Display case for Cricket Bat.

[BobL]

This is a job I took on for the boss at work. It's a display case for a cricket bat signed by the 1999 touring Paskistan Cricket team and the ACB Chairman's team who participated at the 1999 WA Lilac Hill cricket match.
http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com.au/attachment.php?attachmentid=76496&stc=1&d=1214655170

The base pieces and cap are made of recycled Jarrah (one of my numerous skip dives) and the transparent tube is acrylic (quite exxy but I didn't pay for it).
http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com.au/attachment.php?attachmentid=76502&stc=1&d=1214655657

The tube has a bayonet cut into the end and fit and into Jarrah base and end cap which rotate on a lazy susan bearing.
http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com.au/attachment.php?attachmentid=76497&stc=1&d=1214655170

The bat rests on a disc of Cape Lilac taken from a street tree that fell down a couple of houses away from my place.
http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com.au/attachment.php?attachmentid=76498&stc=1&d=1214655170

Here's the design of the cross section of the base.
http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com.au/attachment.php?attachmentid=76499&stc=1&d=1214655170

Here's a view from the back.
http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com.au/attachment.php?attachmentid=76500&stc=1&d=1214655170

[specialist]

:2tsup:very well thought out and executed.:2tsup:

Robert

[martrix]

top work Bob, love what you've done with the base.:pipe1:

[artme]

Top job Bob!! :2tsup::2tsup::2tsup:

[ss_11000]

Nice:2tsup: IMO, displaying it like that is so much better than hanging it in a frame on a wall:)

[BobL]

Thanks Guys. The cricket bat belongs to the boss's brother who was storing it in a pillowslip in a wardrobe. The boss thought a case would make a good present for him for a major upcoming birthday.

It was the first time I used Site sponsors Ultrashine and Shellawax and must say I am quite pleased with the results.

The hardest thing was getting everything square and concentric. You can imagine cutting a 130 mm diameter tube dead square was not that easy and then something that tall only needs to be a teeny bit out and it would then wobble as it turned.

[Harry72]

Done well Bob, nice way to display the bat.

[corbs]

As others have said... great execution... love the lazy susan idea underneath.