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A Place for my Lock Collection

Project by GaryK posted 222 days ago 907 views 0 times favorited 16 comments Add to Favorites Watch

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:

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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

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woodworm

7845 posts in 469 days


posted 222 days ago

Very nice idea.
A lock is for safe keeping, a collections of locks have be be safely kept.

-- masrol, kuala lumpur, MY.

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degoose

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posted 222 days ago

Most excellent work
Larry

-- Drink once, cut twice. New website up.... lazylarrywoodworks.com.au

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spanky46

735 posts in 269 days


posted 221 days ago

Very special Gary! When I grow up I want to be just like you!

-- spanky46 -- Never enough clamps...Never enough tools...Never enough time.

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John Gray

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posted 221 days ago

COOL project and locks.

-- Only the Shadow knows....................

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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"

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Cory

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posted 221 days ago

Charlie stole my Thunder!

-- Premium firewood created daily.

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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.

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Loucarb

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posted 221 days ago

Very nice.

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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

-- A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner

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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.

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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

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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.

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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

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Karson

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posted 221 days ago

Very nice gary. Great collection.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

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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.

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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

-- Dave Haynes, Indiana, http://www.oldaveswoodshop.com

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