h_kench
03-10-2011, 10:03 AM
I had to start a new thread because I maxed out my allowed pictures/videos.
See original thread at: http://forum.carvewright.com/showthread.php?17787-Shadow-Box/page2
Finally finished, just need to surreptitiously get grandpas medals out of dads closet, and mount them. Final image to follow on Saturday!
http://www.eischools.org/webpages/hkench/files/1%2Ejpg
Found these little goodies in the backroom, forgotten by time!
http://www.eischools.org/webpages/hkench/files/2.jpg
Back view. An upholsterer friend of mine suggested putting the heavy black paper over the back to hide the bare wood, and seams of the black velvet. Looks sharp, and clean.
http://www.eischools.org/webpages/hkench/files/3.jpg
These doohickeys are really meant to recess in the back of an object that you want to hang on a wall but they serve the purpose as "swivel tab thingys" to remove the back of the case to add the medals.
http://www.eischools.org/webpages/hkench/files/4.jpg
(http://www.eischools.org/webpages/hkench/files/4.jpg)
Again, some help from my jack of all trades fellow teacher (flight instructor, ase auto mechanic, metal shop teacher, auto-lab teacher, cadd instructor, upholsterer, etc...) It's nice having a guy like him around. If I get stumped, he knows exactly what to do. To bad he is retiring.
It is the back board for mounting the medals. It has some caret padding, followed by 1/4 foam, followed by black velvet finish. SUPER NICE FINISH!
http://www.eischools.org/webpages/hkench/files/5.jpg
See original thread at: http://forum.carvewright.com/showthread.php?17787-Shadow-Box/page2
Finally finished, just need to surreptitiously get grandpas medals out of dads closet, and mount them. Final image to follow on Saturday!
http://www.eischools.org/webpages/hkench/files/1%2Ejpg
Found these little goodies in the backroom, forgotten by time!
http://www.eischools.org/webpages/hkench/files/2.jpg
Back view. An upholsterer friend of mine suggested putting the heavy black paper over the back to hide the bare wood, and seams of the black velvet. Looks sharp, and clean.
http://www.eischools.org/webpages/hkench/files/3.jpg
These doohickeys are really meant to recess in the back of an object that you want to hang on a wall but they serve the purpose as "swivel tab thingys" to remove the back of the case to add the medals.
http://www.eischools.org/webpages/hkench/files/4.jpg
(http://www.eischools.org/webpages/hkench/files/4.jpg)
Again, some help from my jack of all trades fellow teacher (flight instructor, ase auto mechanic, metal shop teacher, auto-lab teacher, cadd instructor, upholsterer, etc...) It's nice having a guy like him around. If I get stumped, he knows exactly what to do. To bad he is retiring.
It is the back board for mounting the medals. It has some caret padding, followed by 1/4 foam, followed by black velvet finish. SUPER NICE FINISH!
http://www.eischools.org/webpages/hkench/files/5.jpg