| Project by woodrookieII | posted 338 days ago | 1283 views | 0 times favorited | 7 comments |  |
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This one’s for me.
It’s a 10 gun cabinet, maple (some tiger), very very very light cherry stain, multiple coats of tung-oil. It’s a 2 piece unit with the upper cabinet portion bolting (hidden) to the lower cabinet. Back is maple panel, everything else is solid maple. Knobs are porcelain from NRA.
Both doors lock, 2 of the 4 drawers lock (all keyed the same, I had to disassemble the tumblers and file/rearrange the pins to use the same key). Coated steel cable runs through trigger guards/levers and is bolted/locked to the base for a bit more security. Mirrored plexiglass was used at Mrs. WoodrookieII’s request. Door frames are mortised. Drawer fronts attached to drawer sides properly but did not use a router bit, all dadoes were cut on the table saw.
Fun project, but it’s full already!!!
.....rookieII
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helluvawreck
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#1 posted 338 days ago
Congratulations on this gun cabinet. It’s really nice and has plenty of room.
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jaykaypur
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#2 posted 338 days ago
Nice job on this. Now build another one! LOL
One can never have too many guns.
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Knothead62
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#3 posted 338 days ago
Again, not secure.
-- Regret- the feeling you get just after you do something really stupid.
ssnvet
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#4 posted 337 days ago
Looks very nice…. joinery looks tight and professional.
As for being secure…. for all we know, the room or house it resides in is built like Fort Knox :^)
-- Matt, Pine is fine, but Oak's no joke!
Knothead62
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#5 posted 337 days ago
ssnvet, probably not! I read where a professional burglar worked for a security alarm company to learn how to disarm them. I just don’t want anyone to go through what I experienced- the loss of twelve guns in March, 1970. Three were my grandfather’s and were irreplaceable. The others belonged to my father and I. Two of those were new and never fired! As a hunter education instructor, I emphasize this to all my classes. This is part of the student manual for the class. A heavy locker or safe is the only way to secure firearms.
Count up what your guns are worth and check with your insurance agent how much you would get for them. First, you would have to verify that you had the guns. Take pictures and let your agent keep them in your file. We had to sue the insurance company to get the claim which wouldn’t come close to replacing the guns we lost. My grandfather’s were no longer in production so the problem would be finding guns like them. I will say that the cabinets on the forum are outstanding but I will hold to my position of proper security.
-- Regret- the feeling you get just after you do something really stupid.
woodrookieII
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#6 posted 337 days ago
Knothead62, while I can’t completely empathize, i appreciate your concern.
However, don’t hijack my project thread.
Please start your own thread in the Non-shop Talk forum.
Thanks.
....rookieII
Knothead62
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#7 posted 336 days ago
No problem, woodrookieII. Thanks for the reminder.
-- Regret- the feeling you get just after you do something really stupid.
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