"Toller" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>I saw a product called a Spin Box. You tap it, spin it, and tap it again
>to open it. Apparently a locking pin is moved out of position.
> http://www.heartwood.com/website/Products/Puzzleboxes/pz2371.htm
> It is pretty neat. Anyone know how to make one?
>
Years ago my grandfather showed us the trick. Its no trick, Its simply a
rod that slides away from the locking side when you tap that oppsite end.
The spinning part is to thrill and amaze your friends.
I used the trick to make a false bottom in a jewelry boxe for a (wealthy)
friend's wife. The rod would not slide under normal use, you had to remove
the drawer and tap the back to release the lock.
Dave
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Toller wrote:
> I saw a product called a Spin Box. You tap it, spin it, and tap it again to
> open it. Apparently a locking pin is moved out of position.
> http://www.heartwood.com/website/Products/Puzzleboxes/pz2371.htm
> It is pretty neat. Anyone know how to make one?
There were plans in an old American Woodworker. Maybe someone has the
issue and
can report back.