light up your detolf with LED

Just saw Ikea detolf price reduced from $199 to $179.

On lighting, you can also consider using those battery operated 3-led lights (white light, use 3 AAA batteries). These have double sided tapes for fixing on the cabinet shelf. Cosway used to sell 2 for $7.90 (if not mistaken since quite some time back). Also seling at "pasar malam".

Hey..want to ask if anyone homemade their own display case. I'm planning to do it myself. see got any expert here to help me. i already bought the whole sheet of acrylic and are ready to cut it up.

But one thing i'm not sure what type of liquid to glue the tranparency acrylic together. Anyone know and what i can buy?

I saw somewhere the glue is special & not suppose to be sold to public I think it's hazardous when not applied.

Where did you buy the arcylic sheets, the size & how much they cost?

Cutting the sheets perfectly needs some skill & good cutting tools.

today i will go to hardware shop see if they sell the acrylic cement and cutting tools or not. i will check this evening after work.

I bought 2 sheets 4'x6' transparent at a advertising trading warehouse. purposely go there ask if they sell 1 or 2 sheets or not. I bought it at rm110 per sheet. 3mm thickness. Lucky my car avanza can fit in the whole sheet. bought it last saturday.

Anyhow...i am selling off 1 sheet of acrylic cos just found i only need 1 sheet only. miscalculation.

a.k.a as dichloromethane CH2Cl2, most chem/bio labs should have it..

Its carcinogenic... so long you don't swallow.. it'll be fine... I've cut and stick acrylic since 6 years ago.. very little is needed to melt/reassemble the molecules of the acrylic sheets... With clean cuts of say 0.5m only 1 or 2 droplets are required.


This post has been edited by BeastX: Oct 19 2009, 02:38 PM

Where can we get Arcylic sheets, arcylic cement & what cutting tools are needed to do good cuttings?

Can get in ACE hardware shop as I don't know any advert company or labs.

Thanks for give me the name. can you tell me when we can get it.

Anyone knows where I can get something like this?

All my figures mostly still in the box. Hopefully can get myself one a display cabinet soon. But i prefer more like this..



and this..

Detolf cost rm179, those 2 cabinets esp the one on top would cost at least rm500. But they are bigger.

I saw a nice round shape glass cabinet at shop beside Harvey Norman at Curve, looks pretty nice so i went it to check the price and realise it's over rm3k... same size as Detolf just more stylish.

You can try similiar case in METROJAYA where they sell those rements. Price are not cheap for these small size case which don't have any covers. Better buy a cabinet in your local furniture shop or get a detolf.

Wats a Detolf?

IKEA glass cabinet

Daiso RM5 acrylic casing ( i posted it few pages back)

or buy a detolf and tailor made to make it dust proof

i think you can get draught excluder from those home DIY shop in shopping mall to prevent dust to go in

anyone can recommend me a good simple and not so hot lighting solution for detolf cabs?

I just bought NON lights from Ikea but now i am having second thoughts about it. im afraid of the heat and long exposure of the bulbs might "melt" or the deform whatever plastic models placed on the top tier.

EDIT: just bought Osram Dot-It today from ACE Hardware because that was the only one type they had (damn those unhelpful staff at ACE Midvalley). Not happy with it though because the lighting not that good enough. Looking at these two products and I wonder if they have it here at MY:
1. Sylvania® Golden Dragon® Bright White LED Light
2. Rite Lite® Wireless 5 LED Puck Lites
Anyone have come across that or maybe can suggest something better? ive been wasting too much cash already

This post has been edited by markiemark: Aug 29 2010, 08:49 PM

Hi guys, didn't knew such a thread existed, here's my display cabinet/collection, nothing much...

Primary Display Cabinet


Secondary Display Cabinet


Third Display Cabinet (Left)


Third Display Cabinet (Right)


PC Table

mine simple only, book shelf from giant, cheap cheap 100>. remove the back cardboard or don't include it in during assembly. makes it a simple display shelf.