I’ve been getting into making hats for my customers and for my shop, and I needed to figure out a better way to display them. This is the first attempt (well, first five… starting from the bottom)
This started as a Universal Box with (s) stackable top and bottom from the festi.info/boxes.py generator. I designed it to be cut from 6mm bb ply, but I keep having hidden knot issues with that material, and this was no different. Instead of redesigning it, I decided to cut it from 3mm bb ply (which almost always works great for me), which had the unexpected advantage of allowing me to do my glue-up on the inner layer, and hide all my stray glue globs with the outer layer.
I think the next step will be a piece that goes across the front of the shelf and which locks two units together, as my little tear-drop interconnects just kind of sit there and don’t work to lock the units square to each other.
The ship is from thingiverse, I’ve been using it as a spot to hang necklaces and keychains.
I might actually get a webstore running one of these days… but I’ve been saying that (and meaning it!) for years now…
Best to just come visit my studio next time you are in NorCal!
one of the next steps for this may be to make a secondary shelf unit that spans between two of the main cubby units: two cubbies and a shelf makes three cubbies.
(I could have built something ugly for 80 hats much faster using full-size lumber… but it would have been big and heavy, and probably would not be able to come with me the next time I move.
I only decorated like fifty hats yesterday, and most of them were branded for private clients so I don’t post the pics… There are plenty more hats here .
Rock an’ Roll man! I see you’ve been busy. Fine expandable display.
I have that same ship sitting in front of me. Sucker took a whole sheet of cherry. I use the bag of cut-outs to make kind of a French cleat for hanging things with the 3M Command stickers.
I have 5 caps and a Fedora, but still a pretty firm grip on my man card.
I never wore one until my hair got thin and I needed one to keep my crown from stinging in the sun.
Thx, but I’m kinda picky.
Fav is my ships cap from Enterprise. Next is a CSM, Colorado school of mines, where my Son and my money went. Next would be the Panama Jack for vacation, then the fedora - when I’m feeling my inner Indiana Jones.
This is cut from the same file: my 3mm BBply and my Medium PG acrylic are the exact same thickness. I had to use a little bit of force putting the wood ones together, but not with the acrylic … it has to be perfectly aligned, but then it just fits!
Instead of solid pieces, you can cut rectangular holes with radiused corners out of the “shelf” and vertical rear wall. At least it reduces the weight while maintaining stiffness, and you can use the cutout material for other projects. It also catches less dust.
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