Florida Plastics Projects

Glass tile top acrylic end table

Thu, 03 May 2012 12:09:08 GMT

This 24" high table has round glass tiles epoxy glued to the top of the acrylic c table.
Like many here, I made it for my own amusement, it is not practical as a finished product.
I ended up giving it away, to sell on ebay, would create problems, with returns, if glue was not
"fine" furniture grade. I can't blame them.

Acrylic Cupcake Tower Display

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 02:51:43 GMT

This custom shelf unit is 14 diameter wide at base. Really a good neighbor ordered it.
It is not the type of thing I specialize in, but I had some thick rod offcuts, so it worked out good.
The space between shelves is 5.5" making total height about 30". Even the flat sheets are slightly
overkill, or luxury thickness at 3/8. This doesn't knock down, but at least the visuals are better
with no metal bolts.

Long Custom Acrylic Coffee Table

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 11:00:07 GMT

We are making about one or two of these custom size coffee tables a week. I warn the potential customer that the quote will be much higher than a similar stock item, but they understand. All sorts of room style pictures have been submitted. Some totally modern, some contemporary, some eclectic. Oversize sheets are needed in the very wide tables. My material costs then are much higher per foot rate. That is because the plastics distributors, are not too keen to stock 10 or 12 foot long sheets, if there is very little call for it.

This table is about 58" long x 16 deep x 18 high x 3/4 thick material. Really one inch thick would have been better, but that would double price. There are some California companies making a 1.5, a luxury, and slight overkill, but nice anyway.

Lighted Tron Walking Cane

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:50:46 GMT

Another lighted tron style cane, constructed, worn, and photogrphy by my customer. Many thanks for their product feedback, and project dedication. They had fun with the process of designing and working it out. Very sorry, but I don't have a clue what the specific hardware used, they sorted out those detials.

Custom Acrylic Store Shelves

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:47:03 GMT

My friend hangs out at a Spanish foods store, nearby. He has a lot of friends there, so when they requested a cabinet to hold their specialty breads, he wanted to impress them. You might notice the slight overkill by using 3/8 material thickness. It helps with the "wrack" or out of square tendency with large doors like this. Sometimes the stores have a decent budget, for displays, knowing they can shelve the food without individually wrapping it. Otherwise the inspectors with only give them a few days to comply.

Large Acrylic End Table featured in Coastal Living December 2011 issue

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 08:24:34 GMT

Front page of the December issue has 2 end tables manufactured by me, placed in a somewhat unconventional way. But I am finding out, there is no standard. It is common to see unexpected, mixes of traditional, and contemporary placed side by side. Designers do not always have an eclectic mix, but there is no visual shock to it anymore. I have to pickup an issue, and see if there is a source credit for the tables. About a year ago, a console I make, was featured, in a Washington DC newspaper. That created a hugh spike in traffic, and sales, not only of the console but other pieces. Like the cliche, you can't buy that kind of promotion.

The table is one of about 20 items on my ebay listings. My ebay member name is southeastflorida. The table is also at http://www.acrylicparts.com/acrylicendtables.html but the ebay listing is here: http://www.ebay.com/itm/270508144616?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

Medical Waste Display Box

Sun, 23 Oct 2011 17:00:09 GMT

This clear box has a green effect. It is used at trade shows, and hospital displays to better divert medical supplies. A recovery operation, for those in need. I am glad the customer took the lid loose with him, and sealed the boxes up himself. Maybe it is paranoia, about non existent germs. I am not sure, if some of these are used supplies.

I am 11 years out of advanced throat cancer treatments, and in good health. So, I have a lot of respect for those in the medical industry, as I feel they saved my life. I had no faith, but they and my family propped me up with love and faith, that I would survive, and I did.
I am convinced many physical aliments are have a spiritual causation.
One option is healing through healthy relationships, both people and God.
An inner healing is what I am talking about.
Healing that comes from relationships, is often overlooked.

Custom Gumball Desk Top

Mon, 29 Aug 2011 05:21:39 GMT

One father, had a very special gift in mind, for his daughter.
Quite a bit of planning went into this, somewhat simple design.
A small "hatch" is in the back to fill it.
It was local pickup, so shipping was not an issue.
We are not sure if any insect inclusions will somewhere down the road,
cause major problems. Just a possibility.

The father supplied the stock, drawer units.

Custom Acrylic Laptop Table

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 21:48:12 GMT

This customer requested two tables, that "nest" or fit together.
But the same function could be acheived with a table that has a shelf.
Acrylic nest tables, usually are sold in units of 3 tables.
But that standard is about 40 years old.

2 tables still have the visual and utility effects.

Cleveland Bell podcast

Sat, 25 Jun 2011 11:58:09 GMT

We had a honey soiree at a Friday night Celebrate Recovery meeting last night. The main speaker was warm, humorous Cleveland Bell. There was some crush and strain of honey frames at the cafe hope get together after the teaching by Cleve. My acrylic strainer cradle apparatus was employ, even by novices. Black Mangrove honey was the harvest, at this time of year here in South Florida.

clear stemware rack for yacht

Thu, 19 May 2011 11:07:39 GMT

These racks are 1/2" clear acrylic, with precision holes to cradle,
very pricey chrystal red wine, white wine, champagne, and beverage stemware.
There were 4 styles as listed above, with different height rods that were
siliconed in. Each of them, fit into a hardwood nook

acrylic waterfall church podium

Mon, 18 Apr 2011 13:19:11 GMT

This is a modified, use what you have, but interesting design. Sometimes, those sort of scenarios work out good. Really, it needs to be one inch thick, not the 3/4" thick sheet shown, but budget was a factor.
Still it is not the type of fixture, you see everyday. Medium standard size at 46 tall, 24 wide, and 18 deep. Shipping is easy with knockdown into 3 pieces, and screw assembled at destination. The bycycle is extra charge.

Custom Jewels Coffee Table

Thu, 10 Mar 2011 14:51:51 GMT

Well, really the client is using this as a bench. But at 16" high, it could be used either way table or bench. It was the end users idea, start to finish. She found and ordered the plastic gems or jewels online. They are normally aquarium decorations or similar applications. It was not easy getting a satisfactory mix or colors, and reordering enough, jewel contents. The designer working with this client, says more are coming, since it is an original idea. Honestly, I would only do this local pickup, since shipping is not one of my strong points.

Acrylic Jewel Cross

Mon, 14 Feb 2011 10:38:12 GMT

Large aquarium decoration plastic Gems were the inspiration for this speculative crucifix project.
In other words I made it for my own satisfaction, and curiosity about how it would look.

Roughly 12 inches high it can be lay flat or hung on the wall.
A little too "Vatican" style, or overly decorated for my own tastes, it would be a good choice for a children's room.

clear acrylic honey frame display

Mon, 24 Jan 2011 09:00:41 GMT

This one is for a "medium" not a "deep" as before.
The medium or "super" high honey bee frames are for honey and usually not used for honeybee brood or eggs.
So this is perfect for a large orange grove fruit stand to display and possibly sell the frames.
It is my first year back in beekeeping, so the hives are still building, but I hope that some honey is forthcoming. Just selling a frame for $20 is easier than extracting and bottling it.

acrylic penny embedment

Tue, 11 Jan 2011 10:31:02 GMT

This 6 cube is quite a sizable paperweight. I don't do embedding of objects in acrylic, just polish the scratches and repair chips. This one was part a mid century shop owners collections.
She said it would fetch about $120 in her store, but it only one, and she is in New York, so I can not refer you to that product. That is why collectors find listing on websites so tedious, the stock is rotating out the door all the time. Even if it doesn't sell, it is taken off the floor to allow display or something more salable.

Homemade Bamboo Chair

Mon, 27 Dec 2010 07:26:00 GMT

Not exactly the usual topic of this blog, but I had a hideaway I wanted to enhance.
I placed an add in craigslist for "beehive location wanted", and the owner of a 25 acre palm farm emailed me. He wanted the bees to help pollinate his palms. I explained the fruit set was not dependant much on pollination, but he still wanted the hives there.

It is the largest plantation of fresh coconuts in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. It also is the largest distributor of fresh coconuts in United States. It is a real peaceful location, not too bad with plant life for the bees. The broward bamboo nursery grows 2 types of bamboo, and so I made the chair pictured below. I have other locations, but this one is the one most "napped at" right now.

custom acrylic pedestal

Thu, 25 Nov 2010 08:55:05 GMT

These tall, thick specimens were just more special size orders, generated thru ebay traffic.

I can't list all possible combinations of proportion dimensions, so I take custom acrylic table orders.
There were so many requests for quotation for custom, non stock sizes, I automated it with a form to submit.
I let them know before they fill form, that custom sizes are normally bad sheet yield and not very productive, time wise.

An extra wide coffee table at 24" deep.

Thick acrylic sheet material was requested for this large pedestal

acrylic bee hive stands to keep out ants

Sun, 31 Oct 2010 15:33:35 GMT

More hive stands were needed, this time a single unit.
This one is made with whatever materials I had, even with gummed on paper, as this is utility use.
The property owner at this address, liked the color of this nucleus hive with golden cordovan bees.
I have made a few trips to Bob Youngbloods surrounding acres, containing Florida honey bees.

Acrylic Spindle Table

Wed, 13 Oct 2010 02:24:11 GMT

This new round tables design can only be seen at my ebay store. I am trying the idea out there, before I put on my http://acrylicparts.com site. It is a little overkill on thickness, but that is the look my customers request. This one is 30" high, 18" wide at top. The spindle table center pole just slides together and gravity holds it there. In one month, they have been well received.

acrylic facebook "like" block

Thu, 30 Sep 2010 12:39:50 GMT

About 9 inches across, this table top display is to encourage visitors to vote a thumbs up.
I feel lately the social networks have been growing for two main reasons.
To help people connect, and to give business websites a speck of seo (search engine optimization) here and there. These are displayed at a group meeting where people understand, it is OK to "like".
The way I understand it, each facebook account is allowed a limited amount of like votes.
So they should be used sparingly.

acrylic coffee table

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 07:57:39 GMT

It is becoming a common eclectic appearance, mixing old and new.
Downtown New York is a frequent destination of these acrylic coffee table.
As you can see, it is a low tech handmade process.
Custom tables are not as productive, and sheet yield is usually very poor.
So, I advise potential customers, to try to use stock sizes.
And also mention that the customs run two or three times the stock price points.

Shipping larger tables is risky, more weight and size, means more padding required.
Dimensional weight doubles shipping costs from FedEx or UPS.

Celebrate Calvary Facebook

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 06:05:42 GMT

The local Calvary Chapel Fort Lauderdale, Celebrate Recovery has started a facebook page.

If you forget this blog, remember to search for
"Celebrate Calvary" on google.

The meet Friday nights, it's a safe place but not perfect.
A dinner, meeting with a message or testamony and small groups followed by Cafe Hope.
Cafe Hope is a friendly afterglow time, to crosstalk and fix our beloved friends.
No pie in the sky, He really, really, loves you.

That is where I met Georges, the supplier of 2 good bee hive locations.
So you know there is nothing bad I can say about the Celebrate Calvary group.

acrylic bee hive moat stands

Sat, 28 Aug 2010 14:56:32 GMT

These 3 thick plastic oil filled modules above the cement blocks are to keep ants out.
For some reason, my Florida hobby bee hives, have a serious ant problem.
These are low profile in case of a hurricane.
Spraying poisons on the soil to control ants is not good, the bees are very sensitive.

clear acrylic observation beehive

Mon, 09 Aug 2010 11:07:49 GMT

My new beekeeping hobby indulgence is a healthy and soothing one.
I admit to getting carried away with this observation hive.
Much overkill thickness of acrylic is here.
Really the ventilation needs to be better, but I didn't leave the bees in long.
Some observation hives are more than one frame, and 2 or 3 story.
The beesource.com bee forum was impressed by the innovative design.
I ended up giving it to a very good customer at Le Cafe de Paris in Fort Lauderdale,
to display a fresh, capped frame of honey.