Woodworking to Metal Work
I started off my day yesterday doing some woodworking. I had previously designed a microscope case and had assembled most of it already a few days ago. I needed to add a door and some handles yesterday. Unfortunately, I'm a bit out of practice with my woodworking skills so I found cutting and assembling this wood was rough and a bit frustrating due to making some really stupid mistakes which cost me some good lumber. In the end, the case is looking good assembled though. I still need to add some medium density foam to three areas on the inside of this case to keep the microscope from touching hard wood surfaces. I'm happy with the design of this case though. I still need to add hardwood plugs to cover the screw holes and then stain and finish the outside of the case. The interior will remain unfinished. One area where I had some difficulty in the design of this case was how to fasten the door closed. I opted for two of these basic buckle fasteners.