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Bookcase with a Secret

Project by wood_guy posted 286 days ago 1372 views 15 times favorited 21 comments Add to Favorites Watch

I just joined and this is my first posting. Sorry for the sub-standard pictures as I’m not much of a photographer it’s the best I could do. The is my entry in the Secret Compartment contest. It’s a rotating corner bookcase made from birch 3/4” plywood, trimmed in ash. Finish is shellac (my favorite.) The center case rotates on an industrial strength “lazy suzan” that I bought from McMaster Carr for less than $10. The upper is a simple pin/bushing assembly. To do it over, I would not have used plywood for the outer case. Even though 3/4 birch is stable, it sill bowed a little which meant for some last minute sanding. Also, putting the case on an unlevel floor is a real drag because it’s very heavy and took forever to shim so it would operate properly.

Comments appreciated, thanks for looking.

By the way, I really love this site. The 2×4 contest is my favorite.


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sry

137 posts in 487 days


posted 286 days ago

What, no special hinged book you have to pull to unlatch it??? :o)

Seriously though, that’s a really cool idea, and it looks like it blends in perfectly

-- Steve -- University Heights, Ohio

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scottb

3391 posts in 1206 days


posted 286 days ago

one of the best blending in “secret doors” I’ve seen. Great idea!

-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso -- http://blanchardcreative.etsy.com -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/

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BarryW

869 posts in 785 days


posted 286 days ago

That is a great secret door…and very well executed…quality craftsmanship.

-- /\/\/\ BarryW /\/\/\ Stay so busy you don't have time to die.

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coloradoclimber

441 posts in 947 days


posted 286 days ago

That is pretty cool. Looks like quite a bit of room behind and I would not have guessed to rotate it and look inside. I like Sry’s idea about the hinged book, just like the old mystery movies. It looks good.

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Derek Lyons

234 posts in 447 days


posted 286 days ago

A classic right out of the old movies, and well executed to boot!

What do you use to (un)lock it?

-- Derek, Bremerton WA --

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Scott Bryan

20080 posts in 701 days


posted 285 days ago

This is a really nice surprise. The bookcase looks good and the storage space behind it is great. Great job on the design and construction, not to mention your ingenuity at holding down the overall cost of the project.

Well done.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

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Dick, & Barb Cain

6991 posts in 1178 days


posted 285 days ago

A very unique way to hide your guns.

Well done.

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

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roman

1071 posts in 772 days


posted 285 days ago

Thats cool

Nice job,

-- http://www.furnituremann.ca/

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MsDebbieP

14096 posts in 1039 days


posted 285 days ago

yah, I thought it was going to have a special storage area IN it .. not behind it. You fooled me!
Well done.

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

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TNwoodchuck

14 posts in 654 days


posted 285 days ago

Great Idea – and well-done!

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Jason34

53 posts in 387 days


posted 285 days ago

Very impressive. I really like the rotating idea. I’m not sure that is a secret compartment though. It seems to be more of a space! ;-)
It makes me think of Clue-like murder mysteries or spy thrillers.

-- Jason - Colorado Springs

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SteveKorz

2030 posts in 593 days


posted 285 days ago

Very cool!! I love those secret spaces… very well executed.

-- As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17) †

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woodworm

7845 posts in 469 days


posted 285 days ago

Great job. Nicely built.

-- masrol, kuala lumpur, MY.

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Tom Landon

67 posts in 631 days


posted 285 days ago

Nice job and well thought out. Now don’t tell the kids.

-- Tom Landon, Lakeland, Fl. When you're through learning, you're through.

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Michael Brailsford

212 posts in 472 days


posted 284 days ago

very cool.

-- Michael A. Brailsford

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SCOTSMAN

2229 posts in 464 days


posted 284 days ago

very cool just the job to hide my wealth all seven pounds sixteen shillings and sixpence all in gold LOL Alistair

-- excuse my typing as I have a form of parkinsons disease

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RobS

1231 posts in 1185 days


posted 284 days ago

Cool! Very cloak and dagger. Now all you have to do is make a secret passage way behind it…

-- Rob (A) Waxahachie,TX

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Dusty56

3402 posts in 567 days


posted 283 days ago

Excellent job : )

-- You know you're getting old when you know the difference between you're (you are) and your (belonging to you) AND how to use them in a sentence .

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Rob W

53 posts in 415 days


posted 282 days ago

Very cool

-- Rob — I've cut it off twice and it's still too short!

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Hersh328

39 posts in 302 days


posted 281 days ago

Excellent work, I will be putting this on my short list of projects to build.

-- Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur

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mtnwild

1979 posts in 406 days


posted 279 days ago

Missed this, VERY COOL! Great idea, and good work on that. That has to hold a lot of weight, with the books and hardware.

-- mtnwild (Jack), It's not what you see, it's how you see it.

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