| Project by Douglas Krueger | posted 318 days ago | 1149 views | 8 times favorited | 16 comments |  |
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This was designed and built as a gift for our eldest daughter and is based upon the roof design of the Buddhist Wats (churches) here in Thailand. It is composed of rosewood with Thai padoo for the hinges and drawer components. There are 2 secrets built into it:
The first is accessed by pressing on a very small sweet spot at the very top of the triangular piece. Pushing any where else will do nothing. The door pivots on the upper dowel while the lower set of dummy dowels is there to fool the unaware.
Once the door is opened, a long tray slides out and can be removed.
With the tray removed you can now access the wooden slide mechanism which releases a hidden compartment in the drawer below. A slight indentation was made in the slide to give a finger hold in order to slide the piece left and right.
This is the drawer in it’s ‘normal’ opened position.
With the slide pushed to the left, the drawer will now open farther to access the rear compartment.
Here are a couple more pics of the finished product
An this was the inspiration for the basic design
For those interested, here is the link to a 4 part blog detailing the build.
http://lumberjocks.com/jocks/diggrduggr/blog/6971
Thanks for looking and hope you enjoyed….................
-- I can so I wood but why are my learning curves always circles
16 comments so far
DaddyT
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posted 318 days ago
HOLY COW!!!! That is just AWSOME!! Ive seen alot of jewelry boxes on here and in shops, but this one is by far my favorite. Really great job!! Love the hidden compartments. Can you share how you made the hinges?
-- Jimi _ Measure twice, cut once.......@#%#$@!!!......measure twice, cut....
lew
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posted 318 days ago
Doug,
Your daughter must be really proud of her dad.
Beautiful Job!
scottb
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posted 318 days ago
Freaking brilliant.
Thanks for passing on those secret ideas!
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mtnwild
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posted 318 days ago
Great project! You really did a fantastic job. Really cool elements involved through out. Looks great! Congratulations on a terrific project!
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isetegija
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posted 318 days ago
W O W !
Really unique jewelry box.
Thanks for an enjoyable experience.
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CharlieM1958
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posted 318 days ago
That’s a real marvel of engineering!
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woodworm
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Wow! what a marvellous creation..
-- masrol, kuala lumpur, MY.
3fingerpat
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posted 318 days ago
Awesome project, great design and implementation. Definitely reflects the designs of the buildings I remember on my trips there. Well done!
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SnowyRiver
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posted 318 days ago
Beautiful box. It looks like quite a project. Excellent job.
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MsDebbieP
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posted 318 days ago
incredible and the inspiration behind it definitely was captured!
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Andraxia
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posted 318 days ago
That is really nice. I like the secret compartment, but what I really like is those hinges – going to have to try making some some day.
Your daughter is very lucky.
-- The wood slayer - Yes dear I did plan to make more kindling out of that wood I have been drying for the last year - honest!
jSchrock
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posted 316 days ago
awesome piece
TonyWard
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posted 314 days ago
An inspiration !
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Andy
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posted 313 days ago
You put alot of thought in this design and then put it all together perfectly.Stunning!
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mcoyfrog
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posted 185 days ago
mann thats intense, very nice
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a1Jim
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posted 185 days ago
This has to be the winner for most unique and could be an award wining build
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