Gene Davis
05-02-2016, 11:36 AM
I'm not an instrument maker, but I sure admire those that build.
My 1971 Martin D-18 needs a case that can be used to help keep it humidified. We moved to the front range area of Colorado 16 months ago and it is way too dry here for instruments. I want to build a case to hang on the wall, display the guitar, and hopefully keep it humidified.
Climastand is the brand name for a line of cases that are built reasonably air-tight and with a gasketed door. The doors are full-glass, hung with a piano hinge, gasketed, and kept closed with snap-locks. One puts humidity-pacs inside that regulate the moisture content of the interior.
My plan is to dovetail-join four boards together in the truncated pyramid shape that is common to this brand, fit a 1/4" plywood back to it into stopped dados in the sides, and do a four-sided frame of 1x2s for the glass door.
Any advice on details for helping with the air-tightness would be appreciated. Source for gasketing? Joint sealant? Finish? Alternative to the ugly full-length piano hinge? Species for sides? OK with BB plywood for back?
My 1971 Martin D-18 needs a case that can be used to help keep it humidified. We moved to the front range area of Colorado 16 months ago and it is way too dry here for instruments. I want to build a case to hang on the wall, display the guitar, and hopefully keep it humidified.
Climastand is the brand name for a line of cases that are built reasonably air-tight and with a gasketed door. The doors are full-glass, hung with a piano hinge, gasketed, and kept closed with snap-locks. One puts humidity-pacs inside that regulate the moisture content of the interior.
My plan is to dovetail-join four boards together in the truncated pyramid shape that is common to this brand, fit a 1/4" plywood back to it into stopped dados in the sides, and do a four-sided frame of 1x2s for the glass door.
Any advice on details for helping with the air-tightness would be appreciated. Source for gasketing? Joint sealant? Finish? Alternative to the ugly full-length piano hinge? Species for sides? OK with BB plywood for back?