Posted: 4/25/2009 3:47:46 PM EDT
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This topic came up a week or so ago but I can't find the thread - so I'm just throwing this out and hoping the concerned parties happen to see it.
Background: A guy posted a question on here about how to build a cartridge display. My wife owns, and on the weekends I work at, a custom picture framing shop. I posted the idea of using monofilament line to secure the cartridges inside a shadow box. I said that I would make a display of a .45ACP round just to try some stuff out and report back. Turns out the cartridge was heavier than my minds-eye imagined and it sagged when only held by monofilament line. So here is the solution we came up with: The cartridge is held in place with a thin, archival plastic sheet cut to the distance between the case mouth and the beginning of the extractor groove. It's so thin you really can't see it. Monofilment line is used to keep the cartridge from slipping down out of the plastic sleeve. It's all attached through holes cut in the suede mat. Bear in mind this is just a small "technology demonstrator". 
I'm going to have one of our suppliers make me a little brass plaque that says ".45ACP" for the bottom. I admit this is probably a complicated solution but it is totally archival; UV filtering glass, non-acid matting, etc. If we were doing this for a customer it would cost $62.00. Here's another workbench shot (yes, I carry at the shop). 
ETA: I realize these cell phone pics don't show it but the shadow box is 5/8 inch deep with the same gray suede all around. I've got it propped on a hammer for the pictures but it's wired up for wall hanging. |
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Like I said, this is a pretty complicated solution but it's the way we mount things for preservation. In that earlier thread I said you could just epoxy the round to a hunk of plywood... but what fun would that be?
ETA: Where are you? I spent two years at Camp Schwab. |
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You inspired me to see what I could put together, mine isn't near as fancy, and I still want to do a cartirdge collection, but this
is what I put together this afternoon. http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o190/prairiesnpr/DSC03810.jpg Awesome. Now it's ART! |