For my DIY rack I used something that is called "Gleitmuttern" in
german."slide nuts" would be the english translation, but i am not
sure. I got them from Proma in germany - the same company that
produces the doepfer euro-racks. www.proma-systro.de
with those i dont have any compatibility problems between modules.

hel

--- In Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com , "Silas Johansen" <sijodk@...> wrote:
>
> When mounting a Doepfer bus board in a "generic" eurorack case I
came upon
> a similar problem (I think Doepfer uses individual nuts for
mounting bus
> boards whereas this case came with a rail). I snapped the rail in
halves,
> then removed a hole or two more and now it all fits. Whether you
would do
> that with rails for module mounting is a different matter, though,
as you
> may want to have some flexibility in rearranging your modules and
breaking
> the rails in halves may result in some trouble when reorganizing later.
>
> /Silas
>
> On 9/5/07, James Husted <the_ersatz_planet@...> wrote:
> >
> > I have both Doepfer and AS in my 2 portable rack cabinets (which are
> > VERY nice units BTW) and there is a spacing difference in the two
> > manufacturers - it is equal to half the space between two screw holes
> > in the rails. All this will result in is a gap between the set of AS
> > modules and the Doepfer ones of half the space between two rail holes
> > - not very much. I have to admit that I went to the effort of
> > drilling new holes on my AS modules to compensate (I'm sorta anal
> > about it though). As long as you keep the AS modules together there
> > will only be the gap between them and the Doepfer modules (not
> > between the AS modules themselves)
> >
> > -James
> >
> > On Sep 4, 2007, at 2:41 PM, funkycholrton wrote:
> >
> > > Hi
> > >
> > > I have a s6U ystem which is about half doepfer and the rest is
> > > analogue systems and analogue solutions. at the moment I have it
in a
> > > homebrew wooden case with wooden rails.
> > >
> > > If I moved the whole thing into a doepfer suitcase would I have
> > > trouble combining the other modules with Doepfer in the same row It
> > > seems the hole spacing might be different
> > >
> > > I am wondering how people get around this
> > >
> > > Richard
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Yahoo! Groups Links
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
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