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- November 19 2007 : 11:50a
| Would be cool to stick a rare earth magnet in each of the 4 bottom corners around the top and bottom halves of the secret compartment.
That way, if someone picked it up, the bottom would stay attached and not reveal the compartment so easily. | |
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- November 19 2007 : 12:04p
| | that's alot of work- looks good. I wish i had those skills. | |
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- November 19 2007 : 1:52p
| | Looks like some nice stuff to me | |
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- November 19 2007 : 2:36p
| Awesome work Mark! | |
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- November 19 2007 : 5:25p
| I found some 3/8" round by 1/10" thick magnets at Rockler. I ordered the magnets, the magnet mounting cups and the matching washers (strike plate). This should work out great!
Thanks for the idea, Dev. | |
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- November 19 2007 : 6:33p
| Quote: Originally posted by Mark05KR
Quote: Originally posted by devnull
Would be cool to stick a rare earth magnet in each of the 4 bottom corners around the top and bottom halves of the secret compartment.
That way, if someone picked it up, the bottom would stay attached and not reveal the compartment so easily.
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I am trying to figure out exactly how to do that. I picked up some magnets at the local hardware store, but they are too big. There is only about 1/8" between the bottom of the main box and the 'floor' of the secret compartment. I am having a hard time trying to figure out how to make this work.
Got any ideas??
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I see that you found a solution at Rockler. I was going to suggest a small forstner bit to make a little pocket for the magnets you had already. | |
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- November 19 2007 : 6:47p
| | Very nice work, you have the skills I have and no tools to show for it. | |
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- November 19 2007 : 7:20p
| | I have no skills. Nice work my friend. | |
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- November 20 2007 : 9:42a
| | Beautiful, as is all of your work. | |
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- November 20 2007 : 3:08p
| | Once again, thank you all for your very kind comments. | |
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- November 20 2007 : 3:17p
| Quote: Originally posted by devnull
Quote: Originally posted by Mark05KR
Quote: Originally posted by devnull
Would be cool to stick a rare earth magnet in each of the 4 bottom corners around the top and bottom halves of the secret compartment.
That way, if someone picked it up, the bottom would stay attached and not reveal the compartment so easily.
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I am trying to figure out exactly how to do that. I picked up some magnets at the local hardware store, but they are too big. There is only about 1/8" between the bottom of the main box and the 'floor' of the secret compartment. I am having a hard time trying to figure out how to make this work.
Got any ideas??
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I see that you found a solution at Rockler. I was going to suggest a small forstner bit to make a little pocket for the magnets you had already.
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The magnets I got locally are small rectangular pieces. It was all I could find and they are not well suited to the task. They are also not very strong and have close to zero holding power at the ends. Oh well, 2 bucks wasted, I guess.
I may still need to make a pocket to fit the magnet into. Not sure what the total thickness of magnet + magnet cup + washer will be. There is only 1/8" to work with.
With out actually seeing and measuring the magnets and washers, my thought was to drill a shallow indent into the underside of the box with a forstner bit and then mount the washer to the floor of secret compartment. It will probably be a little clunky looking since the diameter of the magnet cup will be more than the thickness of the wood it is mounted too. | |
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- November 20 2007 : 3:56p
| Rectangular? Good excuse to buy a nice mortising machine :)
Check some of the online alarm supply places, they have a good selection of rare earth magnets in all different sizes, often with a countersunk hole in the middle for a small mounting screw.
Somewhere in the remnants of the stock I *still* have left over from my store, I have some of these about 1/4" diameter that would probably work well in your application. If I had any idea where they were, I'd send 'em to you. | |
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