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A very good friend of ours passed away a couple of years ago. Ginger and June became best friends when they were both members of the Bluebonnet Lion's Club. Chuck asked me to make a display case for his June's vest.
The case and hangar are made from a single Willow board that was given to me several years ago. It had been standing in the corner of the shop waiting to tell me what it wanted to be. As the Willow is a beautiful and graceful tree with the ability to bend when needed, this seemed to the perfect project for it.
The case had to be dimensioned to be able to get all the parts from the one piece of stock. There had been some bowing in the wood from not being properly stored so the case sides were rough cut and clamped bowed the opposite direction. It took a couple of months to get them straight enough to work. The top was arched to roughly match the shoulders of the vest on the hangar and, hopefully, provide more visual appeal than a rectangular case. Assembly is glue and biscuits.
The face trim was cut on the router table with a molding bit. A groove was cut into the back to fit on the case sides to provide extra reinforcing against warping when glued in place. Double rabbets hold the acrylic front and retainer. Access had to be from the back, made from 1/8" ply covered with a dark charcoal grey headliner material.
Finish is 2 coats of amber and 2 coats of clear shellac.
The case and hangar are made from a single Willow board that was given to me several years ago. It had been standing in the corner of the shop waiting to tell me what it wanted to be. As the Willow is a beautiful and graceful tree with the ability to bend when needed, this seemed to the perfect project for it.
The case had to be dimensioned to be able to get all the parts from the one piece of stock. There had been some bowing in the wood from not being properly stored so the case sides were rough cut and clamped bowed the opposite direction. It took a couple of months to get them straight enough to work. The top was arched to roughly match the shoulders of the vest on the hangar and, hopefully, provide more visual appeal than a rectangular case. Assembly is glue and biscuits.
The face trim was cut on the router table with a molding bit. A groove was cut into the back to fit on the case sides to provide extra reinforcing against warping when glued in place. Double rabbets hold the acrylic front and retainer. Access had to be from the back, made from 1/8" ply covered with a dark charcoal grey headliner material.
Finish is 2 coats of amber and 2 coats of clear shellac.
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