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How I Rack-mounted my Line 6 Pod Guitar Effects Processor

Step 2Planning it all out...

Planning it all out...
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AutoCAD rules. By taking the dimensions of the Pod's PCB, the dimensions of the rack case I wanted to use (1U x 8" deep rackmount enclosure, Mouser part #546-RMCV19018BK1) and the rough dimensions of the various switches, knobs, buttons and jacks, I booted up AutoCAD and planned things out to see where things would best fit...

The resulting images are attached... they might be hard to see because of the detail of the lines and the small image sizes here, but trust me, the time and effort spent on this stage was well worth it. The final rack-mounted unit's dimensions and component placement went as planned.

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