Card Cabinet Similar to the Coin Type
 

Has anyone thought of a card cabinet similar to the ones coin collectors use? As a woodworker on the side, I've been thinking about putting one of these together to hold tobacco sized cards.

These cabinets were not built by me, just some examples from google.

http://www.net54baseball.com/picture...ictureid=17194

Coin cabinets are made of mahogany because the oils in most woods can have adverse affects on the coins. After doing some research I have not found anything saying the affects on cards. Is there anyone willing to confirm this claim? I would hate to build a cabinet and find out its damaging my cards :eek:.

http://www.net54baseball.com/picture...ictureid=17193

I'm not making a sales pitch, just wanted to get some feedback for the members before I make the investment in some nice wood to get started.

Steven

However, if you are interested in a cabinet let me know. The first one may take a little while to build, but after that I can design and build at a faster pace. Partnerships are welcome to help move a few of these are card shows.

That's interesting. Would it house SGC slabs or raw cards

The initial plan is raw cards, but can be made to hold graded. The only factor is the quantity you want to hold. The more you want the bigger the overall footprint gets. I did a quick calculation and to hold a complete T206 set would be a pretty decent sized piece of furniture.

Here is a larger cabinet that doubles as a book shelf or ready for an expansion as your collection grows. Something this size could hold close to 1000 raw tobacco cards.

http://www.net54baseball.com/picture...ictureid=17207 http://www.net54baseball.com/picture...ictureid=17208

I love the idea and actually keep my pre-war type collection in this very similar cabinet that I found in an antique store.

Although I'm not a woodworker, I've toyed with the idea of trying to put something similar together with a bit more shallow drawers to hold more cards.

Tony

Like it. Interesting idea and endless design possibilities. Barry Halper house some of his best cards in custom fancy single-card 'books.' I always thought that neat. Perhaps he had a book shelf for them.

Not quite the same, but I made this a few years ago.

http://www.net54baseball.com/picture...pictureid=3121
http://www.net54baseball.com/picture...pictureid=3122

Enough capacity for graded cards that I won't be running out of room anytime soon at the rate I buy or grade.

I'll probably make some storage stuff come spring. I'm getting tired of the cardboard boxes and want a nice drawer unit that looks more like furniture.

Steve B

Great piece there. Wish I had the talent.

You do, it's really not that hard.
If you were near Boston I'd say come by the makerspace I'm a member of and we could make you one a bit nicer. The one in the pics is around 10 years old and I've gotten a lot better. The one shown can be duplicated pretty closely using just simple hand tools. The only hard part is tapering the legs and that's easy on a tablesaw. The rest is just doweled and glued. I'd do mortise and tennon joints now, and even that isn't really difficult.

Steve B