Display cabinets...

[Roger Bunting]

Yeah, that saves money...Only £120 so you could then save a few quid on making your own stands.

 

[War Griffon]

Add to that the price of the perspex sheet as well...

 

[Roger Bunting]

You\'d have to have a lot of display space to get your money back on that heater.

 

[Beelzebrush]

Originally posted by Spacemunkie
Bloody hell! For the price of a few of those acrylic steps, you could get one of these:

Strip Heater

You could knock your own out for just a few quid. And undercut that joker by a fair bit to make it pay for itself!

Over the perspex price, also add the \'being-arsed-to-make-them-in-the-first-place-tax\'

 

[Roger Bunting]

Yeah, that\'s the one I can\'t afford.

 

[Legacy Account]

Acrylic is cheap and they\'d take about 10 minutes to make.

Piece of piss!

Stick the thing back on Ebay afterwards and you\'d make your money back!

 

[Roger Bunting]

All very well if you have the money to buy the thing in the first place.

 

[Beelzebrush]

True... may be a little money spinner?

What do you use to cut the acrylic to size before bending?

 

[War Griffon]

Cutting the acrylic can be a real pain, when using it in work I normally cut it with a bandsaw on a slow speed and failing that then you need a lot of space, Somewhere flat and a way of clamping it down because tou will need to score it deeply along the line you want it cut then clamp it on a straight edge with something straight on top and then bend it to snap it along the line that you scored.

 

[Thecadian]

drat

Now i know what i should have made for my school tech project. I could have knocked some of them up in a jiffy wih our super duper laser cutter

 

[Roger Bunting]

Ooh, look at you, with your fancy-shmansy lasers. When I was at scholl we had to cut things up with our teeth. Bah!

 

[Beelzebrush]

hmmm... so, we\'ll need a plastic bending machine, a laser cutter or bandsaw (and presumably something to smooth and bevel the cut edges) a large flat work surface.... feck! at this rate, we\'ll also need an industrial unit to work from too lol

 

[squidders]

to do the edges, just use a plane.

 

[mickc22]

heres some more Display Cabinets

 

[mickc22]

or this

http://www.acrylicdisplaycases.co.uk/

 

[squidders]

Won this on ebay: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170159811382

I thought it was a bargain for £8... going to spend a few evenings sanding it down and refurbing it. Maybe add some mirrors inside, not sure yet.

I\'m going to pick it up tonight.

 

[mickc22]

For those that are close enough D & G Displays ( Platestands ) are at the following shows in Oct

Sat 27 / Sun 28 October 2007; Kent Showground DETLING; DMG Antiques Fairs (01636 702326); No (Kent Pavilion)

Tuesday 30 October 2007 Kempton Park Racecourse Sunbury Antiques (01932 230946) Blue Area (Main Building)

Tues 30 / Wed 31 October 2007 South of England Showground ARDINGLY DMG Antiques Fairs (01636 702326) No 307 (Abergavenny)

Might pop down to Detling on Sat and have a look at what they\'ve got

there are other dates and shows on their website

 

[Roger Bunting]

Threadomancy!

Okay, I was just browsing for possible ideas for display cases and storage and I found this site.

http://www.cabinets.col-uk.com/Index.html