Ayrow

I use red oak and poplar on my cases. It just depends on whether or not they are painted. I finish all of my oak cases in several coats of protective lacquer. :-)

Some of my latest creations. Having a lot of fun making these. Some people have some really creative ideas.

I do. I have been making them for about six months and have sold a couple dozen of them in various sizes, colors, and shapes. It's a lot of fun making them because each one if different from the next. People have completely different ideas about what they want, which always makes things interesting.

Good idea. Since I make these shelves in my shop, it'll be fun to just make a custom for this series. :-)

Finally got the entire Simpsons collection in to add to my growing collection. LOVE these minifigures. Marge is a little too tall for this display case. Going to have to build a case with larger shelves. :-)

The Lego logo was put in there for fun and only meant to be used as a display at the craft and Brickworld shows I've attended. Unfortunately, I can't sell versions like that due to copyright issues. It gets a lot off attention when I display it, though.

So, it's been several months since I posted some of the cases I've made for people. I've made several design changes to the construction, making them more fluid and integrated. Thought I'd post several more. Having lots of fun with these.

I actually make them with a front. Been experimenting with different ways to do this, but regardless, a 4ft x 2ft piece of glass or acrylic is cumbersome, expensive, and heavy - especially when it comes time to ship one of these to somebody (!). I am currently building one where the glass/acrylic will be split in the middle and open like French doors. Hopefully it will come out nice. I'll Post some pics when it is done. Holy cow, that's a great idea. I never considered embedding the plates into the wood. That would look really nice and wouldn't be hard to do. More importantly, it would give just a little more room between the shelves. Thanks for the input.

Here is my solution. :-) http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=87691&hl=

Ok, so I've had the chance to make several of these for people, but the coolest one (by far) has been the case with lighted shelves. The LED's are embedded into the undersides of the shelves. A toy store in New York ordered it for his Star Wars Lego minfigs. Here are some photos before I put the black Lego plates on.

Thanks everyone, I'm glad you like them. I've had a few people ask me to make them one and they've been coming out pretty nice. Currently I'm working on a black one with LED's along the shelves to illuminate the minifigs. Pretty excited about making it. I'll post photos of it here when I get it done. The size is 4 ft wide x 2ft high You can see more photos on my website Ayrow.com Stay tumed

Yes. The are permanently glued down. :-)

Wasn't really sure where to place this, but it turned out pretty cool. Figured I'd show it off a little.

That looks amazing. Nice job! I would like to make an attempt at this as well, but I can't get the link to the instructions to work any more. Do you have the file and/or can you send it to me? More importantly, do you have the parts list of what's needed? I am going to attempt a Union Pacific version - something I've always wanted to do. I love the design of this engine. Again, nice job.

I agree. :-)