DIY Road Case

[Ritchie200]

A series of videos from Reliable Hardware on road case, speaker cab, guitar case, etc.... construction using their products.  Pretty cool videos.  I dont know how their prices compare to other suppliers, but good ideas and tips on the videos.

Jim

First one:

1 of 11 - DIY Road Case Introduction - ReliableHardware.com

[Ed_Chambley]

Kewl Jim, thanks for posting this.  I never thought of making a case since Georgia Case is round the corner from me.  I was just going to get one made, but I think I will do it this time.  I want a rolling rack to hold 5 heads within foam and different shelves in the case.

I have to determine how to keep them cool since some have top vents and 2 are bassman style.  It looks like it may be fun to build and much easier than making box joints.

[Ritchie200]

Yeah, great minds think alike!  I was also thinking about how to do a head "rack" and cool the suckers - especially ones that have an open grate at the top.  I thought maybe cut the foam so it opens to the back (only as wide as the vent so there is always support at the sides and front) to open up an air path.  Then mount a couple of pancake fans on a bracket to blow air in the back of the cabinet for some air exchange.  You could put a little pull handle on the foam piece you cut out to stuff back in there during transit.

Yeah, its a pretty slick system!  Looks very easy to do and the results are impressive.

Jim

[Ed_Chambley]

I have seen one in a studio I thought was well designed, but I did not look at it close enough.  I should get the change next week to get by there.  I do remember there was a row of fans on the top to the back drawing air and a row on the bottom pushing air out.  They said it is cleaner than drawing from the floor.  Each level has a 1/4 speaker out and a speckon (sp?) locking connectors.

Along the back inside there was an airway.  Standing close you could feel air entering, but they has no way for air to pass through Marshall type heads.  I gotta go see how they did this as I know they did it in a nice way.

I will follow-up after I get by there.