fotoman Posted May 11, 2009 Report Share Posted May 11, 2009 as many of you know i have always looked for better and better ways to display my watch collection. Also, as many of you know i have a new Growing pen collection. There are a few premiere pens that i'm going to be building, so i wanted to look for something cool other than the just the standard acrylic stand. I found a really cool and financially reasonable solution. a cool glass dome with base, - originally ment for pocket watch displays. but you can clearly get a watch stand and put it under glass looks like they go for 20-25 buckish on ebay - lighting is a different issue, i might be looking at a flexible lighting tape make like a cool blue glow - but that is way off. Here is the dome. - Unfortunately, i will need to wait till i have a job to really put this concept into full scale. cheap lighting product http://www.thatscoolwire.com/store/group.a...;CategoryID=168 think this may require a dremel to get everything setup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shundi Posted May 11, 2009 Report Share Posted May 11, 2009 Oh very nice...would look awesome on a desk...better yet- a rotating base Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fotoman Posted May 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 11, 2009 Oh very nice...would look awesome on a desk...better yet- a rotating base Rotating base would beok,but it would make the light component killed. Would anyone actually be interested in paying me to make one of these? Basically you would have a neonish blue, red, green or other color lighting the wach from underneath but you wouldn' t seethe light source. of course in the dome and such it would reflect around some of the blue ( or other color) and it would be cool. I think i can do it not very expensive maybe around 50 bucks for a battery operated light dome- ect ec. The plug in power source itself is like 35$ practically duoble the costs of the project. interest? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FxrAndy Posted May 11, 2009 Report Share Posted May 11, 2009 Similar are available from boley.de cheepest for a pocket watch is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fotoman Posted May 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 11, 2009 yeah the coolpart is the neonblue lighting that lights it from the bottem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfreeman420 Posted May 12, 2009 Report Share Posted May 12, 2009 Would be easier to drill small holes in the base for led's. Then you can hollow out part of the bottom with a router and install a battery holder for power. Whole thing would cost under $5 from Radio Shack. LED' are bright, small and easy to power. 2 to 4 AA batteries wired in series should do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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