Bookcase Door Secret How To Make A
It s drawn parallel to the front edge of the plywood and should be almost the full length of it and approximately 6 back from the front edge figure 2.
Bookcase door secret how to make a. Make sure that the hidden door won t swing into the bookshelf either. Trim to 2120 mm 83 7 16 long. Mark these two pieces inside left and inside right. With a few tools and materials you can build your own bookcase that doubles as a secret door into a crawlspace or attic.
Rip one board 185 mm 7 1 4 wide out of each left over piece. Also shows how to create fake books. This is a cheap and easy project which anyone can do. Builder gary striegler shows off his favorite new secret door hinges.
Then determine whether or not you can put the bookcase far enough away from the soon to be hidden door that it can swing outwards without hitting any neighboring walls or furniture. Sub step 1 size the door width line 1 is the first one drawn and represents the existing wall and doorway into which the bookcase will be installed. Cut a rabbet to accommodate the 1 4 plywood for the back 6 mm but measure it make it about 10 mm 3 8 wide so fixing it to the back is easy. Secret doors aren t just in the movies.
How to install a secret doorway.