Well, maybe not a dark secret. It’s actually pretty cool. Carpenter Brian Grabski needed a place to hide… something… and built an exceptional concealment method into this custom bookcase.
To open the compartment, you first open all the drawers at once, and a pin pops out of a concealed location. You then turn the pin, which activates the mechanism, and opens the secret compartment. Now personally, I went with the briefcase stuffed under the bed to hide my porn. It was portable, and more or less secure for the casual snoop. This is way more serious than I ever was about it. And really, much cooler.
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Raymond Calitri
you’re an idiot
It reminds me of the President’s desk from the National Treasure: Book of Secrets movie
Yeah as Eric said National Treasure all over it. I think he should have used wood and maybe cog pieces with a spring instead of rope.
Big James
Ud just want to hope that no one opens all of the draws at the same time when going through ur stuff.
1. They need to all be opened at the CORRECT LENGTH
2. Who would think to turn the wooden peg 90 degrees?
Nicholas Cage.
Umm all of us that see this video?? Secret compartment fail. It’s awesome but why would you show the world?
And once this thing is finished and all the covers/paint are added, would you REALLY recognize it if you saw it in person a few years later unless somebody specficially points it out to you?
Hell, would you even remember that it exists?
Always liked this kind of things.
The video is not clear enough to really show the hidden place.
All that complexity, to open a compartment smaller than a loaf of bread. Not much room for your porn collection in there.
Maybe he keeps his porn on a USB stick
Not everyone has a porn collection that could fill up the national archives Bill.
It’s nice and all, but could be prone to failure, especially if he needs to get in that compartment everyday.
It’s interesting that he didn’t show the mechanism for making the “keys” drop for each drawer.