URTA Display case | nilsemerson

My display case for URTAs 2015

In the fall of 2014 I signed up to participate in the URTA interviews in Chicago that would take place January 30, 2015.

I knew I needed a display of some kind and I knew that I wanted to be able to have a video loop/slide show type thing running, while having the capacity to display drawings and process pictures. As it happened, I had an old pc monitor laying around. So I took it apart and started planning the case that would be needed to hold it.

This is the result.

A pile of raw materials I used birch veneer plywood and poplar boards for the outer edge. The rest is regular construction grade plywood and 2x4.	Playing with a planer I needed to plane the boards down to a true 1/2 inch. Sooooo much sawdust.	Some 45's These are the poplar boards with all of their 45 degree cuts made.
Test fitting it's guts This is the plywood frame with the monitor and my laptop in place to make sure all is well before I move forward.	Center section This is the center section, with the poplar boards tacked in around the plywood frame and the birch plywood backing.	Test fitting a door Just making sure I'm at least in the ballpark. It was pretty close to dead on.
Center section revealed Assembled with the poplar board peeled away for the section view.	Back door This is the back access panel. That notch in the 2x4 rail is for the monitor cables to pass through.	All locked up Here's the display, both doors installed, and closed with the coffin lock.
Open but empty This is the display open but with out the cork board inserts or the monitor installed.	Makin it purty Stained with one coat of Minwax Colonial American. And sealed with two coats of satin finish polyurethane.	Finished ready for content Reassembled and cork board installed.
Back door Here's the back access panel using it's "kickstand" to keep it open and also add some stabilization.	Display in action Here it is at URTAs in Chicago, with content in place and monitor running.

Nils Emerson

Theatre Technician

My display case for URTAs 2015

A pile of raw materials

I used birch veneer plywood and poplar boards for the outer edge. The rest is regular construction grade plywood and 2x4.

Playing with a planer

I needed to plane the boards down to a true 1/2 inch. Sooooo much sawdust.

Some 45's

These are the poplar boards with all of their 45 degree cuts made.

Test fitting it's guts

This is the plywood frame with the monitor and my laptop in place to make sure all is well before I move forward.

Center section

This is the center section, with the poplar boards tacked in around the plywood frame and the birch plywood backing.

Test fitting a door

Just making sure I'm at least in the ballpark. It was pretty close to dead on.

Center section revealed

Assembled with the poplar board peeled away for the section view.

Back door

This is the back access panel. That notch in the 2x4 rail is for the monitor cables to pass through.

All locked up

Here's the display, both doors installed, and closed with the coffin lock.

Open but empty

This is the display open but with out the cork board inserts or the monitor installed.

Makin it purty

Stained with one coat of Minwax Colonial American. And sealed with two coats of satin finish polyurethane.

Finished ready for content

Reassembled and cork board installed.

Back door

Here's the back access panel using it's "kickstand" to keep it open and also add some stabilization.

Display in action

Here it is at URTAs in Chicago, with content in place and monitor running.