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Actually recently replaced the sliding nuts with a set of standard rails with M3 threads, which I can now use with M3 knurlies, both from Befaco. It’s now the best case ever :smiley:

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How easy was it to replace the rails? The odd sized sliding nuts definitely give me pause.

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another +1 for the structure 360. great wood and very robust psu. i run nearly 9u of power-hungry harvestman/IME modules and still under half the max spec.

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+2 on structure. @hawksquill and i run very similar cases, love it. these things are basically monorocket 2.0 solutions — however, it’s worth noting that, if you fill these to the brim to hungry digital stuff (even at half spec), it’s likely to get a little warm

the rails currently will accept m3 sliding nuts as is, but there has been some chatter on mw from people mentioning some threaded strips require a little bit of sanding/coaxing to slide in (i’ve actually been meaning to do this myself for years now, just too lazy)

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it should also be noted that it comes with plenty of screws to cover you. I’ve never hit an issue where I ran out or anything, but it’s annoying if you want to use knurlies or some other specialty type of thing.

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Super easy I’d say. On my Structure 208, it’s 4 wood screws to free the rails, change the nuts, and reattach.

I did actually run out of screws :frowning: Had to only use 2 screws per-module, to be able to have everything I wanted. I have a lot of smaller-sized modules.

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Thanks for the input everybody. It seems like the Pittsburgh Structure cases are the best option for big (but not enormous) cases unless you want to go custom. I was a little concerned about the power because I had an early Pittsburgh case around 7-8 years ago where the power was not great; it seems like they sorted it out for their big cases. My setup is 90% analog, so not super power hungry, but some of my oscillators are susceptible to noise or pitch instability if the power supply isn’t solid.

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here’s an old post showing my simple laser-cut plywood 7Ux64hp case along with some details - happy to share files presuming I can still find them/if they’re useful! It was based on one of NLC’s open source designs, but tweaked quite a bit to get the layout and size I wanted.

I used Tiptop z-rails (with threaded strips), though I’m not sure if those are still available or if there are other preferable options.

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Does anybody know a good method for mounting an intellijel palette case to drum hardware/speaker stands/etc? I bought a second tier for my synth stand with the plan to rest my palette on it but it doesnt work for reasons I should have been able to figure out. Just looking for a hardware solution to mount it to the rest of the rig.

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Hello. I’m considering an ALM case (6U or 9U 84HP). The stated depth is 42mm, but some people are saying they’ve installed deeper modules. I hope to install an ES-8 or ES-9. Does anyone have any experience with this?

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You’ll get better answers from actual owners but - when I was researching a new case, I noticed their 6U 54HP case was an outlier in that there was bus / power board only in the bottom row so the top row has more usable depth than the quoted 42mm (I think 50+ mm). So there’s at least one case in that series where you can officially install deeper modules.

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Cheers kbra, the 6U 52hp is a cutie, could work for a little case to explore Spectraphon more :slight_smile:.

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I don’t have those ES modules to compare, but yes since it was a diy assembly situation you could place the board wherever it is most forgiving. I ended up placing it dead center, under the middle two rails, because often modules need extra room specifically wherever their power connection is. Splitting it between the top and bottom rows felt like it was gonna give me options for modules with power headers towards the top or bottom… in practice I only ever ran into issues with crow and w/ in those cases, and I was able to get around it by placing those modules between power headers or towards the edge of the case, so it was only a slight inconvenience in terms of module placement. The smaller the case the greater the potential inconvenience since the power board covers more of the inside (3u was more of a puzzle than 6u for example).

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I have an ALM 6U 84hp and an ES-8 and I can confirm that it will not fit. This is because the bus boards eat up depth along the full width of both rows. Not sure if this is the case (haha) with a 6U 52hp or 9U 84hp case.

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Ah, I didn’t know you could reposition the power boards. Worrying that Crow was too deep without repositioning, as Expert Sleepers stuff is 7 mm deeper.

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The 9U 84hp one seems to have the bus boards between the rows so it could be a fit but I can’t confirm it.

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Ah, bugger, thank you. It’s surprising it seems to be one of the only aluminium 6U 84HP cases, Erica Synths seems to be the only other option. May just have to downsize to the 52HP and put the ES-8 on the row without the board.

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Anybody have any experience with these stands?

I want to use it to hold a combo of a larger (9u x 104hp) upright case on the second tier and flat intellijel 104hp palette on the bottom tier, just wondering if anybody has ever used this and held a larger case on the back and how stable it was. TIA

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Busboards on the ALM 6U 84HP case, mounted in the bottom half: https://images.reverb.com/image/upload/s--1YemPq6a--/a_0/f_auto,t_large/v1691515490/gqkzrkaanyefa1hb01qr.jpg

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I think the only issue you’re likely to run into with the KS7365 is that the positioning of the tiers places weight a bit far back on the bottom supports. This is especially true of the second tier. It’s a sturdy stand, but it would be better if the bottom supports extended 2~4 inches further than they do towards the back.

Even a 9u x 104hp case is pretty light for the stand, so you could always add some extra weight towards the front of the bottom tier if it’s an issue.

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