X-JaVeN-X
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Hey guys...I mentioned building a "hidden" gun case a long time ago here and finally have gotten around to working on it. I'm kind of wanting to get some ideas on a good way to lock this thing (and to show you guys what has been done so far of course...hehe).
Anyway, the idea was to have a functional DVD/Video game case on the front that acted as double swinging doors and behind them would be an 8 rifle gun cabinet. The bottom section is double doors to hold ammo and what not. This is a simple cabinet/cam style lock, but what I'm trying to figure out is how to integrate a lock on the dvd shelf area to keep them closed. Now, this is not a "safe" obviously. I just want something that will keep it locked from the kids. The pictures below are of the cabinet currently...It isn't finished. There are no doors on the bottom, and the center where the cabinets meet will have a piece mounted on one side so that when it's closed, you won't see a seem and it'll just look like a spine divider going down between the shelves. The top also hasn't been done. It will have some sort of crown on the top that will come out a little further than the shelves, to help disguise that the shelves are actually doors. The shelves will have a little lip on the front to keep the dvds/games from falling out when the doors are opened. Anyway, you can get an idea from the pics of where I'm going with it. Help me devise a lock/latch system to keep the "doors" closed and without having an obvious lock on the front of it.
Before any doors installed:
Current progress:
It will be stained probably a golden shade to be determined later lol. Get creative here. The only thing I can think of is maybe routing out a little bit of space on the inside of the left door and placing a plate over that with a hole in it to accept the cam arm...sort of like what's on the inside of a typical door jam, but leave a think space between the wood and plate for the cam arm to swing into. The lock would obviously then be on the inside of the right shelf (might have to take a couple dvds out to access it, but it would be hidden for the most part. Give me a better idea than this!
Anyway, the idea was to have a functional DVD/Video game case on the front that acted as double swinging doors and behind them would be an 8 rifle gun cabinet. The bottom section is double doors to hold ammo and what not. This is a simple cabinet/cam style lock, but what I'm trying to figure out is how to integrate a lock on the dvd shelf area to keep them closed. Now, this is not a "safe" obviously. I just want something that will keep it locked from the kids. The pictures below are of the cabinet currently...It isn't finished. There are no doors on the bottom, and the center where the cabinets meet will have a piece mounted on one side so that when it's closed, you won't see a seem and it'll just look like a spine divider going down between the shelves. The top also hasn't been done. It will have some sort of crown on the top that will come out a little further than the shelves, to help disguise that the shelves are actually doors. The shelves will have a little lip on the front to keep the dvds/games from falling out when the doors are opened. Anyway, you can get an idea from the pics of where I'm going with it. Help me devise a lock/latch system to keep the "doors" closed and without having an obvious lock on the front of it.
Before any doors installed:
Current progress:
It will be stained probably a golden shade to be determined later lol. Get creative here. The only thing I can think of is maybe routing out a little bit of space on the inside of the left door and placing a plate over that with a hole in it to accept the cam arm...sort of like what's on the inside of a typical door jam, but leave a think space between the wood and plate for the cam arm to swing into. The lock would obviously then be on the inside of the right shelf (might have to take a couple dvds out to access it, but it would be hidden for the most part. Give me a better idea than this!