Unexpectedly got a brand new Moog 60hp skiff case in a raffle at a local synth event. I’m always happy to get another small case. This skiff is made from extruded aluminum with wood end pieces. It’s angled for easy of playing.
Adding Power
I needed a power supply and a bus board for distribution. I found a kit from Synthrotek for a Mini Power Distribution Board just the right size.
I used all the parts from this kit except for the Molex connectors. It was difficult to solder the power headers, because the six ground pins on each one have holes in the PCB without thermal relief. With extra flux and a bit of diligence the job got done. I left off six of the seventeen headers simply because I don’t think I’ll need them in this small case.
The easiest power solution was a 4ms Company ROW POWER 25. I now have six ROW POWER modules powering cases in my studio.
As luck would have it, the width of the bus board almost matched up with two of the extrusions in the case. A little filing of mounting holes on the board made a perfect match up. The screws and spacers in the Synthrotek kit worked just fine. There’s a little flex in the middle of the bus board.
For this application I simply soldered four AWG #16 stranded wires from the ROW POWER 25 to holes in the bus board where the Molex connectors were supposed to go. I added the often needed black banana jack for the zero volt common between cases and Ciat-Lonbarde instruments.
