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Thanks. I had to use 12mm MDF for a number of reasons - primarily on the front panel to match the depth of the black keys, and on the base to take teh weight of the heavier components and their fittings - primarily the motherboard, hard drive, and keybed. I also wanted it to be fairly ruggedised, a bit like a Hammond X5 - portable and road-safe.
The sides are woodstained pine.

Oh and the faders, they are okay, however they are fanned out at nine degrees, which is still too much! I think 5 or even 3 would have been better. They are however carefully planned out such that the distance between the bottom ends are the same so that you don't get faders colliding.

It just fits under my arm, but is fairly heavy. Someone commented that I should use it to make a fitness video
Still, I would like to redo the casing. Originally I would have had a black or brushed grey/silver metal front panel.

And to top it all off, I just got my results with a 2:1 overall for my degree!


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[Moonshine]

Done.
Your keyboard looks nice! I like the (led?) light coming from under the keyboard. Maybe we could at some point hear or even possibly see something played with it?
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[dayuri]

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[dayuri]

Jeeze thats pretty lazy of them. Metal is more expensive but this IS your final project. If the wooden sides had a recess routed into them you could just slot the metal sheet in. Do your measuring right and you won't even need to screw anything. The expansion and contraction stuff is just an excuse, sure, it does expand and contract but its not like you're building a suspension bridge!

Cool, looking forward to it.

[xmlguy]

When you only know how to use a hammer, everything looks like a nail.

They wanted to use wood because they were woodworkers, I bet.

MDF is heeeeeaaaaaavvvvvvvy. I would suggest using clear lexan or other polycarbonate plastic, if merely to show off the internals without having to open it up. Plus a bunch of colored LEDs would look fabulous inside that way. Pimp your ride.

[pillbug]

Done, good luck with the survey and the instrument.

If I may ask, what course/degree are you taking/pursuing?

[dayuri]

Perspex/polycarbonate does look really cool. I have a half made project somewhere which was supposed to be an opaque black acrylic MIDI keytar, still unfinished. The only problem (besides trying to get good joins) with the stuff is that everything I've tried scratches way too easily, which sucks since imperfections show up clearly.

[BillW]

Took the survey and looked at your Facebook pix....very cool!
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[Ozz]

Awesome keyboard
nice work, and its really cool
it would be nice to listen a audio or see a video demo

Regards
Alvaro.
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