#Electrix Suitcase
I decided to mount a bunch of Electrix gear in a surplus military shipping case. This git repo contains all the digital assets I needed, plus my notes.
##Prerequisite Hardware
That would be where I probably should have stopped. But of course most of what's in this repo is where the crazy actually went, creating a customized patch panel for the repeater, mofx and filterfactory, as well as a custom power system.
I mean, I used to make this stuff for a living, for the biggest touring company in the world. Of course it went too far.
##Mechanical Issues I'm 90% certain that 3mm bamboo is going to be too weak for this much jack force. Unfortunately, that's as thick of a material as I can go and still have the jacks screw through correctly. The bamboo seems to have more give than acrylic, which I'm positive will just crack immediately.
I'd prefer alumninum - or steel for that matter. The case weighs a ton already.
All of that aside, my other thoughts would be to use a thicker material, reduce the hole size and tap the material itself - maybe delrin (ugly though); support the material with some kind of metal backing braces; reduce the jacks to 3.5mm unbalanced instead of 6.3mm balanced; or re-think the panels individually, using something like eurorack rails to mount them so that the panel material isn't load bearing.
With the exception of smaller jacks, I have to do all the soldering anyway, so I'm going to do one of these in bamboo. Regardless, it will look nice and make nice portfolio pics. ;)