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I needed someplace to put my lock collection and I made the Slant Top Desk/Secretary years ago with the idea of using the top for just that purpose.
Here’s the first project I posted on Lunberjocks:
In fact if you look at the at the above project you can see some locks sitting on the second shelf.
I just took a piece of Peruvian walnut, added a couple of pieces on the back to hold it at the proper angle.
Then just a lot of laying out and drilling holed.
These are all High Security locks. Each has a different type of key. None is your standard front door key.
The panels can be removed so that I can add locks as I acquire them. The top shelf is just waiting for the bottom two to get full.
-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.



































16 comments so far
woodworm
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posted 222 days ago
Very nice idea.
A lock is for safe keeping, a collections of locks have be be safely kept.
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degoose
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posted 222 days ago
Most excellent work
Larry
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spanky46
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posted 221 days ago
Very special Gary! When I grow up I want to be just like you!
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John Gray
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posted 221 days ago
COOL project and locks.
-- Only the Shadow knows....................
CharlieM1958
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posted 221 days ago
So…. do the handcuffs get a lot of use around the house? :-)
-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"
Cory
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posted 221 days ago
Charlie stole my Thunder!
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PurpLev
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posted 221 days ago
those are some nice locks.
-- When in doubt - There is no doubt - Go the safer route.
Loucarb
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posted 221 days ago
Very nice.
Bob #2
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posted 221 days ago
Nice idea . What’s up with this eclectic hobby?
I would never have thought of it.
Bob
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Mike
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posted 221 days ago
My boss would pay you for locks. Being a locksmith myself and somewhat of a collector also I likes.
-- Measure once cut twice....oh wait....ooops.
oldskoolmodder
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posted 221 days ago
Kudos to Charlie for saying what was thought by more than admit. I am in the group that never thought about people collecting locks.
-- Respect your shop tools and they will respect you - Ric
GaryK
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posted 221 days ago
Charlie – Only with uninvited guests.
I was a locksmith for a very short time.
Mike – I’m sure there’s something there you have never seem before.
Do you have anything you think I might be interested in?
-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.
Woodhacker
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posted 221 days ago
Nice Gary. Say is that sailboat on the top of picture #6 one that you made?
-- Martin, Kansas
Karson
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posted 221 days ago
Very nice gary. Great collection.
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GaryK
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posted 220 days ago
Woodhacker – Yes, that a model of the USS Constitution I made.
-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.
adeptr
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posted 216 days ago
I don’t know about locks as a collection but I have a collection that I am working on that consists of old brass garden hose spray nozzles. I want to build something to display them but what you have done here is far too awesome for me to even think about using for by brass nozzles. Excellent job, Gary!!
Dave
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