[Rockhounds] Display Cabinet for Minatures

[Ronnie Van Dommelen]

Sandra,

I am waiting to build a full sized cabinet until my basement is fixed up.  In
the meantime I needed SOMETHING to put on display and decided to build a small
display of miniatures.

I built a shadowbox-like frame (using a miter saw) and put a groove in 
it (with
table saw) to hold a sheet of glass for the front.  The top piece of wood was
cut right through so the glass can slide in from the top.  The front piece of
glass was from an old flat-bed scanner.  I glued some little shelf-holders
(wood) to the insides and had 5(?) small glass shelves cut for me at a glass
shop.  There is also a thin wood back to help mounting it to the wall.  It's
mounted at eye level so you can see the pieces well.  It was cheap and easy to
make and holds about 15-20 miniatures.

I can send a pick if you like.

Ronnie


Quoting "Sandra B. Gee" <mp44sturm-rocks at yahoo.com>:

> People tend to talk about display cabinets for cabinet
> sized specimens.  What about display cabinets for
> miniatures?
>
> Sandra