Secret Hidden Bookcase Door Plans

A secret door provides unparalleled security.

Secret hidden bookcase door plans. Bookcase door plans hidden door. For maximum stealthiness i was keen to make the bookcase blend in with the rest of our furniture. How to make a secret bookcase door to hide a safe room. The plans that come with the kit call for edge banded.

Bookcase concealment of valuable items such as firearms is popular but there are many other uses for a hidden bookcase. Featured wood plans indoor plans february 1 2013 woodworkcity 0. Must begin with a closet opening to a closet or secret safe room. A bit pricy given the fact that one hinge costs around 100.

The author uses a welded steel tube frame for the structure and mounts it to the ceiling and floor. Sub step 4 sketch the jambs. The most common use of a hidden bookcase is for security. How to build a hidden bookcase door written.

The plan was simple. It is now time to sketch out the door jambs on each side of the opening. The opened bookcase will take up to 13 1 2 or more inches of the door opening. Don t hinge the wood shelves directly.

Another good choice is to swing the bookcase door above the baseboard and hang it on a center hung pivot hinge also especially designed for hidden bookcase. A steel frame made from box tubing will allow the door to swing easily and will support 500 1000lbs 225 450kg a full bookshelf with no problem. I have been thinking of building a hidden bookcase door myself but i was a bit hung up on how to hinge it and how. There are a few strong hinges specially designed for bookcase secret doors that can support a weight of 154 lbs.

Make sure that the hidden door won t swing into the bookshelf either. Unlike conventional safes or vaults a secret vault won t point criminals directly toward your most valuable items. Bookcase 4 door 5 hidden 1 pivot 1. It s a heavy duty method with homemade frame and hinges built to hold 500 1000 pounds.

With the right plans materials and equipment you can construct a hidden door to a safe room as shown here. Note if a different size opening or bookcase in in the plans proceed the same way but ensuring that the plywood is large enough to accommodate. If you have ever desired a hidden door in your home this hidden door project from gary katz one of the best ones that i have come across. 2 weld a steel frame to support the bookcase.

Build a built in wall bookcase with a door opening. This is a nice example of custom floor to ceiling wall to wall bookshelves with a central case that swings out to reveal a hidden door.