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Wish back in the day, I would of thought of the rack/shelve idea like you have going...I had everything close at hand with this set-up{pic below} but felt too confined and practically ate up all of my workspace. I messed up on the model number of my Yamaha, it was an 'EZ-30', must of confused it with my PA at the time{Yamaha EMX 660}.
I had mounted my keyboard as shown as simply a storage spot, but found that I could still use it{with my limited skills lol} as it hung there.
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Enjoying watching you progress thru this! :thumb:
 
That's a pretty well organized setup though, I like it. :thumb:


Today, between playing mechanic and dealing with mice in the shop, I knocked out the keyboard tray/mixer pullout.

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I decided to try out the ibox jig today too, figured this would be a better solution than just rabbets in the corners. I did 1/2" fingers on the back of the lower drawer, changed to 1/4" on the fronts and upper pull-out since the sides were narrower.
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Found I need to do some more homework on the widths that will work well with different finger sizes.

Also found a good solution for holding up my glides as I screwed them in.
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The finished piece.
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Installed, may pull it back out and paint it, but supposed to drop to the single digits tonight, so may be a while.
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Vaughn McMillan said:
Cool! Does the drawer lock in the "Out" position?
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Not yet, but either they were very cold or the fit was a bit tight, they are pretty stiff pulling in/out, so may not need a lock.

Ken Cook said:
Looking great...What's the height of the keyboard based on? Sitting or standing? Personally I would set it up for sitting use, it's a scary visual of me gyrating while playing :eek::D
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Around 32" to the drawer, so around 33"-34" to the keys. I've got a 24" stool that was for sitting at it on it's old stand, I set it around the same height as it. It's not uncomfortable to play standing either though.

Ted Calver said:
That looks like it will get the job done very nicely. Looks like no problems with the I-Box either. Did it live up to your expectations?
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The iBox as a pleasure to use. The joints were very tight though, had to use a wood mallet and block to drive them together. So need to spend some time messing with it to see what adjustments I can make to make them "slide" together a little easier. I did like the repeat-ability of it, I had two sides that were about 3/8" too long and had to cut those fingers off, put the blades back on the saw, and re-cut them. The iBox was already set for that width and hadn't moved the height of the blade, though setting the height would have been easy enough.
 
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