Design Concept:-

A printable display cabinet that can be used for all sorts of items.

Has sliding front opening.

Would be best suited with Perspex and or Polycarbonate transparent sheet.

On this design set I use heavy Safety Glass 6.4mm.

The Glass sheets needs to be epoxied in place x 3 placed Rear and both sides. The Front Panel slides freely in the grooves.

The base may be a Wood or printed base, glued on with Epoxy. The wood is machined and grooves for the countersinking (Routered) to match (Cabinet base) For Statues and larger display Items I use train sleeper wood and or more elegant wood types - always considering the environment when selecting as to ensure sustainability.

For the printed base there are two extra items the (Ventilated box) and the (Power Box Lid) which has 8x holes for M4 screws.

These are screwed with washers and bolts as to ensure safety.

This cabinet can be used for all sorts of things - including mounting items and serve as base for children's toys or Artworks.)

Glass and or composite sheets can be used, the latter maybe preferable.

The top can house LED light and or other small light sources - the wiring runs down the back left side and has trim to cover it. (Wire cover)

Use Marine silicon to glue Glass edges to each other. (The Epoxy is for Glass / 'Perspex' and Poly Carbonate sheet) to mounted to the base and top.

The Top lid can be fitted with a sign - example shared.

And the light screen (Lid Light Cover) is printed using Creality Paint - again all sorts of designs may be used - two examples shared here.

I used Transparent filament where we want the light to shine through. You can play with creative ideas for the ceiling. The opening image shows a set of 12 stars printed in PLA.

The Pin board is my designed based on alignment tools found in open-source Software - Attribution to Autodesk - Meshmixer (Best of the best!) for Pin connectors - my favorite 3D Mesh Opensource software for which I am truly grateful as a hobbyist.

Print settings:-

2mm height layers

0.4mm Standard Nozzle

Large Print so design is meant for K2 printer - can be resized for smaller printers.

Assembly:-

2 People - required. Assemble Rear panel to base with epoxy then the two sides.

Place lid on without gluing and let the panels set. (You may want to get silicon on the mating edges of the glass in the corners.)

Once all three panels are set Rear and two sides, tape together for safety and Silicon the Glass corners together. Let it rest for 24 hours. (4 peices are shared here two fit one on top of the other per closed corner - Shold you use other size Glass / Perspex sizes will need to be adjusted.)

Clean as required.

Epoxy Lid in Place.

Fit Trim Corners to outside.

Fit Light, wiring and switch as preferred and install inner Wire cover - Again Silicon- Marine grade is suitable for this.)

Will add additional improvements and size variations in future.

Glass size used in illustrated cabinet as follows:

2 x 299mm x 700mm x 6.4mm thick.

2 x 229mm x 700mm x 6.4mm thick.

Light lid slides into groove and then sign fitted in front to close hole.

Use LED - Low heat emitting light. Do not use untempered normal glass - doing so will risk injury.

Disclaimer -

This model design is free - However note as it's creator - I take no liability for any persons making the display cabinet - as Glass and Electrical fittings should only be done by qualified persons. By downloading these files, all liability is waived from "Cephas not of Rome' (Alias of the designer) this waiver applies to all and any loss to person, property and others - (Build at you own risk.) I accept no responsibility for actions of my products and or designs manufactured or altered by 3rd parties.

Happy building 'Cephas not of Rome'

Multi purpose Display Cabinet

0.2mm layer, 2 walls, 15% infill