Comments on: Reader Project: Secret Doors, Part II http://toolmonger.com/2009/03/04/reader-project-secret-doors-part-ii/ All tools. All the time. Your source for news, information, and reviews of hand tools, power tools, and tools of all kinds. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:21:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: beano_t http://toolmonger.com/2009/03/04/reader-project-secret-doors-part-ii/#comment-832576 beano_t Fri, 06 Mar 2009 22:06:43 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/?p=20988#comment-832576 cardbross: actually I left room to add a 1/4 in piece of trim to shelves thinking that i might need a lip to catch things but the reality is this thing opens more like a bank vault than a screen door. the result is that it does not move fast enough to send things flying. My better half has books and various items on it now and nothing has moved yet. cardbross:

actually I left room to add a 1/4 in piece of trim to shelves thinking that i might need a lip to catch things but the reality is this thing opens more like a bank vault than a screen door. the result is that it does not move fast enough to send things flying. My better half has books and various items on it now and nothing has moved yet.

]]> By: cardbross http://toolmonger.com/2009/03/04/reader-project-secret-doors-part-ii/#comment-832528 cardbross Fri, 06 Mar 2009 21:11:43 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/?p=20988#comment-832528 I'm curious, since it seems to be a bookshelf, are the shelves angled or adjusted to prevent books from falling off when the door is opened/closed? I’m curious, since it seems to be a bookshelf, are the shelves angled or adjusted to prevent books from falling off when the door is opened/closed?

]]> By: beano_t http://toolmonger.com/2009/03/04/reader-project-secret-doors-part-ii/#comment-830786 beano_t Thu, 05 Mar 2009 16:57:04 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/?p=20988#comment-830786 Check out this site i found for "hidden door" hinges: http://www.hardwaresource.com/ or http://www.hardwaresource.com/Store_ViewCatLevel3.asp?Cat=599&OrderID= Check out this site i found for “hidden door” hinges:

http://www.hardwaresource.com/

or

http://www.hardwaresource.com/Store_ViewCatLevel3.asp?Cat=599&OrderID=

]]> By: PeterP http://toolmonger.com/2009/03/04/reader-project-secret-doors-part-ii/#comment-830742 PeterP Thu, 05 Mar 2009 16:27:01 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/?p=20988#comment-830742 I'm curious what hinges you originally intended to use? I’m curious what hinges you originally intended to use?

]]> By: paganwonder http://toolmonger.com/2009/03/04/reader-project-secret-doors-part-ii/#comment-830737 paganwonder Thu, 05 Mar 2009 16:23:01 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/?p=20988#comment-830737 Very Cool! Very Cool!

]]> By: beano_t http://toolmonger.com/2009/03/04/reader-project-secret-doors-part-ii/#comment-830660 beano_t Thu, 05 Mar 2009 15:31:56 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/?p=20988#comment-830660 Thanks! I have been half-joking that it is our new safe room. That magnetic latch idea and other details came from your ideas/comments the first time around, so thanks everyone. Thanks!

I have been half-joking that it is our new safe room.

That magnetic latch idea and other details came from your ideas/comments the first time around, so thanks everyone.

]]> By: Dexm http://toolmonger.com/2009/03/04/reader-project-secret-doors-part-ii/#comment-830088 Dexm Thu, 05 Mar 2009 08:14:44 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/?p=20988#comment-830088 Great! I really liked this project from the beginning! Great! I really liked this project from the beginning!

]]> By: Fabian http://toolmonger.com/2009/03/04/reader-project-secret-doors-part-ii/#comment-829865 Fabian Thu, 05 Mar 2009 05:07:07 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/?p=20988#comment-829865 Nice, you should build a safe room inside this space. F. Nice, you should build a safe room inside this space.

F.

]]> By: Old Coot http://toolmonger.com/2009/03/04/reader-project-secret-doors-part-ii/#comment-829392 Old Coot Wed, 04 Mar 2009 19:36:47 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/?p=20988#comment-829392 My compliments! My compliments!

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