09-18-2008, 04:17 AM
Had a brainstorm the other day. Orders are a pain to display - both the obverse and reverse should be visible. But the way to do that generally involves picking it up. Which can involve dropping it. Which can involve howls, tears or violence. 
An answer: Plexiglas. (Helps to have been a true plant rat prole in my younger years and having worked with the stuff.) Drill a hole big enough to accommodate the screwpost and Bob's your uncle. Suspended in mid air, both faces visible.
Some details. This is a four dollar 8x10 “picture frame”, the kind with the Plexiglas ‘folded’ and the picture slipped in between. It has a 2 ½ in. ‘foot’ at the bottom that allows it to stand at an angle, back. All screwposts are not created equal - and that doesn't mean that a portion of my meager collection is fake either... thank god... as those in this longer than I have been kind enough to point out that indeed size varies. Anyway, that means you'll have to work with the holes – for this both a 5/36 and 11/64 bit were used, depending on the screwpost size. (They’re mounted low s/n to high, left to right. Always have a plan…) Sketch out a grid, or whatever works for spacing, on a piece of paper. Mark where you want the holes. Tape the paper to the Plexiglas, drill though the paper and plexiglas, remove paper and protective plastic wrap and it’s ready. In order to keep the orders from falling out if you tip it (or having to use the screw plates… would rather defeat the purpose!), use 1/8 in. ID o-rings over the post (they're the black circle on each post in pic 2). They’re small enough to hold but big enough to not slip through, cheap and easy to put on and off.
And that’s it. Easy to store, not bad to look at when out, and best of all you can see both sides without having to pick them up. Just don’t drop the whole display!
An answer: Plexiglas. (Helps to have been a true plant rat prole in my younger years and having worked with the stuff.) Drill a hole big enough to accommodate the screwpost and Bob's your uncle. Suspended in mid air, both faces visible.
Some details. This is a four dollar 8x10 “picture frame”, the kind with the Plexiglas ‘folded’ and the picture slipped in between. It has a 2 ½ in. ‘foot’ at the bottom that allows it to stand at an angle, back. All screwposts are not created equal - and that doesn't mean that a portion of my meager collection is fake either... thank god... as those in this longer than I have been kind enough to point out that indeed size varies. Anyway, that means you'll have to work with the holes – for this both a 5/36 and 11/64 bit were used, depending on the screwpost size. (They’re mounted low s/n to high, left to right. Always have a plan…) Sketch out a grid, or whatever works for spacing, on a piece of paper. Mark where you want the holes. Tape the paper to the Plexiglas, drill though the paper and plexiglas, remove paper and protective plastic wrap and it’s ready. In order to keep the orders from falling out if you tip it (or having to use the screw plates… would rather defeat the purpose!), use 1/8 in. ID o-rings over the post (they're the black circle on each post in pic 2). They’re small enough to hold but big enough to not slip through, cheap and easy to put on and off.
And that’s it. Easy to store, not bad to look at when out, and best of all you can see both sides without having to pick them up. Just don’t drop the whole display!
Steiner: "Why do you want it so badly? It's just a worthless piece of metal. Look."
