On Mon, 4 Jul 2005 10:37:26 +1200, "Bill D" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>Make a wooden latch that uses gravity. Will that work?
It might in NZed but then it wouldn't work in the U.S...
--
LRod
Master Woodbutcher and seasoned termite
Shamelessly whoring my website since 1999
http://www.woodbutcher.net
Proud participant of rec.woodworking since February, 1997
I read about someone making an invisible lock/latch using a nail and a
magnet - have the nail sunk through a piece of small stock inside the
compartment which can pivot and the nail end can fall into a hole.
When you move a magnet up past the nail on the outside of the
compartment, the nail lifts out of the hole and releases the latch.
Did that make sense? Sorry - it sounds confusing, and it may be more
complex than you need, but it's really not a difficult concept and I
think it would be fun to try. (This idea came from a book by Kary
Mullis, inventer of the Polymerase Chain Reaction, if there are any
other woodworking molecular biologists out there...)
Andy
ommadawn wrote:
>
> I need a way to catch the back wall of a cabinet for a secret compartment.
> Any ideas?
Have I got a deal for you!
http://home.comcast.net/~charliebcz/ChasCab/ChasCab2.html
charlie b
ps - the LV cylindrical rare earth magnets just
barely work through 3/4" ply. Must be all that
glue in Batlic Birch
Make a wooden latch that uses gravity. Will that work?
Cheers
Bill D
New Zealand
"ommadawn" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>I need a way to catch the back wall of a cabinet for a secret compartment.
>Any ideas?
>
Sorry Rod, I forgot that you poor buggers are upside-down and think that
gravity sucks. Not much you can do about it I guess.
Cheers
Bill D
NZ
"LRod" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 4 Jul 2005 10:37:26 +1200, "Bill D" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>>Make a wooden latch that uses gravity. Will that work?
>
> It might in NZed but then it wouldn't work in the U.S...
>
>
>
> --
> LRod
>
> Master Woodbutcher and seasoned termite
>
> Shamelessly whoring my website since 1999
>
> http://www.woodbutcher.net
>
> Proud participant of rec.woodworking since February, 1997
On 3 Jul 2005 16:14:28 -0700, "Andy" <[email protected]> wrote:
>I read about someone making an invisible lock/latch using a nail and a
>magnet - have the nail sunk through a piece of small stock inside the
>compartment which can pivot and the nail end can fall into a hole.
>When you move a magnet up past the nail on the outside of the
>compartment, the nail lifts out of the hole and releases the latch.
>Did that make sense? Sorry - it sounds confusing, and it may be more
>complex than you need, but it's really not a difficult concept and I
>think it would be fun to try. (This idea came from a book by Kary
>Mullis, inventer of the Polymerase Chain Reaction, if there are any
>other woodworking molecular biologists out there...)
>Andy
Andy if you use the big rare earth magnets Lee Valley sells. You can move a
plate of steel through the wood let alone a nail. Nobody would ever figure it
out.
On Sun, 03 Jul 2005 19:01:44 GMT, "ommadawn"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>I need a way to catch the back wall of a cabinet for a secret compartment.
>Any ideas?
Well, yeah, but now we'll all know...
--
LRod
Master Woodbutcher and seasoned termite
Shamelessly whoring my website since 1999
http://www.woodbutcher.net
Proud participant of rec.woodworking since February, 1997
On Sun, 03 Jul 2005 19:01:44 GMT, "ommadawn" <[email protected]> wrote:
>I need a way to catch the back wall of a cabinet for a secret compartment.
>Any ideas?
>
Rare earth magnets
"ommadawn" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:sCWxe.15555
> I need a way to catch the back wall of a cabinet for a secret compartment.
> Any ideas?
A magnetic touch latch.
http://www.leevalley.com/hardware/page.aspx?c=1&p=40598&cat=3,41399,41403&ap=1
A magnetically operated lock. Some people use them as child safety locks.
http://www.leevalley.com/hardware/page.aspx?c=1&p=40353&cat=3,41399,41403&ap=1
I'd tell you but it's a secret.
"ommadawn" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I need a way to catch the back wall of a cabinet for a secret compartment.
> Any ideas?
>
>
You can use some rare-earth magnets and some steel to make a latch.
The steel gets inlayed into one side and the magnets into the other.
They are surprisingly strong. I use this set up for a lot of box
latches.
On Mon, 04 Jul 2005 10:52:47 -0700, charlie b <[email protected]>
wrote:
>ommadawn wrote:
>>
>> I need a way to catch the back wall of a cabinet for a secret compartment.
>> Any ideas?
>
>Have I got a deal for you!
>
>http://home.comcast.net/~charliebcz/ChasCab/ChasCab2.html
>
>charlie b
>
>ps - the LV cylindrical rare earth magnets just
>barely work through 3/4" ply. Must be all that
>glue in Batlic Birch