Secret (hidden) drawer mechanism!! So Cool!!!!

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  • čas přidán 18. 02. 2021
  • Hello! Working on a custom desk for a client and they wanted a secret drawer. So, I had to figure out a convenient mechanism for opening it. This is what I came up with! Thanks for watching!
    #hiddendrawer #secretdrawer

Komentáře • 90

  • @tedjones450
    @tedjones450 Před 2 lety +14

    I'm your client, thanks for showing everyone in the world my secret drawer.

    • @TenonsTenors
      @TenonsTenors  Před 2 lety +1

      Ha!!

    • @jcepri
      @jcepri Před 2 lety +2

      I'm the guy who broke in and stole the money and jewels you hid in that secret drawer.

  • @GunnerAl9
    @GunnerAl9 Před 2 lety +13

    You probably want to attached a metal corner bracket to the outside corner of your desk so the wood does not get torn up over use and add a piece of metal to level that it rubs against. Creative idea!

  • @domward8352
    @domward8352 Před 3 lety +17

    That's very ingenious. I like that you couldn't realistically open the secret draw by accident.

    • @TenonsTenors
      @TenonsTenors  Před 3 lety +1

      Thank you! Yes, that was a must in my book. That way only people that know how to open it can access it.

  • @terryf5131
    @terryf5131 Před rokem +2

    I LOVE builds like this. Good job.. 🤠

  • @eduardosh8173
    @eduardosh8173 Před 18 dny +1

    Amazing.

  • @EliaGaitau
    @EliaGaitau Před 3 lety +2

    Wow! So cool!

  • @SRocco-dv8we
    @SRocco-dv8we Před 4 měsíci +3

    Super cool stuff 😮 and hand and mind created on the fly . MS RAU gotta look 👀 at their antique safes and hidden draw compartments stuff. Give you ideas . MS RAU is the finest stuff in world . Great historical mind candy for such boxes safes desks etc. I just subbed you 👍🏼

  • @uknow7236
    @uknow7236 Před 3 lety +1

    Brilliant 👍🏻

  • @trevormatthews3852
    @trevormatthews3852 Před 5 měsíci +1

    This is awesome!

  • @gregmcallister2821
    @gregmcallister2821 Před 3 lety +5

    Very clever. I can’t imagine how long it would take me, but it would be as expensive as the house it went in !

  • @andreasletkemann6949
    @andreasletkemann6949 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Awesome!

  • @failzilla
    @failzilla Před 3 lety +2

    Really cool!

  • @FinnGriffin
    @FinnGriffin Před 2 lety +3

    That’s awesome, thanks for explaining how you made it!

  • @stuartiles159
    @stuartiles159 Před 17 dny +1

    Class

  • @wilk4644
    @wilk4644 Před 3 lety +2

    Clever idea for a hiden drawer. I hope i will learn a lot of from this chanel.

  • @williamhector6863
    @williamhector6863 Před 3 lety +5

    That’s really interesting I’ve been thinking of making a box with a secret drawer I wondered how to go about it this may work on a small box brilliant idea love the channel keep them coming

    • @TenonsTenors
      @TenonsTenors  Před 3 lety

      Thanks very much! Yeah, give it a go and let me know how it works out for you!

  • @letsdiyeverything8010
    @letsdiyeverything8010 Před 2 lety +1

    Very cool. Great idea

  • @tomcat2512
    @tomcat2512 Před 2 lety +1

    Brilliant!

  • @fedegc
    @fedegc Před 2 lety +1

    really cool!! great job!!

  • @enricociuppa7093
    @enricociuppa7093 Před 3 lety +2

    amazing job!

  • @rbproductions78
    @rbproductions78 Před rokem +1

    This is awesome! What an ingenious idea, you obviously have a good grasp of engineering also. Well done man!

    • @TenonsTenors
      @TenonsTenors  Před rokem

      Thanks very much, and thanks for watching!

  • @leeclement7716
    @leeclement7716 Před 2 lety +2

    Great job man, I'm sure there was a lot of trial and error figuring out the mechanics. Very impressive

    • @TenonsTenors
      @TenonsTenors  Před 2 lety

      Thanks! Yeah, it was quite an ordeal turning the idea into reality. Thanks for watching!

  • @jeffcurry2881
    @jeffcurry2881 Před 2 lety +1

    Super cool! Great intro music too ;-)

  • @snakeplisken2123
    @snakeplisken2123 Před rokem

    This is awesome. Whenever I need a spring I use a thin strip of wood with a tapered block on the end.

  • @joshburnett113
    @joshburnett113 Před 2 lety +1

    That's pretty awesome.

  • @fluxrandom
    @fluxrandom Před rokem +1

    In a non-weird or mean way, you sound exactly like David Strathairn. I knew the voice sounded familiar and had to look up his name, but it's uncanny.

  • @karlnash7105
    @karlnash7105 Před 2 lety +1

    Neat set up 👍

  • @Subsonic-cd2en
    @Subsonic-cd2en Před rokem +1

    I like the mechanism, but it's pretty obvious that is a drawer front. Maybe you could try concealing it a bit more on a future project.

  • @mafuletrekkie
    @mafuletrekkie Před rokem +2

    I would love to have the time to learn how to do this, pick up discount furniture at the local thrift store, add secret compartments and then drop them back off in the donation area with a note in the secret compartments to let me know people found them.

  • @joshuahasson9687
    @joshuahasson9687 Před 3 lety +1

    So ingenious

  • @stijndbr
    @stijndbr Před 2 lety +1

    thats really cool

  • @PatCavanaugh1
    @PatCavanaugh1 Před 3 lety +1

    I like it a lot. I think a little wax on those wooden parts will smooth out the future operation.

  • @beanmeup9902
    @beanmeup9902 Před 3 lety +1

    Dude! Wicked Brilliant! . . . can you make the rotating closet shelves from the Kurt Russel/Goldie Hawn movie _"Overboard"_ . . . its the one he builds on her Yacht . . . I think you might be the only person I've seen who could actually build this (the one in the movie is just a gimmick/prop).

    • @TenonsTenors
      @TenonsTenors  Před 3 lety

      Thanks! I'll have to watch the movie again... Haven't seen that one in decades.

  • @sionewood1071
    @sionewood1071 Před rokem +1

    absolutely love this, where would a beginner start to do home projects like this?

    • @TenonsTenors
      @TenonsTenors  Před rokem

      If you are a complete beginner to wood working I'd start by learning how to use basic hand tools and then try to build something simple, like a stool or a box. As you get used to more advanced techniques you'll be able to make more complicated things, like my desk!

    • @sionewood1071
      @sionewood1071 Před rokem

      @@TenonsTenors thank you for the reply. apologies for the delay, just been going through emails now

  • @garysaylor8238
    @garysaylor8238 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Any chance you drew up plans for this desk? And want to share?

    • @TenonsTenors
      @TenonsTenors  Před 4 měsíci

      Sorry, I only make simple sketches of the things I build so I can remember fine details. The rest I figure out as I go along. Thanks for the interest though!

  • @Zone_Stomper
    @Zone_Stomper Před rokem

    Fun project but not sure how practical it would be. Imagine the cops having a search warrant and finding this desk. It would be apparent that there are potential spaces that would not be accessible by just pulling the center drawer. In reality, they might start breaking things to answer any questions that they may have.

  • @domward8352
    @domward8352 Před 3 lety +1

    Will there be panels underneath to disguise all but the actuator switch?

    • @TenonsTenors
      @TenonsTenors  Před 3 lety +2

      I was thinking about installing dust panels but decided not for two reasons. One, the client had a very small budget and I already went way below my hourly rate to finish it. And, two, if the springs break, or something else guess wrong with the mechanism I want to be able to access the under side easily.

    • @domward8352
      @domward8352 Před 3 lety +1

      @@TenonsTenors I see your logic. It's unlikely that anyone would look underneath the desk anyway.

  • @davakil
    @davakil Před rokem

    I would love this what is the rough cost

    • @TenonsTenors
      @TenonsTenors  Před rokem

      You probably wouldn't love the cost. This desk was a custom order made of all ash with mostly hand tools with the exception of the lathe for the legs. For materials and time I had to charge about $2,000.

  • @johnelwer3633
    @johnelwer3633 Před 3 lety +1

    I feel like the other side needs one too.

    • @TenonsTenors
      @TenonsTenors  Před 3 lety

      I was thinking about that but the mechanism would have been even more complicated to keep both drawers from opening at the same time.

  • @thijspluis9998
    @thijspluis9998 Před rokem

    why is the wooden pin and the block angles verry agressively

    • @TenonsTenors
      @TenonsTenors  Před rokem

      Not exactly sure what you're asking, but the two drawers are parallel, so the mechanism I developed was at right angles to both drawers. Perhaps there might have been a way to angle certain mechanisms in a way that made operation smoother, but I was not thinking about that at the time. This is what I came up with! Thanks for watching!

  • @dipankarmookerjee2282
    @dipankarmookerjee2282 Před 3 lety +1

    As this mechanism is on CZcams, it's no more secret now. Everybody now know how to open it up.

  • @johnnybones2029
    @johnnybones2029 Před 2 lety

    Noah....? Is this NOAH VOSEN. I swear this is him, didn't know Noah makes secret compartments in his spare time.

  • @timppamies85
    @timppamies85 Před 3 lety +1

    Somebody actually asked for something like this? I`d like to know if this is your first job, or is this more common? Also, cool mechanism!

    • @TenonsTenors
      @TenonsTenors  Před 3 lety

      This was the first time I made a secret drawer, but it is not my first custom furniture commission. Thanks for watching!

  • @gabrielmathias
    @gabrielmathias Před 3 lety +2

    Not a secret drawer anymore...

  • @jcepri
    @jcepri Před 2 lety

    So what's going in the secret drawer? /s

  • @alanwhite7912
    @alanwhite7912 Před 2 lety

    The now...not so secret drawer.

  • @grimecase8818
    @grimecase8818 Před rokem

    kurwa jakie zajebiste

  • @d23bw
    @d23bw Před 2 lety

    No secret any more.

  • @The_Alex_Croft
    @The_Alex_Croft Před 6 měsíci +1

    one rule woodworkers have forgotten today
    if your making secret compartment furniture for someone
    DONT SHOW IT TO THE PUBLIC
    what is wrong with people these days
    its ment to be a private secret for the customer
    nice work though iv been trying to figger out ho to do this myself
    just stop showing us someone else's secrets that should be theirs only on how the draws work