Someone at an electronics "car boot" sale yesterday was giving away
large computer software manuals. I suggested that if he had access to a
mortiser, set the depth stop, open the books a few pages in and hollow
out the core of the books.
For hiding valuyables in, but would a mortiser do the job without tearing?

N_Cook wrote:
Someone at an electronics "car boot" sale yesterday was giving away
large computer software manuals. I suggested that if he had access to a
mortiser, set the depth stop, open the books a few pages in and hollow
out the core of the books.
For hiding valuables in, but would a mortiser do the job without tearing?
Highly unlikely as the rotary part of the bit would touch the paper
first and rip it, before the stationary chisel would cut through.

Find someone with a desktop laser cutter - should be a straightforward
job for them doing 10s of pages at a time.

In article ,
Bob Minchin writes:
N_Cook wrote:
Someone at an electronics "car boot" sale yesterday was giving away
large computer software manuals. I suggested that if he had access to a
mortiser, set the depth stop, open the books a few pages in and hollow
out the core of the books.
For hiding valuables in, but would a mortiser do the job without tearing?
Highly unlikely as the rotary part of the bit would touch the paper
first and rip it, before the stationary chisel would cut through.

It might just work if you clamped the pages very tightly between two
wide pieces of wood, so the whole lot behaved more like one solid
piece of timber. You might be able to do it with a router too.

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Andrew Gabriel
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On 02/09/2013 17:28, Andrew Gabriel wrote:
In article ,
Bob Minchin writes:
N_Cook wrote:
Someone at an electronics "car boot" sale yesterday was giving away
large computer software manuals. I suggested that if he had access to a
mortiser, set the depth stop, open the books a few pages in and hollow
out the core of the books.
For hiding valuables in, but would a mortiser do the job without tearing?
Highly unlikely as the rotary part of the bit would touch the paper
first and rip it, before the stationary chisel would cut through.

It might just work if you clamped the pages very tightly between two
wide pieces of wood, so the whole lot behaved more like one solid
piece of timber. You might be able to do it with a router too.

You can machine paper if its well clamped:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFwjbPHKFfg



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Cheers,

John.

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Those hidden-compartment books usually have a few intact pages at the front
and then the rest (with the cut-out) glued together into a block. It would
be time-consuming to do, but it should make the cutting easier.

On Tuesday, September 3, 2013 1:05:29 AM UTC+12, N_Cook wrote:
Someone at an electronics "car boot" sale yesterday was giving away

large computer software manuals. I suggested that if he had access to a

mortiser, set the depth stop, open the books a few pages in and hollow

out the core of the books.

For hiding valuyables in, but would a mortiser do the job without tearing?

Use a biscuit cutter to cut through 20mm at a time.