Do you mean you would club him over the head to get him to sleep? Because there's no way to sit there and hold that book comfortably for any kind of bedtime story.If I had a book, I would not be displaying it. I would use it as my sons bedtime story book. No shelf whore here!
I heard that book has no text. No reading required!Do you mean you would club him over the head to get him to sleep? Because there's no way to sit there and hold that book comfortably for any kind of bedtime story.
EEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeneeeeerestiiiiiiiiiing.Okay, finished my book display.
First, I bought this stand from amazon, seemed like the only one big enough and sturdy enough. Reasonably priced.
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When it arrived, I bent it up a little bit, bending back the top to get larger surface contact (instead of a single point at the tip) and the legs out slightly to fine-tune the tilt:
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I wanted to display it sitting on top of the outer box, but it's so dang heavy it'd damage it. So I cut a couple of pieces of 1/8" HDF (not MDF) to the shape of the box, sanded the edges a bit:
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Then I sandwiched the box between those two sheets, distributing the weight / contact points across the entire box, top and bottom. The finished result:
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I rattled around the case a bit and it was solid, sturdy. But it's a good thing I have 9' high ceilings...
And, for some reason, I have that music from "2001" in my head...
Baah... Baah... Baaaaaah...... Bah Dah!! (Dum Dum, Dum Dum, Dum Dum, Dum Dum)...
This turned out very nicely! I need to come up with a better display for mine...Okay, finished my book display.
First, I bought this stand from amazon, seemed like the only one big enough and sturdy enough. Reasonably priced.
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When it arrived, I bent it up a little bit, bending back the top to get larger surface contact (instead of a single point at the tip) and the legs out slightly to fine-tune the tilt:
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I wanted to display it sitting on top of the outer box, but it's so dang heavy it'd damage it. So I cut a couple of pieces of 1/4" HDF (not MDF) to the shape of the box, sanded the edges a bit:
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Then I sandwiched the box between those two sheets, distributing the weight / contact points across the entire box, top and bottom. The finished result:
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I rattled around the case a bit and it was solid, sturdy. But it's a good thing I have 9' high ceilings...
And, for some reason, I have that music from "2001" in my head...
Baah... Baah... Baaaaaah...... Bah Dah!! (Dum Dum, Dum Dum, Dum Dum, Dum Dum)...
