| Project by parkerdude | posted 833 days ago | 1154 views | 4 times favorited | 6 comments |  |
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Hey Andy !
Thanks for the inspiration !
I needed an eyeglass case and Andy’s palm valet was a great starting point.
My twists were to taper the case (that’s 75°, cut with a #5 hand plane) and to use a rare earth magnet, cup and washer for positive closure. There’s a leather pad that captures the glasses nose bar for a “no rattle” fit. I also used 1/16” dia. pieces of spring steel, sometimes called music wire, as the hinge pins.
Front, back, and bottom are walnut, sides are maple, top is ash and accents are ash, walnut laminates.
3 coats of Watco Danish oil so far, I’m going to add several coats of shellac in a few days.
BTW the magnet is almost too strong, it will not open by accident.
Thanks for looking, comments welcome.
later,
-- dust control
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Hallmark
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#1 posted 833 days ago
Very nice job, thanks for the great idea!
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whitedog
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#2 posted 833 days ago
I like it…great shape
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Andy
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#3 posted 833 days ago
Thanks for the thanks, thanks a lot.
Great idea, now you have made a whole new design and it will be copied by me :-)
Andy
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grizzman
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#4 posted 832 days ago
very nice glasses case…looks really classy…andys inspiration lives on…...
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Jamie Speirs
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#5 posted 832 days ago
Very nice.
jamie
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Verna
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#6 posted 832 days ago
I really like your glass case. For some reason, I’ve never even thought of making a glass case from wood…one of those “duh” moments. Thanks for the new thought.
-- Verna -- Indianapolis, IN
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