I posted these end tables here awhile ago.
The carcasses turned out pretty well but I was never happy with the drawers. I implemented them as the world's worst piston fit drawers, they had like a quarter inch of slop so they were less drawers and more boxes that fit in a hole.
I had some time on my docket so I remade the drawers, converted them to side hung, fitted them better to the space provided, and lengthened them. I had just enough poplar to make an additional drawer back, so I implemented @Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 's suggestion and added a secret compartment. I haven't made the stops yet so it will just pull right on out but I've made a piece of furniture with a secret compartment in it. Now I need something cool to put in it. Maybe a smallish bottle of scotch and a pair of glencairns?
10 Comments
terribletortoise@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 1y
Use it to hide a spare TV remote!
Trollception@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y
Lol then 6 months later you forget you added the secret compartment and now you lost both remotes!
Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de · 5 pts · 1y
Nice!
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 1y
It's a bucket list thing. I've wanted to build a piece of furniture with a hidden compartment since I was a kid.
mpg@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
How will the stops for the secret compartment work? Where will you access them to open it?
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 1y
I've got these little swivels that are designed to hold glass in a cabinet door. They need a little bit of reshaping but then i'll just attach them to the side rails under the drawer so you reach underneath and swivel them backwards. It won't be a hard latch; if you pulled hard enough they'll swing back and let the drawer come out, but I figure that will prevent breakage.
mpg@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Nice! Thanks for explaining the plan.
Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de · 3 pts · 1y
As did I, my nightstands are close, but not secret enough.
Fizz@lemmy.nz · 2 pts · 1y
Put a knife in there.
prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 1y