The Corner of Happy and Go Lucky: Uniform Shadowbox.

One night my husband was watching TV with me. I say that because he is always doing something else. I happened to turn on Man Caves which appears on the DIY Network. They showed a USMC uniform in a shadowbox. I turned to my husband and said "That is what you need to do for your uniform" He agreed. So, we got to work later that week. He did most of the project and he really enjoyed it. Here is what he did. (We didn't take a lot of pictures, because we never knew I was going to post them).

WOOD

POPLAR TRIM
PLYWOOD

HARDWARE:

PIANO HINGE
CLASP ( The kind you would use for a treasure chest box)

MISC:

1 SHEET OF PLEXIGLAS- CUT PLEXIGLAS TO CORRECT SIZE AS YOU’RE BUILDING THE TOP.
1 FOAM BOARD (Lowes)
1 ROLL OF CORK (JoAnns)
1 ½ YARD OF FELT (Royal Blue).WE OVER ESTIMATED.
SMALL SCREWS
WOOD GLUE
RUSTPROOF PINS
DRILL/HAMMER

DIRECTIONS

MEASURING UNIFORM

MEASURED FOR THE SIDE 3-4” (OVER).
FOR THE TOP/ BOTTOM MEASURE 2-3” (OVER).
FOR THE BOTTOM BOX: CUT 4 PIECES OF THE POPLAR WOOD. LAY TRIM ON ITS SIDE AND MAKE 45 DEGREE ANGLE CUTS AT THE CORNERS. GLUE & SCREW THE SIDES TOGETHER AT THE CORNERS. LET IT SIT TIL THE GLUE DRIES.
FOR THE TOP OF THE BOX: CUT 4 PIECES OF THE POPLAR WOOD AND MAKE 45 DEGREE ANGLE CUTS AT THE CORNERS. CUT A GROOVE INTO THE WOOD FOR THE PLEXIGLAS. AS YOU ASSEMBLE THE 4 SIDES DON’T FORGET TO INSERT THE PLEXIGLAS. GLUE & SCREW THE SIDES TOGETHER AT THE CORNERS. USE “L” SHAPED BRACKETS TO GIVE IT MORE STABILITY USE THEM IN THE CORNERS.
BACK OF THE BOX: MEASURE PLYWOOD TO FIT. NAIL IT.

PUTTING IT TOGETHER

ATTACH THE TOP BOX TO THE BOTTOM BOX USING THE PIANO HINGE.
CUT FOAMBOARD TO SIZE; ATTACH IT INTO THE BOX BY HOT GLUE.
CUT CORKBOARD TO SIZE; ATTACH IT TO THE FOAMBOARD BY HOT GLUE.
CUT FELT TO SIZE; ATTACH IT TO THE CORK BY HOT GLUE
LAY OUT THE UNIFORM TO YOUR SPECIFICATIONS. USING THE RUSTPROOF PINS ATTACH THE UNIFORM TO THE FELT. ADJUST IF YOU NEED TO.
PUT CLASPS ON THE SIDE OF THE BOX WHEN YOU’RE FINISHED