Display Cabinet

Very creative, Svante. I like the super clean lines and the way the boxes seem to levitate. I assume the puck lights are battery operated and must be turned on individually; with a tap?

Strictly as a matter of opinion, I might have positioned that top box about 2" farther to the right.

Thanks for posting.
Ellis

How is the top box connected? Visually, it doesn't appear to have enough surface area to make a stable connection.

Brace for a slew of dumb questions from someone who isn't a woodworker.

I like to visualize how things are made and why they are structurally sound. The image below makes visual sense to me. It appears this was built to use "natural" joinery sans screws, nails, and maybe even glue. Is this what is called mortise and tenon joinery? Are the diagonal lines wedges, similar to how wooden handles are often attached to hammers and axes?



But when I look at the first box, all I see are blocks without any joinery. Other than gravity, what is keeping them attached?

I like to pretend that IF I had the proper tools, I would at least know WHAT to do, even if I lacked the skills to do so.

Hi,

The LEDs are not powered by batteries but connected with cables in routed slots in the back to the mains.

The upper box is connected by a 5 inch long wooden strip:



Between the two lower boxes there are two strips.

All joints are glued.

The LEDs are not powered by batteries but connected with cables in routed slots in the back to the mains.

So where's the plug and outlet?

"The upper box is connected by a 5 inch long wooden strip:"

I realize there's plenty of glue surface the way you installed that wooden strip, but intuitively it still looks like there would be a lot of moment on that strip if anything heavier than a small wooden bowl were put in that upper box. Also, are all the boxes coplanar? The light pattern projected onto the wall behind the upper box makes it look like it's not parallel to the wall.

Hi,

The plug and outlet are on top of the upper box. The cabinet is 75 inch high so it is not visible.

The sides of the lower box are thinner at the top and the left side of the upper box is thinner at the bottom. This to imitate the outline of an hourglass, which is also found on the stand.