Project description
I have been putting together a home collection of butterflies and beetles for about nine years, and it still lives in a mismatched pile of old drawers, shoe boxes and cheap photo frames. I would like to order a proper set of display cases in one single style, so that the collection finally reads as one thing instead of a storage problem. One point I want to state plainly before anything else: the collection is assembled from legally acquired specimens bought from breeding farms and ordinary commercial suppliers, there are no red-listed or otherwise protected species in it, and I am aware that carrying insects of that kind across a border requires permits. This order does not touch the insects at all, only the joinery and the glazed case.
I need twelve boxes in three sizes: six at roughly 40 by 30 cm, four at 50 by 40 cm, and two larger ones at 60 by 50 cm for the swallowtails. Inside depth about 55 to 60 mm, so that the longest pin with the specimen on it never comes near the glass. The bottom matters most to me: a full sheet of peat or dense closed-cell foam, glued down flat and level, soft enough to take a pin pushed by hand and firm enough to hold it for years without working loose. The lid has to close onto a soft seal, felt or silicone in a rebate, because dust is the first enemy and carpet beetles are the second. Please leave a small screened vent and a shallow pocket under the bottom sheet where a repellent sachet can be replaced without unpinning a single row.
Glass or museum acrylic, your advice is welcome, but it must cut ultraviolet: reds and blues fade fast, and I would rather have a tinted panel or a light-tight outer lid than a beautiful case full of grey insects. The boxes have to stack, with a shallow rebate or feet so one sits on another without sliding, and each row inside needs a thin card rail for handwritten labels. Timber: beech, oak or ash, no particle board. Finish in water-based lacquer or shellac, fully cured and free of any sharp smell before delivery, because solvent fumes sit inside a sealed box for months and do real harm. The budget is stated and I am not in a rush. Please send photos of similar work, a sketch of the corner joint you intend to use, and a price per box for each of the three sizes.
I need twelve boxes in three sizes: six at roughly 40 by 30 cm, four at 50 by 40 cm, and two larger ones at 60 by 50 cm for the swallowtails. Inside depth about 55 to 60 mm, so that the longest pin with the specimen on it never comes near the glass. The bottom matters most to me: a full sheet of peat or dense closed-cell foam, glued down flat and level, soft enough to take a pin pushed by hand and firm enough to hold it for years without working loose. The lid has to close onto a soft seal, felt or silicone in a rebate, because dust is the first enemy and carpet beetles are the second. Please leave a small screened vent and a shallow pocket under the bottom sheet where a repellent sachet can be replaced without unpinning a single row.
Glass or museum acrylic, your advice is welcome, but it must cut ultraviolet: reds and blues fade fast, and I would rather have a tinted panel or a light-tight outer lid than a beautiful case full of grey insects. The boxes have to stack, with a shallow rebate or feet so one sits on another without sliding, and each row inside needs a thin card rail for handwritten labels. Timber: beech, oak or ash, no particle board. Finish in water-based lacquer or shellac, fully cured and free of any sharp smell before delivery, because solvent fumes sit inside a sealed box for months and do real harm. The budget is stated and I am not in a rush. Please send photos of similar work, a sketch of the corner joint you intend to use, and a price per box for each of the three sizes.
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