silver) only would probably be GBP 100 for the top, and GBP (unknown) for the rear.
To give referance to this, Wilbas price optomised file, if ordered from schaeffer, would come to just over Euro 150 inc tax, for the top section alone - which, at the median conversion rate is currently GBP 131 - ie 31% higher than my 3mm price!
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payment sent!
julian i will take one top/back panel from you for sure l8r.
tnx.
I know that itlld be nice for the panels to come to people at the same time as the cases, but, whilst i do know the case dimensions, i think that, for the sake of a small delay, it would be better for me to wait untill i have an enclosure in my hands to make 100% sure that evreything fits right, before i cut a load of panels.
I know from so many other things in the past that you can look up a dimension off a datasheet (of a jack bush diameter, etc) and then you measure it in real life, with a good set of verniers, and the two numbers are not the same!
If i have a case in my hands, i can use real-world measurements to make certain that evreything fits together as nicely as possible : ) I think being sure is worth a short delay : )
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A new colour - green
(i know ive been promising the photo for a while, but ive finally gotten arround to pointing the camera at it!)
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Julian, good to see you're interested in these enclosures, too.
After these boxes are distributed, i would like to order a set of mbseq panels of yours, down the road. No hurry for me.
:thumbsup:
I do not have the pcbs, however, i want to have one of the enclosures so as i can be 100% certain of the measurements for the panels, especially to test the slot in the enclosure that the front panels slide into.
At some point, of course, i will get the pcbs and make the whole device, but i seem never to get time for personal builds!
Thank you,
Julian
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Mine is paid - echeque though (sorry) as, apparently, my debit card has expired, and i dont have time to update it on paypal before the payment deadline : /
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Yep, that's 100% the reason why i cut the cheaper, single stroke, panels - i personally dont think there is enough difference to justify spending over 2x as much on the multitroke ones, and, like you, some people even like the single stroke more. Of course, i can still cut the multistroke, but, since producing the cheaper option, not one single person has asked me for the more expensive panel : )
Trevors original panel set design, when purchased from shaeffer, comes to over GBP 240, which is crazy - there's no need to spend that much.
In the sequence above, there are 5 shots - the first is two matt black panels, the next a matt red (not a great photo - the finish looks quite a bit nicer in real life) and the final three photos (two on woodwork, one on plants) are all the same panel, which is the one called bronze.
The colour is hard to represent. Its almost like a grey/gold colour. The near side of the first shot maybee shows it best? The last shot (on the plants) makes it look very grey and hardly brown at all. Its not especially rich in brown / orange tones, but it is a little more so than the photos show. A touch more brown, a touch less grey looking (at least to my eye) than the photos really show.
Im sure you get the idea though! : )
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I use silicon greese. As you know, petroleum rots some things, but i dont know about pot shafts etc.
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Ahh - ive made an error above -
The 9090 in the photo is expensive. Its a complex multistroke panel and takes quite a while to make.
Because the cost of it was prohibitive for a number of builders, i simplified the design (to lower the cost) and started cutting these for people -
There are three photos of the 'bronze' as its not an easy colour to represent. Its not really bronze at all, but that's what my supplier calls it! Its a nice colour though...
The single stroke 9090 panels are the ones that are GBP 65, and, whilst im happy to still cut the other ones, im not sure as theyre worth the extra money (id have to look it up, but i think they were about 2x the price)
Julian
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9090 are GBP 65 each (regardless of colour)
I have matt red, matt 'bronze', and, i think, natural silver cut and in stock (yep, i know im rubbish at updating the on-line shop!)
Im fairly certain i dont have black pre-cut at the moment, and im just (as i type this) cutting a pair for someone in matt blue.
I forgett the price of the Klee panels - the ones in the photo were a 1-off (well, 2-off) job for someone last year, but i have the authors permission to re-cut their design. I think they were about GBP 130 each in the 2-off quantity. (they are 4u to fit the bud-industries enclosures from mouser)
Thanks, Julian
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Just a quick note to say that ive been cutting a batch of mb6582 panels.
Ill update this post with photos, but currently i have in stock -
Matt red with white infill - ive not had this finish before in 6582s - it looks very nice - possibly nicer than the gloss red i was cutting last year, i think)
Matt green with white infill - i just ordered a small ammout of the green. its unusual, and, i think, quite smart looking
Matt black with white infill - the old favourite
Anyhow, all the above are in stock currently. As i say, ill try and update with some photos tommorow.
Thanks, Julian
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Oh come on... :rolleyes:
Ultimately, what you want is sell something, which is totally legitimate, but it belongs into the fleamarket forum section.
Ugghh...
Its because of your comments that i havent even signed on to this group for months.
Do you really think that i sat here thinking "How will i become a millionaire - i know, ill sneakily post in the Midibox Seq section, rather than the Fleamarket section"
Is there even a price tag on any of the panels?
I sell panels, sure. Everyone knows i sell panels. I wanted to let people know, specifically, about the colours, as i (personally) had been considering them in relation to the case bulk buy (indeed, i put my name on the wiki for them months ago for a silver case, but i now think that ill go for black, as i think itll look good against the matt red)
I sell panels on many groups. You know i never encounter this sort of petty jumped up non-moderator policing anywhere else but here?
I almost didnt bother making these 2.0mm panels (which save people a hell of a lot against going to FPE - which quite a few people are actually gratefull of!) because of your (yes, your personal) flak when i even suggested making them.
Are these panels for a rackmount config? I'm planning to get in on the desktop buy and need to source a front panel. thanks
Yes, the ones in the photos are all 19" ones, but the same colours can be used for the desktop enclosure. In that case, the rack ears will obviously not be included, and a milled slot will be cut along the edges of the panels, so as to slide into the recess in the desktop case.
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...possibly, but i was more interested in highlighting what was availible.
So, it was more of an announcement as to the colours, than an invite to buy & that was why i posted it here insted of in the fleamarket.
But i do understand that there is very little border between.
I (personally) have been trying to decide what mbseq desktop finish i want from the current group buy (black or silver) and the availible colour of the front panel will influence that decision long before i cut myself a panel (as it may influence other people long before they come to purchase a front panel)
I guess if i had have done it the other way arround, i could also have been critisised for trying to post information in the fleamarket section! : )
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hmm... black... silver... black... silver
(cant decide!)
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As some of you know, ive been concentrating on lowering the costs on the mbseq panels, by cutting them in 2.0mm
What id overlooked is that the colour range availible is so much larger in 2.0.
Ive allready shown the gloss blue and gloss black panels, but ive recently ordered in some other colours.
The matt red is shown below -
Ive ordered enough of this to make 4-off the above panel at present, but the metal was actually (for some reason i dont really understand) quite a bit more expensive than other colours, so im unsure if i will order more when its gone.
Ive got another colour in the latest order too, which i have not yet cut, but i think it could be equally as smart.... (watch this space! : )
Below are shots that you have seen before of the gloss finishes (which, again, are not availible in 3.0mm)
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Just a brief note -
I have just ordered in some different colour finishes for the 2.0mm low(er) cost panels.
Below are some 19" units in the same low-cost style -
Anyhow, if anyone is interested, this design could also be used in the desktop case, and would represent a decent saving over the 3.0mm panels.
When the metal turns up, ill cut some demo panels, and post them up here to see if there is any interest.
Thanks,
Julian
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as per the thread in the midibox sequencer sub-forum, im thinking of making some of these for people, as the should save a fair bit of money over the mbseq panels from FPE -
I understand that the bolt heads showing may not be to evreyone's liking, but the panel will be cheaper as a result, and will, hopefully, enable some people to build the device without thinking so much about the money aspect of it all.
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Two things -
First - due to the issues with the case group buy's im obviously not making 100s of these in preparation just yet, and...
Second - we are in the process of moving location, so there will be some points where my lead times are not as swift as they usually are (normally i aim to ship the same week the order comes in, even on custom 1-off jobs)
What may be best is if i wait to see how the case issues pan out, and then make up some smaller batches and see how they go.
At present (as i type this) i do have a few mbseq panels in 19" 2.0mm format. I will have to check, but i think i have matt red, and gloss blue / gloss black in stock for immediate shipping.
Thanks, Julian