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Pimp my Red (Rocket) cart...

Carlos...
I would love to see more pics of your Pelican cases and recessed connectors. Also, how did you mount the Samsung into your case?
 
Hello Jason,

Sorry for the delay... I will quickly give you some notes and I will followup with complete details & pics...

01. IMO- the critical component is the thickness & weight of the LED screen!!! You may have seen that I built this same case with a Samsung XL2370 LED computer monitor but the step up to this monitor is night and day over the 2370. Plus the connectors are side mounted making your cable runs flush

02. The monitor is tapped for a vesa mount. So, I simply drilled the case lid with 4 holes and used SS 1.25 or 1.5" 8mm pan head machine screws with large washers. After I mounted them I sealed it with 3M 5200, lightly sanded and sprayed with a matte black finish.

03. I cut & routered the Pelican OEM lid foam so that it would pad the monitor from behind. With the 1.25 screws you have to compress the foam to thread the screws.

04. The 1650 comes with 2 levels of foam. I made all components & drive installs at the lower level leaving the top foam intact as a work surface and complete protection for the monitor. I did make a couple of tunnels for cooling the drives. Another note- Pelicans are heavy from the factory... because of all the airline BS I try not to overload any case and always try to no exceed 55-65lbs at all cost.

05. All external connections (including power) are made with/thru Marinco watertight outlets that install flush in the Pelican... You use a 1/1/2 hole saw to cut those ports... Also, make sure you seal all fittings & screws with black 3M 5200 adhesive. This strategy allows you to float the case if need be!!! I am always in the Caribbean and I have floated my Red many times when jumping off a boat to swim to shore!!! God Bless Pelicans!!!


06. regular Aja... I dont need the 3g.

Hope this helps!!

Cheers,

Prio



Jason Samuel said:
Hey Carlos,

How did you mount the Samsung monitor in the pelican case? Do you mind taking some pictures of how you did it? I would love to do the same for my cart. Which AJA HD-SDI > HDMI are you using? The Hi5 or the Hi5-3G?

What kind of setup is your 8TB hard drive? Is it built into a pelican case as well?

Would be awesome to see more pics of your rig and the connectors on the pelican cases.

Thanks,
Jason
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Jason Samuel said:
Carlos...
I would love to see more pics of your Pelican cases and recessed connectors. Also, how did you mount the Samsung into your case?
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LibertyPak - Power

LibertyPak - Power

Kudos to all your set-ups. These look sweet.

We just picked-up a new product line that would free the Carts from being tethered to a wall: LibertyPak.

The LibertyPak Genny's provide pure sine wave 117V 60Hz AC power and 24V DC Power. The Little Genny has a capacity of 320 Watt Hours & The Big Genny has a capacity of 960 Watt Hours.

And, with the addition of the Solar Charger, the Gennys can remain charged even while in-use.

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Wow that looks great how many hours you getting from single charge with a Mac Pro? 960 W/Hours doesnt seem like alot. I have a couple 220W/hour Hypermacs that give me 10 hours each with a mac book pro.
 
100% Pure Sine Wave

100% Pure Sine Wave

Rick Allen said:
Wow that looks great how many hours you getting from single charge with a Mac Pro? 960 W/Hours doesnt seem like alot. I have a couple 220W/hour Hypermacs that give me 10 hours each with a mac book pro.
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960 WH - Genny
Your MacBook Pro can be powered for approximately 99 Hours.
A MacPro (power hungry beast) can be powered for approximately 3-hours.

These figures were calculated at peak WH draws. Every situation differs; but, you will always get 100% pure sine wave.
 
16x9 Inc said:
Kudos to all your set-ups. These look sweet.

We just picked-up a new product line that would free the Carts from being tethered to a wall: LibertyPak.

The LibertyPak Genny's provide pure sine wave 117V 60Hz AC power and 24V DC Power. The Little Genny has a capacity of 320 Watt Hours & The Big Genny has a capacity of 960 Watt Hours.

And, with the addition of the Solar Charger, the Gennys can remain charged even while in-use.
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I really like the sound of this. Prices please?
 
Evin Grant said:
10x10, we use it as a video village tent too.
Unless you're a very small human I wouldn't go 6x6.
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How'd you go ordering yours I feel like I've been left out to dry. Waiting to hear back from Jay today the order process has taken 20 days and now looks like if I ever get the tent it will be well after the promised delivery date and well after the project i bought the tent for will be finished. :banghead: Looking like I spent 2k on a cubby house for the neighbors kids.
 
Well lets see, I'm screwed for the next project, and have only received a non working tracking number from him. Frustrating
 
I actually had my eyes on this thing and was planning on buying one when the right project could justify it, but I guess not. Sad - because it looks like a really cool product.
 
Yeah look its a great product and it appears that I will receive it 3 days after I fly out for a big project that I wanted it for, and it looks like I could have received it in time if they gave me the option of more expensive faster shipping or had they shipped it when they said they had or had they spent alittle more on shipping. The really annoying thing is that I could have ordered the tent without fabric from another place and had someone stitch up the fabric for about half the cost but didn't coz it would have meant that I might not be ready in time. Now I've payed full whack and its going to sit there waiting for the next decent project, which in Oz at the moment are few and far between.
 
Ok ill join in.

Ok ill join in.

Here are some stills of my old cart setup
Im looking forward to my NEW cart.

MacPro 8core
REDROCKET System
16GB Ram
Esata
10TB Raid Array tower
6TB internal
Raid Card
Tangent Wave Color Control panel
Wireless keyboard n mouse
30 inch Apple Cinema Display
26 inch Panasonic BT-LH2600W
17 inch MacBook Pro
Canon 7D
BackStage Cart

And everything fits fine in my Caddy.
 

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I got tired of taking everything apart and built this cart a couple weeks ago. This is my prototype. I already have some design changes and will build a second cart soon. Once I am happy with everything I plan to weld the final cart out of aluminum.

It is 48" x 26". The keyboard drawer is 28" from ground with the 10" wheels. Keyboard drawer is 38" wide and 18" deep, so I can put a Wave and keyboard in there. There is 9u of rack space in each side, so I can get two Mac Pros in there and have 4u remaining on each side. Lid will hold two 24" monitors, but I have two 21.5" 1920x1080 monitors in there. That leaves room for me to add two more 18" monitors above the two 21.5. The 21s will be dedicated to my coloring system and one of the 18s will be dedicated to a download station. Instead of a second 18" I am thinking about getting an Astro 15" Waveform/Vectorscope. There is enough room in the lid to add a Cradlepoint 1200 wifi router.

In the top work space areathere are 6u worth of space I can put shallow things like Rocket break out box, Kona break out box, 1u power strip, switchcraft passthru panels, blackmagic sdi router, etc.

I haven't found the gas shocks I like yet, so that is a priority. Plus I will be hinging the front and back panels so it is faster to close and roll.


Dusty
 

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Shane,

8020 looks interesting, but i think it will take up too much space.

I built it out of plywood, because i build custom cabinets ans stuff for my house, so that was pretty easy.

I have a welder i can do aluminum, so i can weld the cart myself. I think i willsave some weight and size with 1/4" aluminum. Although the plywood is not that heavy. All the kit inside is what makes it heavy. And it rolls easy.


Dusty
 
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