I need a way to catch the back wall of a cabinet for a secret compartment.
Any ideas?

On Sun, 03 Jul 2005 19:01:44 GMT, "ommadawn"
wrote:

I need a way to catch the back wall of a cabinet for a secret compartment.
Any ideas?

Well, yeah, but now we'll all know...

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LRod

Master Woodbutcher and seasoned termite

Shamelessly whoring my website since 1999

http://www.woodbutcher.net

Proud participant of rec.woodworking since February, 1997

Make a wooden latch that uses gravity. Will that work?

Cheers
Bill D
New Zealand

"ommadawn" wrote in message
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I need a way to catch the back wall of a cabinet for a secret compartment.
Any ideas?

I read about someone making an invisible lock/latch using a nail and a
magnet - have the nail sunk through a piece of small stock inside the
compartment which can pivot and the nail end can fall into a hole.
When you move a magnet up past the nail on the outside of the
compartment, the nail lifts out of the hole and releases the latch.
Did that make sense? Sorry - it sounds confusing, and it may be more
complex than you need, but it's really not a difficult concept and I
think it would be fun to try. (This idea came from a book by Kary
Mullis, inventer of the Polymerase Chain Reaction, if there are any
other woodworking molecular biologists out there...)
Andy

I'd tell you but it's a secret.

"ommadawn" wrote in message
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I need a way to catch the back wall of a cabinet for a secret compartment.
Any ideas?

"ommadawn" wrote in message news:sCWxe.15555
I need a way to catch the back wall of a cabinet for a secret compartment.
Any ideas?

A magnetic touch latch.
http://www.leevalley.com/hardware/pa...399,41403&ap=1

A magnetically operated lock. Some people use them as child safety locks.
http://www.leevalley.com/hardware/pa...399,41403&ap=1

On Mon, 4 Jul 2005 10:37:26 +1200, "Bill D"
wrote:

Make a wooden latch that uses gravity. Will that work?

It might in NZed but then it wouldn't work in the U.S...



--
LRod

Master Woodbutcher and seasoned termite

Shamelessly whoring my website since 1999

http://www.woodbutcher.net

Proud participant of rec.woodworking since February, 1997

ommadawn wrote:

I need a way to catch the back wall of a cabinet for a secret compartment.
Any ideas?

Have I got a deal for you!

http://home.comcast.net/~charliebcz/.../ChasCab2.html

charlie b

ps - the LV cylindrical rare earth magnets just
barely work through 3/4" ply. Must be all that
glue in Batlic Birch

Sorry Rod, I forgot that you poor buggers are upside-down and think that
gravity sucks. Not much you can do about it I guess.

Cheers
Bill D
NZ
"LRod" wrote in message
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On Mon, 4 Jul 2005 10:37:26 +1200, "Bill D"
wrote:

Make a wooden latch that uses gravity. Will that work?

It might in NZed but then it wouldn't work in the U.S...



--
LRod

Master Woodbutcher and seasoned termite

Shamelessly whoring my website since 1999

http://www.woodbutcher.net

Proud participant of rec.woodworking since February, 1997

You can use some rare-earth magnets and some steel to make a latch.
The steel gets inlayed into one side and the magnets into the other.
They are surprisingly strong. I use this set up for a lot of box
latches.

On Mon, 04 Jul 2005 10:52:47 -0700, charlie b
wrote:

ommadawn wrote:

I need a way to catch the back wall of a cabinet for a secret compartment.
Any ideas?

Have I got a deal for you!

http://home.comcast.net/~charliebcz/.../ChasCab2.html

charlie b

ps - the LV cylindrical rare earth magnets just
barely work through 3/4" ply. Must be all that
glue in Batlic Birch