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This is the cryptex from the Da Vinci Code. If you haven’t read it/seen the movie, it’s basically a puzzle vault/box. In order to open it you must solve the riddle and spell out the answer correctly. I got the pattern from a magazine called scrollsawer which I found at a local library. The riddle and Buddha on the ends were done on a laser engraver. I had intended the letters be done on the laser engraver too but that didn’t work out so I had to wood burn them last minute.
I used: walnut, oak, and cherry. The dowels are also walnut
-- Jess
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Jimi_C
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#1 posted 1293 days ago
Very neat, but you’re giving away the answer ;)
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reddinosaur
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#2 posted 1293 days ago
lol won’t be hiding anything good in there now =p
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TopamaxSurvivor
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#3 posted 1293 days ago
Welcome to LJ!! nice project. i gotta make a couple of those for my grandkids:-)0
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scottb
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#4 posted 1293 days ago
I bought that issue just for this puzzle. (not that I’ve done anything about it yet.) Nicely done!
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a1Jim
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#5 posted 1293 days ago
Interesting idea
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fotomaker57
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#6 posted 1293 days ago
Which issue was this in?
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RKW
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#7 posted 1292 days ago
Thats really cool, I love Dan Brown’s books. You did a great job.
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#8 posted 1292 days ago
Incredibly cool. I have always wanted to try something like this.
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reddinosaur
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#9 posted 1292 days ago
Here’s a link to the issue but the plans aren’t available online (issue 27)
http://www.foxchapelpublishing.com/p-865-scroll-saw-woodworking-crafts-issue-27-summer-2007.aspx
A little hint if you really will make it, the rings need a rabbet on it done on the router. The plans say to use something like a grip pad but if you do then you can’t see the bit as you’re working. I’ve read some forums about it and some people turned the rings on the lathe and others made the rabbet on a drill press before cutting out the rings.
Hope this helps!
-- Jess
reddinosaur
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#10 posted 1292 days ago
One last thing- the inner “vault” is pretty small so if I were to do this again I would make everything wider. The plans say you can buy hollow dowels but I just made one on a lathe and drilled through. Also the vault’s door looks kind of dumb compared to the rest of the project. I’m not sure if maybe you can add tiny tiny hinges but i think that would look much better
-- Jess
RexMcKinnon
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#11 posted 1292 days ago
very cool
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Tony Ennis
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#12 posted 1291 days ago
How fun!
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NormG
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#13 posted 1171 days ago
Great work. I may need to see if I have the patience to try this one.
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#14 posted 1171 days ago
Skipping ahead … the answer is …. N-i-c-e P-r-o-j-e-c-t
:-)
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DaveLeHardt
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#15 posted 1167 days ago
That is way cool. I saw it when I opened the LJ page and knew what it was. Outstanding!
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