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Cheap and easy dustcovers for your MIDIbox


Flemming
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Many of you might know me as the dude who builds stuff in cardboard boxes... well, i stepped up, and i am now manhandling plastic :D

I was really sad that my MB6582 had to stand here uncovered, so i had to improvise a dustcover. I had some of this cheap plastic cloth lying around (sry, but i have no idea what the international term for this would be. Here in DK we call it 'presenning')

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I measured all sides of the box and made a simple template using paper and tape

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I used the template with a permanent filt tip pen to draw up the shape onto the plastic. When i cut it out, i made sure to leave enough plastic in the corners, so i could later clamp'em together. For the clamping i used an ordinary paper stapler ('heavier' staples would really have been nice). I was kinda liberal during the measuring because i was afraid to make it too small, so mine might seem a bit chubby :) it could easily have been a slimmer fit.

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I cut out a hole in the back to allow the cover to fit even if cables are attached

All in all i'm very pleased with the result considering i spent about 20mins and $1.5 on it. And now i want to make covers for all my other boxes too :D It may not look that slick, but in the end i'm more interested in keeping my stuff safe. In the end, the important thing is that i left my former habit of using cardboard :P

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Nice cover! Where will it all end - you´re cutting plastic sheets, i am grinding ebony wood, all for our MIDIboxes :-)

For now, I use silk sheets to cover the ´boxes, which look ok, but your covers are cleary a lot more "pro" looking :-)

Greets,

Peter

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Mmm, "pressening" (same in Swedish) or tarpaulin (or Abdeckplane, bâche). Cool idea! Maybe one could score some from a building site or some trucking company for added feel-good factor about recyling stuff? Use a stapling gun thumbsup.png

Then have fun with a cutout stencil and some paint to mark your gear.

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Hi Flemming,

you dont know the international name of that material but the picture you have posted can be recognized on Mars too :thumbsup:

Here is TELA INCERATA or TELA IMPERMEABILE.

Greets from Italy

Antonio

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