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Acrylic display case
I was wondering if anyone had plans for building the acrylic vendor displays? I looked online and could not find any. If you guys have any pointers please help!
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Re: Acrylic display case
I don't have any specific plans, but it seems like you could do it with plexiglass and silicone. Just build a box shape and use a flat stick to even out the silicone before it dries. You could use hinges with screws for the door, just drill a hole just a bit smaller than your screw before you put it in, otherwise it will destroy the sheet of plex. Good luck!
-Apple2

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Re: Acrylic display case
 Originally Posted by apple2
I don't have any specific plans, but it seems like you could do it with plexiglass and silicone. Just build a box shape and use a flat stick to even out the silicone before it dries. You could use hinges with screws for the door, just drill a hole just a bit smaller than your screw before you put it in, otherwise it will destroy the sheet of plex. Good luck!
Plexiglass will reject Silicone after a time and the project will become unstable. Silicone works with Glass. If you do want to use Plexiglass, ensure you get the best quality and thickness you can (it will sag over time) and use angled corners with screws to hold it together, or a frame, or something similar.
Definitely do as much research as you can
- Danielle
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For building things out of acrylic/plexiglass, you would want to use a solvent, usually something like weld-on #4The edges of your peices have to be relatively smooth, so you get could capillary action when applying the solvent. The solvent will pretty much mend the peices together permantly.
Here is a good video on basic acrylic working.
http://www.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3...wNkRmve-tzHQAQ
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Re: Acrylic display case
Wow... Sorry! I've built things out of it in the past, I guess they just haven't been around long enough to fall apart. I'll remember that...
-Apple2

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Re: Acrylic display case
 Originally Posted by apple2
Wow... Sorry! I've built things out of it in the past, I guess they just haven't been around long enough to fall apart. I'll remember that...
Haha. It's all good. I built a plexiglass and silicone water feature for an enclosure, so I found out right away just how quickly it degrades. It was not a pleasant experience, I'll tell you that much. No need to apologize. I found this out the hard way is all
- Danielle
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Dont know if your still looking for the show displays but here ya go...
http://www.arscaging.com/arsacrylic3tier.html
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