My collection of sonic screwdrivers had outgrown the shadow box I’d originally bought to house them in, so I decided to make a larger, thematically appropriate display case for them. (If you’re asking, “What the heck is a ‘sonic screwdriver’?” or, “Why does the display case say ‘POLICE BOX’?”, it’s a nerdy science fiction thing.)
Since it was both a reasonably complex “box” and one that was substantially larger than my GF Basic could handle, I modeled it in three dimensions using Blender, broke it up into pieces of an appropriate size, and exported the profiles of the various pieces as SVG files.
The case is made out of MDF, wood, and acrylic, all cut and/or engraved on my GlowForge; the “glass” in the door is polycarbonate (cut by hand), and the door handle is 3D-printed.
This made me sit up in my chair and begin to drool! Great design and a Great collection! I wish you had included a straight shot of the display and it’s contents, so I could drool some more. Lol.
It is, yes! I got a couple of LED strip lighting kits from the local big-box hardware store; each one contained four one-foot segments plus connector cables, but the transformer’s rated for five segments. Which was perfect for putting two segments down each side, plus one behind the sign.
(It’s got a little remote control for changing the colors, so I built a little pocket in the side of the base to stow it.)
