kmolli

Great looking cart! I just built a case- based cart, but my next one will be out of aluminum, like yours and the RastOrder carts. I´m just wondering, how did you attach the rack stuff to your frame? And what material are you using as shelves? Klaus

You´re probably right about the battery weight. I´ll have to think of a way to build some kind of a battery tray, maybe. Could be that I´m going to exchange the Gator cases for something more sturdier, an SKB maybe? I don´t want to get the shockmounted cases, due to the weight, I want to keep the cart as light as possible. Thanks for your speedy reply! I really enjoy this group, and this kind of exchange of ideas and thoughts! Best regards, Klaus FINLAND

Hello group! I´m building my first cart (I´ll post some pictures next week, when I get the base done...), I have an upright Magliner frame with the 10 inch pneumatic wheels, two Gator rack- cases (8U and 12U) and two 4 inch castor wheels for the front of the base. The upper rack will hold the antenna distribution, receivers, recorder, mixer, power distribution, patch bay (in the backside) and some storage space (hopefully...) The lower case will hold the battery (or batteries) and more storage space. I´m trying to fit everything so that, if necesarry, I´ll have space in the upper Gator- case so much that I can fit one 33ah battery in there and operate everything without the lower case and the cart. I´ve been reading, with great interest, all your postings about your cart- projects, and my question is: with your case- based carts, how do you attach the cases to the cart frame? I´m trying to figure this one out, but can´t seem to get it... I know how to get the base done but I would like to get the case attachment done so, that the whole thing could disassembled in a few minutes after wrap. I would like also to fit everythind in my car, but... If you have any ideas, or pictures, feel free to post! And thank you for the discussions about your projects, they´ve been a great help to me! Best regards, Klaus FINLAND

Hi everyone! I just got a Zaxcom TRX 900 Stereo set for a test and was wondering, in a bag setup, where do you keep the transmitter with the STA 100 adapter? I´d like to use it as a camera hop, but I can´t figure out a good place in my bag to rig the transmitter. My Camrade bag consists of a SD 442, 2-3 Lectro 511´s and an Ambient NP1-Frontloader. Not very much room for anything else. The STA 100 has the cabling coming out of the backside and I find it a bit difficult to place the tx somewhere safe, so I could keep an eye on it and I also wouldn´t break it... Anyone have any homemade cases/pouches for it? Any ideas would be greatly appreciated! Regards, Klaus Finland

Hi, I just had my two Lectro 511 sets sent back to the factory due to drop-out and interference problems. I got an audible flutter- like electric sound when someone spoke in to the lav wired to the lectro. I´m using the DPA 4060´s. I switched the lavs to VT´s but it didn´t help. I read a while back that someone else had similar issues with Lectros, could it be that my IDX- lithium NP-1´s causing the trouble with too much current? I didn´t have time to test the units with batteries though. If someone wants to hear the problem, i´ve got two samples of it, they´re in MP3 format and quite small, so I can email them to anyone. Just drop me a line to my private mail if you want to listen to them: kliljemark (at) gmail.com Cheers, Klaus Helsinki, Finland

I used the R-09 on a documentary shoot over the weekend and the unit performed very well. It rained all saturday and my porta-brace was wet all day, but the R-09 didn´t mind the damp conditions. I used it as a back-up out of my SD442 tape out. I put it on record when we started the day and kept rolling almost the whole day, filling two 2gig cards by the end of it. No problems with one set of 2500mAh Nimh´s. The bottom battery door is very fragile but otherwise I think it´s a nice inexpensive non-linear recorder. Cheers, Klaus Helsinki, Finland