Difference between revisions of "Laser Acrylic Shelving"
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Simple slot together shelving for display of a Rubik's Cube type puzzle collection. | Simple slot together shelving for display of a Rubik's Cube type puzzle collection. | ||
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| + | * replacing a simple shelving system made from regular crystal CD cases | ||
| + | ** too brittle - "the world's most brittle material" | ||
| + | ** too fiddly - hard to make - needed reinforcement with superglue | ||
| + | ** hard to clean - turned out to be a dust collection system | ||
==Prototype 1== | ==Prototype 1== | ||
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File:msemtd-acrylic-shelves-IMAG0898.jpg | Picture rail profile | File:msemtd-acrylic-shelves-IMAG0898.jpg | Picture rail profile | ||
File:msemtd-acrylic-shelves-IMAG0900.jpg | cutter | File:msemtd-acrylic-shelves-IMAG0900.jpg | cutter | ||
| − | File:msemtd-acrylic-shelves-IMAG0904.jpg | | + | File:msemtd-acrylic-shelves-IMAG0904.jpg | prototype front view |
| − | File:msemtd-acrylic-shelves-IMAG0907.jpg | | + | File:msemtd-acrylic-shelves-IMAG0907.jpg | prototype rail hook detail |
| − | File:msemtd-acrylic-shelves-IMAG0908.jpg | | + | File:msemtd-acrylic-shelves-IMAG0908.jpg | prototype side view |
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* my first real use of the new A0 laser cutter at the Hackspace | * my first real use of the new A0 laser cutter at the Hackspace | ||
* using various offcuts from the bulk red acrylic available at the Hackspace | * using various offcuts from the bulk red acrylic available at the Hackspace | ||
Revision as of 12:43, 9 June 2014
| Laser Acrylic Shelving | |
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| Primary Contact | Michael Erskine |
| Created | 09/06/2014 |
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Simple slot together shelving for display of a Rubik's Cube type puzzle collection.
- replacing a simple shelving system made from regular crystal CD cases
- too brittle - "the world's most brittle material"
- too fiddly - hard to make - needed reinforcement with superglue
- hard to clean - turned out to be a dust collection system
Prototype 1
Picture rail
Picture rail profile
Picture rail profile
cutter
prototype front view
prototype rail hook detail
prototype side view
- my first real use of the new A0 laser cutter at the Hackspace
- using various offcuts from the bulk red acrylic available at the Hackspace
- picture rail for support
- profile for the picture-rail on the prototype seems to work OK
- it looks rather gross - a sort of 70's cheap and nasty!
- I think it must be a combination of the red acrylic and my overuse of Bézier splines
- the next version will be a simpler and blockier design
- also I will be using clear acrylic to make the shelves themselves less obvious
Next version: -
- need some quality material
Idea: Making for other people
- who uses picture rails any more? My house was built in the 1930's!