Display Case - Craft Mall Necessity

Very nice display case I like the mix of colors and the pens are very nice, what do they go for.

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Hey Russel,

The case looks like it will work just fine. Like you said, the contrast is good.

Does the cashier unlock the case for a customer? Which location did you decide to go with?

Good luck my friend!!!!

Rich

-- Talent on Loan from God - Rush Limbaugh ----------www.genesiswoodworks.com----------

Thanks guys.

Rich, there will be a key with the cashier and if folks want, they’ll ask for the case to be unlocked. The Mrs. decided that the Livonia location had a better product mix so that’s where we’re at.

-- When you give someone a chance it may well be their last.

Great cabinet! Love the contrasting woods. And the Stand-Up display shows the pens off very well.

Good luck on the mall.

Scrappy

-- Scrap Wood's the best...the projects are smaller, and so is the mess!

Ill agree very nice contrast great job

-- projects dont pay,pieces are profitable,production is painfull

Super case and pens

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

Very nice work I really like the ash to light up the inside.I love ash i use it a lot .Nice pens too.
Mark

good plan; great case and bravo for following the wisdom of the wise one ;)

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Thanks all, I appreciate the kind words.

And, MsDeb, I’ve found that true happiness is best found in the happiness of “The Wise One”.

-- When you give someone a chance it may well be their last.

nice cab , russel ,
and more attention is gathered this way ,
the case brings you to the items within ,
and as you stated , they won’t wander .

as my friend of 30 years of marriage says ,
” to keep the wife happy , give her what she want’s “

good luck with your sales .

-- david ,new mexico ,allheart

Thanks David.

-- When you give someone a chance it may well be their last.

The fact that your pens are pilfered is in some way a compliment. Nice job!

-- You can't control the wind, but you can trim your sails

Thanks, Captain. I understand the possible compliment, but I’m a simple man and would much prefer they compliment me with cash. ;-)

-- When you give someone a chance it may well be their last.

I did the same thing for our school open house. We display all the projects in the gym at the end of the year and this year we actually got the lathe up an running so we had pens to display. I didn’t want everyone fiddeling with the students projects, or worse yet, wondering off with them. I made mine out of cherry, but I used a white felt backing for the contrast.

I also used a piano hinge instead of barrel/pin hinges, which I think might be more durable for the moving from show to show that you might do. Another option I tried out for some shadow boxes is the cylinder hinges. They look great when it is closed.

Any way you look at it, this is better than what my dad used to use at the flea markets for his coins. A 1×6 plywood box with a piece of plexiglass that covered the top with a hinge and padlock. He spray painted it with gold paint.

Good job.

Thanks tooldad. I never considered a piano hinge, but looking back (I love hindsight) I’m thinking that’s what I’ll use in the future for this type of project.

-- When you give someone a chance it may well be their last.

Nice case bud . . . so how did you do at the craft mall?

-- The significant problems we face cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them

Wow really lovely I must make a few of these they would look good in my wifes office .Well done Russel Incidently my son is called Russell nearly the same spelling as yours,it means red headed in celtic gaelic.Alistair

-- excuse my typing as I have a form of parkinsons disease

Thanks Zuki. Got the booth stocked and everything fit so now it’s a matter of waiting for people to wander through and say “Gotta get me somma that”. Fortunately I don’t have to be there and can monitor sales via the internet.

Here’s how things looked after set up:

-- When you give someone a chance it may well be their last.

Thanks Alistair. I’ve heard that Russel means red-head, which only makes me wonder why my parents chose it having never had red hair.

-- When you give someone a chance it may well be their last.

Nice display case and booth set up Russel good luck

-- There is no such thing as a mistake. Its called a design modification Rick Kruse, Grand Rapids, MI

Thanks Rustic. I hope all is going well with your set up.

-- When you give someone a chance it may well be their last.

Very nice display case and variety of merchandise : )

-- You know you're getting old when you know the difference between you're (you are) and your (belonging to you) AND how to use them in a sentence .

Thanks Dusty.

-- When you give someone a chance it may well be their last.

Nice display case. That would look good in the shop for router bits, drill bits, etc.

-- Bud, NY, http://tpww.libsyn.com/

Thanks Bud, but that case would not be safe in my shop. I tend to drop things.

-- When you give someone a chance it may well be their last.