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Thread: Budget display box
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23rd February 2024, 07:46 PM #1
Budget display box
The wife does cruise ship markets, I go along as moral support and check over the female clientel
One of the things that sell well are fridge magnets that she makes from MDF glued to discarded old fridge magnets. We bought 1000 for $10.
She is an artist and therefore a lot of her presentation rattles my cage about looking presentable and professional.
There is a carboard box with a large biscuit tin lid that she puts them on. sweat grief what a bodgey display, so me says I'll make something presentable....
The attached drawing is not to size but 120H x300D x 400W this is 6mm MDF cut on her big lazer cutter One of the things this beast does well is finger joints the lid will be slightly oversize to fit over the box when not in use.
I am thinking of piano himge as the join but want the lid to stand at 60*-70* not 90* but stumped as to get the lid to stay at that level.
thankyou kind peoples for your valued input and inspration.I would love to grow my own food, but I can not find bacon seeds
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23rd February 2024, 09:30 PM #2GOLD MEMBER
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Something like these - Folding Box Stays Right & Left Hand 78mm - Hardware For Creative Finishes - fitted to open to the appropriate angle should do the job. You'll probably need some extra thickness of stock to strengthen the attachment points. Same goes for the hinge attachment. I'm assuming the items are displayed on the lid and you'll be attaching a steel veneer to it for the magnets to fasten to? Or have I got the idea totally wrong?
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23rd February 2024, 09:36 PM #3
opps forgot that part..... yes. items are displayed on the lid and you'll be attaching a steel veneer to it for the magnets to fasten to
working out the correct position for the stays will be funI would love to grow my own food, but I can not find bacon seeds
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5th April 2024, 10:46 AM #4GOLD MEMBER
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Tony, why not take a small live edge piece of timber put a bracket so that it stands up and faces you, but router out some slots behind for some strips of metal to go in so magnets can stick to it. You could either do it upright or length ways. Much more attractive than a tin lid.