shallow rack case suggestion

darcym

I want a rack case for some gear that's pretty shallow for the studio, I've found loads of 4u shallow plastic cases which are 'fine' from people like gator, but I want something 8-10-12u (10 would be perfect but 8 or 12 fine also) and I want it to be the standard flight case type layout, on castors would be even better, but everything seems to need to be custom made. 

Anyone have any idea on who may stock these types of cases in stock rather than a huge custom build uplift ?

Studio gear is never full depth so I thought this would have been a normal type of requirement for studios.

Thanks

octatonic

darcym said:

I want a rack case for some gear that's pretty shallow for the studio, I've found loads of 4u shallow plastic cases which are 'fine' from people like gator, but I want something 8-10-12u (10 would be perfect but 8 or 12 fine also) and I want it to be the standard flight case type layout, on castors would be even better, but everything seems to need to be custom made. 

Anyone have any idea on who may stock these types of cases in stock rather than a huge custom build uplift ?

Studio gear is never full depth so I thought this would have been a normal type of requirement for studios.

Thanks

If you want a shallow rack case then Flightcase Warehouse are good value.
I've had a couple of their road cases for the last 5 years or ago and they are still together.
They will make custom depths if you need it.

In the studio I have a mix of Argosy, Studioracks and Buso Audio for racking.
Some studio isn't full depth but the pro end gear generally is- I reckon 75% of my outboard  is over 30cm deep.

darcym

I couldn't find any in flight case warehouse that where in stock as they are normally my go to.

I've got a full depth rack and I want to use my space better (as I have more gear than rack so need a new rack) and split my full / shallow items into separate racks rather than add another full size rack that's just wasting space.

Lestratcaster

SKB do shallow rack cases but not sure if they go up to 12

octatonic

darcym said:

I couldn't find any in flight case warehouse that where in stock as they are normally my go to.

I've got a full depth rack and I want to use my space better (as I have more gear than rack so need a new rack) and split my full / shallow items into separate racks rather than add another full size rack that's just wasting space.

They can usually build them within a few days.

mike257

darcym said:

I want a rack case for some gear that's pretty shallow for the studio, I've found loads of 4u shallow plastic cases which are 'fine' from people like gator, but I want something 8-10-12u (10 would be perfect but 8 or 12 fine also) and I want it to be the standard flight case type layout, on castors would be even better, but everything seems to need to be custom made. 

Anyone have any idea on who may stock these types of cases in stock rather than a huge custom build uplift ?

Studio gear is never full depth so I thought this would have been a normal type of requirement for studios.

Thanks

Studios tend not to have flightcase style racks a lot of the time, and extra tall shallow racks probably wouldn't be super stable on castors because of the footprint and where the centre of gravity would sit. I think that's probably why it's not such a common product. Any of the custom builders would be able to hook you up though - Flightcase Warehouse, NSP, Castle, or Adlib Audio (my local lot and highly recommended) would all be able to do you something to suit. 

Musicwolf

I also think that stability could be an issue.  I've got one of these on order at present.

4u, 21cm depth.  4u is the biggest that they make in shallow depth, I already have a 3u and a 2u.  My intention is to stack the 3 & 4u in a live application, I don't think that I'd be happy stacking all three.  The problem is that, especially with shallow gear, the centre of gravity of the whole system is already very close to the front.  It only takes a small tilt to move the CoG beyond the footprint meaning that you tip over.

darcym

I'd not considered the stability that is a great point, probably ned to think more about it and stop being so tight with space.

Musicwolf

If this is for studio only, i.e. you won't be taking it out of the house, then a rack is probably the easiest piece of DIY woodwork that you could imagine.  I'm the greatest bodger on the planet but I've built several racks over the years.    You just need to build a wooded box (you don't even need front and back, just sides) and some rack rails;

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Metal-Parts-STRIP-RAILS-PLATED/dp/B074686SRB/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2H9U1MOOX3JQT&dchild=1&keywords=10u+rack+strip&qid=1615800510&sprefix=10u+rack%2Caps%2C167&sr=8-1 

You can use something like pine shelves from B&Q and they will even cut them to length for you.  Once the rack gear is installed this will give you most of your rigidity.

You can angle the rails back slightly to improve CoG, but remember that you'll need space below the bottom rack place.