The need for a simple and reliable home hiding place is obvious.
It's easy to make a false bottom in a desk drawer yourself. This is a very effective hiding place.
It has undeniable advantages:
- extremely simple device: no other locks are needed;
- easy volume adjustment: you can vary the volume of the compartment according to your needs, or remove it completely;
- the cache is easy to make without changing the details furniture.
Materials and tools
To build a hiding place in a desk drawer we will need:
- drill with a diameter of 3 mm;
- hand or electric drill;
- wood glue;
- 80 grit sandpaper;
- steel bar, diameter 3 mm;
- roulette;
- four similar-sized objects, preferably about an inch (2.5 cm) high; they will be used to support the false bottom, and the shorter they are, the less visible the secret compartment will be;
- This one uses four identical corks, but you can use anything: Lego bricks, bottle caps, erasers, it doesn't matter, but they have to be the same.
- hacksaw for metal;
- 1/4 inch (6 mm) plywood;
- old T-shirt (optional).
Making a double bottom
First you need to take the internal dimensions of your drawer. At your local hardware store you need to find a sheet of 6mm plywood that looks like the bottom of a box. It is advisable to ask the store employee to cut a piece of plywood to fit your box.
You need to check the piece of plywood you buy to make sure its length and width are correct. If it's tight but can still be removed again without too much effort, ignore the next few points. If not, read on!
If the piece doesn't fit, that's okay, it just needs a little more work.
Use sandpaper to remove about 0.8mm from the length and width of the plywood sheet. If it still doesn't fit, repeat this step until the plywood fits snugly.
Stops for the second bottom
Prepare your four identical objects (bottle caps) that you use as supports.
It is desirable that they be less than 2.5 cm in height. A box with a depth of 25 cm, reduced by 2.5 cm, is less suspicious than a 25 cm deep box with a depth of 20 cm. Next, you need to glue four supports (plugs) into the corners of the box.
Opening device
Turn the box over with the handle facing away from you and drill a 3 mm hole in the main bottom, approximately halfway between the two supports, 1-2 cm from the side wall.
Turn it back over and check the position of the hole, it should be below the false bottom. Cut a 15cm piece from your metal rod.
Bend it at a 90 degree angle about an inch from the end, making a sort of pick hook.
How to open a secret compartment
Remove the drawer from the table. Turn it with the hole facing you.
Insert the straight end of the pick into the drilled hole and press.
This will lift one side of the false bottom. Use the hook to pull the raised edge further until you can easily grab the false bottom and pull it out.
Fill the secret compartment or remove what you need and put the false bottom back in place.
To increase noiselessness, you can place fabric on the bottom of the box.
To do this, you can cut out and fold an old T-shirt onto the bottom.
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