Laser Acrylic Shelving

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

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: -

Idea: Making for other people