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Assemblying a large plexiglass display case
Hello, I live in a very dusty environment and all my lego sets tend to build up lots of dust after just a few weeks, therefore I started looking into plexiglass display cases. However, the custom made ones I found are wildly expensive (often more than the sets themselves), but it's just 5 panels of transparent plastic assembled in a simple shape. I looked up a nearby store, and I could get such panels for under 40€ (instead of spending over 250€ just for one case). Most tutorials I looked up are about assembling small cases, up to 30x30x30 cm (width x length x height), where a bonding agent is often sufficient to hold everything still. However, my sets are very big (mostly ships, so they tend to be long and tall. I calculated that I would need 30x60x70 cm case for the largest ship) and especially one of them fills an entire coffee table, so ideally the display case would be 50x80x60cm. For such large dimensions, I doubt a thin strip of glue is going to securely hold everything together. I'm also unsure if the top of such cases could be subject to bending, if the panels are only 3 mm thick. Looking at similar enclosures made of other materials, I often see the use of wedges placed in all 8 corners to keep everything secure, but I wonder what's the best approach here, especially if they need to be occasionally lifted and removed. Would a base with notches where to lodge the individual panels be a potential solution? I'm mostly after a practical solution (I even considered using wobbly PVC thin sheets as temporary covers, so if you got better and cheaper alternatives, let's hear it). Thanks submitted by /u/goreice [link] [comments]
Hello,
I live in a very dusty environment and all my lego sets tend to build up lots of dust after just a few weeks, therefore I started looking into plexiglass display cases. However, the custom made ones I found are wildly expensive (often more than the sets themselves), but it's just 5 panels of transparent plastic assembled in a simple shape. I looked up a nearby store, and I could get such panels for under 40€ (instead of spending over 250€ just for one case).
Most tutorials I looked up are about assembling small cases, up to 30x30x30 cm (width x length x height), where a bonding agent is often sufficient to hold everything still. However, my sets are very big (mostly ships, so they tend to be long and tall. I calculated that I would need 30x60x70 cm case for the largest ship) and especially one of them fills an entire coffee table, so ideally the display case would be 50x80x60cm.
For such large dimensions, I doubt a thin strip of glue is going to securely hold everything together. I'm also unsure if the top of such cases could be subject to bending, if the panels are only 3 mm thick. Looking at similar enclosures made of other materials, I often see the use of wedges placed in all 8 corners to keep everything secure, but I wonder what's the best approach here, especially if they need to be occasionally lifted and removed. Would a base with notches where to lodge the individual panels be a potential solution? I'm mostly after a practical solution (I even considered using wobbly PVC thin sheets as temporary covers, so if you got better and cheaper alternatives, let's hear it).
Thanks
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