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  • New cabinets for 5U modular synth

    New cabinets for 5U modular synth

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    Andre Theelen
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    Inevitability I have been building a lot of Buchla stuff last couple of years but I also built a few 5U modules. As my 5U modular cabinet was pretty much filled up I finally reached that inevitable point in time: the cabinets were completely full and I still had a couples of modules which had…

  • Building a new 50U Buchla cabinet

    Building a new 50U Buchla cabinet

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    Andre Theelen
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    A couple of years ago I built a small 18U Buchla cabinet for a couple of Buchla 200 series modules I had build together with some Buchlaesque modules to go with them. However, this cabinet cannot house any more modules and it was time to build something new. Something bigger. I decided to go for…

  • Custom cabinet for Buchla Easel

    Custom cabinet for Buchla Easel

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    Andre Theelen
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    Buchla Easel analogue synthesizer clone I have been working on finishing my Buchla Easel analogue modular synth the last couple of months. That included designing a custom cabinet to house the modules. My “Easelesque” instrument contains 3 modules: the Buchla 208 Music Easel, the Buchla 216 Touch Controlled Voltage Source and the Buchla 277 Signal…

  • Buchlaesque modular in progress

    Buchlaesque modular in progress

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    Andre Theelen
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    I’ve been working on my new Buchla inspired modular on and off for some time now and finally had some front panels made. They turned out great and it inspired me to put some more energy into getting the modular done. I already finished the cabinet and rails for mounting the panels six months ago. So, last…

  • Buchla200 custom cabinet almost done

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    Andre Theelen
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    The cabinet is almost done now! It is made out of 18mm Birch plywood and there are 4 layers of Mahogany stain applied now. I still have to do one or two layers of protective lacquer. Today I made four Aluminum rails where the modules will mount to. Unfortunately, I couldn’t finish the last two…

  • Buchla200 custom cabinet v2.1

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    Andre Theelen
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    Finished the basic structure of the new cabinet today. The cabinet is glued together now so I have to wait until tomorrow for the glue to dry. I changed the side panels a little bit. They are now a fluid line instead of the three angled slopes in the Sketchup design in my previous post.…

  • Buchla200 custom cabinet v2

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    Andre Theelen
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    I wanted to start working on the cabinet but due to circumstances I didn’t have time today. Instead, I played some more with the design and came up with something better. The footprint of this cabinet is larger than the previous one but it looks much more Buchla. So this is the one I’m going…

  • Buchla200 custom cabinet

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    Andre Theelen
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    I’m playing around with Google Sketchup and, as a practical exercise, I’m designing a new cabinet for my Buchla 200 clone. I wanted it to be as compact as possible and came up with the design to the left. The height of the cabinet is 616 mm (24.3″), it’s 684 mm (26.9″) wide and 240mm…

  • Modular cabinets

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    Andre Theelen
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    Today I finished the final cabinets for my modular analog synthesizer. I built a lot of modules and they’re isn’t enough space for them in one cabinet. So I built two which fit nicely on top of each other. I’m very happy with how they turned out. I used several layers of mahony finish to…

  • Temporary modular cabinet

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    Andre Theelen
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    I build a temporary cabinet out of MDF and scrap wood for the first modules to be installed in. When I’m out of room in this cabinet I will built a final cabinet which will look much nicer than this one! I used mounting rails from Bridechamber for easy mounting of the modules. And here…