They can't steal it if they can't find it - the coolest safe in the world

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - They can't steal it if they can't find it - the coolest safe in the world (Page 1 of 3)

Posted: 10/17/2012 5:41:11 AM EDT

Long time lurker, first time poster here.
I'm based in NH, and have designed and built what could arguably be the coolest gun safe in the world.
I wanted to share it here and get some feedback. This post is not a for sale post, so please do not respond in this thread with questions about that - just looking for overall feedback.
If responses are high, I will get a dealer membership and post it in the EE section.
Thanks :)
Matthew

Gun safes are ugly.
Gun safes advertise the fact that you have guns.
All safes can be cracked.
In the 18th century, high end furniture often contained secret compartments with the concept of: if they can't find it, they can't steal it.
Thus, I have designed and built what is possibly the coolest safe in the world.

I welcome your feedback.

http://i2.ytimg.com/vi/1pYqquG27pg/mqdefault.jpg

Yay! Nightstands are done:

Posted: 10/17/2012 5:55:33 AM EDT

[#1]

tag for home viewing

Posted: 10/17/2012 6:27:16 AM EDT

[#2]

epic

Posted: 10/17/2012 6:28:29 AM EDT

[#3]

Damnit. DoubleTap.

Posted: 10/17/2012 6:37:42 AM EDT

[#4]

Holy Crap! I am so jealous! Your craftsmanship is great. I really only thought you were going to pull one compartment out.

Posted: 10/17/2012 6:39:00 AM EDT

[#5]

That is fantastic.

Posted: 10/17/2012 7:23:33 AM EDT

[#6]

Nice hiding places sir. Well crafted.

Posted: 10/17/2012 7:36:09 AM EDT

[#7]

Quoted:

Nice hiding places sir. Well crafted.

Posted: 10/17/2012 7:45:11 AM EDT

[#8]

Bad ass.

Posted: 10/17/2012 7:48:01 AM EDT

[#9]

That is great, very nice work! Now if you can just make a fireproof version!!

Posted: 10/17/2012 7:51:51 AM EDT

[#10]

Very impressive! Beats the "hide them in random places" approach.

Posted: 10/17/2012 7:52:16 AM EDT

[#11]

Very cool.

Posted: 10/17/2012 7:59:15 AM EDT

[#12]

Quoted:
That is great, very nice work! Now if you can just make a fireproof version!!

Yes it is extremely nice but... what he said

Posted: 10/17/2012 9:09:23 AM EDT

[#13]

While the work you did looks great, your post equals advertising.

If you wish to advertise here, you should contact [email protected] for more info.

In the mean time please don't post any links/info that could be viewed as advertising.

Posted: 10/17/2012 9:16:34 AM EDT

[#14]

Quoted:
While the work you did looks great, your post equals advertising.

If you wish to advertise here, you should contact [email protected] for more info.

In the mean time please don't post any links/info that could be viewed as advertising.

Really? I think he's just showing us a deal he made. Maybe not.

needs a better pic OP

Posted: 10/17/2012 9:18:29 AM EDT

[#15]

Nice looking storage, very well crafted. It's not a safe though. Security through obscurity is not security at all.

Posted: 10/17/2012 9:34:23 AM EDT

[#16]

Quoted:

Quoted:

While the work you did looks great, your post equals advertising.

If you wish to advertise here, you should contact [email protected] for more info.

In the mean time please don't post any links/info that could be viewed as advertising.

Really? I think he's just showing us a deal he made. Maybe not.

needs a better pic OP

The link I edited out was the issue.

Posted: 10/17/2012 9:38:51 AM EDT

[#17]

Quoted:
Gun safes are ugly.
Gun safes advertise the fact that you have guns.
All safes can be cracked.
In the 18th century, high end furniture often contained secret compartments with the concept of: if they can't find it, they can't steal it.
Thus, I have designed and built what is possibly the coolest safe in the world.

I welcome your feedback.

http://i2.ytimg.com/vi/1pYqquG27pg/mqdefault.jpg

I always liked the "hidden in plain sight" strategy.

You'd be suprised how well it works.

Posted: 10/17/2012 10:34:04 AM EDT

[#18]

OP, can I get a PM with the link that is missing now?

Posted: 10/17/2012 10:38:25 AM EDT

[#19]

I feel I'm missing something - there's just one pic in the OP (a result of VA's editing?)

Are there more pics? I want to appreciate!

Posted: 10/17/2012 10:41:10 AM EDT

[#20]

Along similar lines, if you are remodeling a kitchen or bathroom or similar, the normally wasted toekick space under the cabinets can very easily be adapted into secure storage drawers.

Posted: 10/17/2012 10:43:53 AM EDT

[#21]

Quoted:

Quoted:
While the work you did looks great, your post equals advertising.

If you wish to advertise here, you should contact [email protected] for more info.

In the mean time please don't post any links/info that could be viewed as advertising.

Really? I think he's just showing us a deal he made. Maybe not.

needs a better pic OP

The link I edited out was the issue.

Unforthunately, while that link may contain some advertising, it also contains the full demonstration of the design showing all the different compartments and the information that is helpfull should you wish to adapt the design ideas for your own project. Given that many many posts in these forums provide links to commercial products as reference for design ideas, I'm of the opinion that the benefit:advertising ratio for the original post is acceptable.

Posted: 10/17/2012 10:46:30 AM EDT

[#22]

I realy wanted to see it in action......

Posted: 10/17/2012 10:49:25 AM EDT

[#23]

Quoted:

Unforthunately, while that link may contain some advertising, it also contains the full demonstration of the design showing all the different compartments and the information that is helpfull should you wish to adapt the design ideas for your own project. Given that many many posts in these forums provide links to commercial products as reference for design ideas, I'm of the opinion that the benefit:advertising ratio for the original post is acceptable.

If/when the OP can convince the owners of this, then he'll be good to go.

Until that time, he must follow the rules that the owners have laid out.

Posted: 10/17/2012 11:02:15 AM EDT

[#24]

Now I know where you hide your shit.

But, I may be doing something similar some time soon. Good on ya!

Posted: 10/17/2012 11:02:50 AM EDT

[#25]

I didn't mean to offend - If the mods see the need to remove the link to the youtube video, so be it. I am not making an attempt to sell here. Just looking to share something that I made which is pretty cool, and looking to get some feedback. I don't have an inventory of items to sell, I am a custom woodworker, and what I make is custom to order, so I thought that showing something here that I made would be OK. If there is enough interest, I would happily upgrade my membership to be allowed to sell in the EE section.

Posted: 10/17/2012 11:06:25 AM EDT

[#26]

VA, would it be acceptable if he uploaded the video to youtube without the contact information?

Posted: 10/17/2012 11:18:32 AM EDT

[#27]

Quoted:

I didn't mean to offend - If the mods see the need to remove the link to the youtube video, so be it. I am not making an attempt to sell here. Just looking to share something that I made which is pretty cool, and looking to get some feedback. I don't have an inventory of items to sell, I am a custom woodworker, and what I make is custom to order, so I thought that showing something here that I made would be OK. If there is enough interest, I would happily upgrade my membership to be allowed to sell in the EE section.

If you want to share pics of your stuff, that is perfectly fine.

Posted: 10/17/2012 11:18:53 AM EDT

[#28]

Quoted:

VA, would it be acceptable if he uploaded the video to youtube without the contact information?

That would work too.

Posted: 10/17/2012 11:19:21 AM EDT

[#29]

Quoted:

Quoted:

While the work you did looks great, your post equals advertising.

If you wish to advertise here, you should contact [email protected] for more info.

In the mean time please don't post any links/info that could be viewed as advertising.

Really? I think he's just showing us a deal he made. Maybe not.

needs a better pic OP

he is marketing. look it up. add to that the post count of 1.

Looks like some of you were born yesterday.

OP did not mean to offend as he says, he wanted to establish or determine if there is a market for his product.

Posted: 10/17/2012 12:26:14 PM EDT

[#30]

Quoted:

Quoted:
VA, would it be acceptable if he uploaded the video to youtube without the contact information?

That would work too.

Thank you.
Here you go:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pYqquG27pg

Posted: 10/17/2012 12:32:46 PM EDT

[#31]

Posted: 10/17/2012 12:38:27 PM EDT

[#32]

I just watched the video. That's awesome man, great work!

Posted: 10/17/2012 1:09:12 PM EDT

[#33]

That is very impressive, not only in design but also the execution of it. I would really love to have one, but I can only imagine that the cost of such a complex build would be prohibitive for me.

Posted: 10/17/2012 3:11:03 PM EDT

[#34]

Quoted:
That is very impressive, not only in design but also the execution of it. I would really love to have one, but I can only imagine that the cost of such a complex build would be prohibitive for me.

^ Agreed..... Anybody have a ballpark on the unit in the video?

Posted: 10/17/2012 5:18:51 PM EDT

[#35]

Pretty cool.

Posted: 10/17/2012 8:00:23 PM EDT

[#36]

Quoted:

Quoted:
While the work you did looks great, your post equals advertising.

If you wish to advertise here, you should contact [email protected] for more info.

In the mean time please don't post any links/info that could be viewed as advertising.

Really? I think he's just showing us a deal he made. Maybe not.

needs a better pic OP

The link I edited out was the issue.

I gotcha, wasn't trying to be a jerk just couldn't figure it out.

Posted: 10/17/2012 8:02:20 PM EDT

[#37]

Quoted:

Quoted:
While the work you did looks great, your post equals advertising.

If you wish to advertise here, you should contact [email protected] for more info.

In the mean time please don't post any links/info that could be viewed as advertising.

Really? I think he's just showing us a deal he made. Maybe not.

needs a better pic OP

The link I edited out was the issue.

I gotcha, wasn't trying to be a jerk just couldn't figure it out.

Posted: 10/17/2012 8:13:40 PM EDT

[#38]

Quoted:

Quoted:
While the work you did looks great, your post equals advertising.

If you wish to advertise here, you should contact [email protected] for more info.

In the mean time please don't post any links/info that could be viewed as advertising.

Really? I think he's just showing us a deal he made. Maybe not.

needs a better pic OP

he is marketing. look it up. add to that the post count of 1.

Looks like some of you were born yesterday.

OP did not mean to offend as he says, he wanted to establish or determine if there is a market for his product.

Ya, we get it.

Posted: 10/17/2012 8:28:18 PM EDT

[#39]

This is like some James Bond type of shit. I Love it!

Posted: 10/17/2012 8:50:22 PM EDT

[#40]

I like it.

Posted: 10/17/2012 10:01:40 PM EDT

[#41]

That is freaking sweet

Posted: 10/18/2012 1:24:45 PM EDT

[#42]

Very nice work. I could see myself using something like that to keep a "go-to" rifle/shotgun and handgun out of sight out of mine, but that's it. I'll keep my main safe/vault for the fire and burglary protection.

Posted: 10/18/2012 1:39:55 PM EDT

[#43]

Nice set up, would like a small one for one long gun and pistol.

Posted: 10/18/2012 3:01:01 PM EDT

[#44]

I like it. I would suggest a "single" model about 36-46" wide, with the hidden panels on either side and the hidden drawers.

Posted: 10/18/2012 7:07:41 PM EDT

[#45]

Quoted:
I like it. I would suggest a "single" model about 36-46" wide, with the hidden panels on either side and the hidden drawers.

Agreed, I would love to have something simple like this for some quick access go to gear. Cost for something along those lines could be reasonable for the average guy too.

Posted: 10/18/2012 8:08:08 PM EDT

[#46]

tag

Posted: 10/19/2012 1:26:16 PM EDT

[#47]

I'm working on a few more designs. A nightstand, a shorter 1/2 size bookcase, and an entertainment center.
I needed to work out all of my ideas on a large scale item like this, now I can refine some other ideas into smaller pieces.
The entire unit is key lockable, and there are a couple more secrets which are not shown in the video.
Thanks for all the kind comments so far. :)
Matt

Posted: 10/19/2012 3:01:12 PM EDT

[#48]

Let me know when you make a POS painted / laminated Mdf version. That thing would stick out like a sore thumb in my house.

Posted: 10/19/2012 3:55:58 PM EDT

[#49]

Lol - ^^ That is funny - It would be the wal-mart camo version. Camouflage with the rest of the furniture :)

Posted: 10/20/2012 11:45:34 AM EDT

[#50]

First off - Excellent design and execution. I like it a lot.

Couple of questions:

1. How quickly could you feasibly access your gear? I realize you were being methodical in the video, but if someone was breaking in, how easy would it be?

2. What does it look like from behind? ie, if a thief pulled this "bookshelf" away to check for hidden safes in the wall, would the goods still be hidden?

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