Thanks for sharing Dennis. I'm just a little worried that the holes for the rods have to be drilled at an angle, plus a little play due to leverage. However, this kind of mechanism goes back to the Middle Ages, especially in Europe. I was fortunate enough to work on a beautiful Italian chest on pediment (early sixteen hundreds). The key was disguised in the marquetry (triple three-leaf clover barrel on the key shank). One turn of the key condemned twenty one drawers, and six secret compartments. It was one of the greatest art pieces I've ever worked on. Twenty four years later I still have shivers down my spine just thinking about it again. Enjoy your work- well done. Maybe try making the rods more lateral (you aim to condemn the four corners). However the principle of the central gear is the best option I think. You can substitute the gear for a plate too.
Good on ye for actually building a thing, brethren! Creating anything and sharing it with the world beats the living heck out of just being a crabass on the internet anyday. Keep it up!!!
Mr. Maguire. I need you to do me a favor - if you don't mind, that is. I've noticed no shortage of viewers ragging on you regarding your narrative skills in these videos. Please, I beg of you: disregard these grammar nazis, and just focus on your passion for these awe-inspiring contraptions. Unless your narrative skills are something YOU WANT TO work on, then don't even waste your time trying to please the nit-pickers. If they are REALLY interested in learning from you, then a few "ummms" will not even come close to acting as a deterrent to all of this magic you have to share. In fact, if you KEEP the "umms", you drive away the haters, and all that's left is us... you do you... (*Subscribed)
Daniel C. Harkins Jr. I couldn't agree more. Sadly, it would appear that our host has never yet uploaded another video, and if it was jerkfaces that drove him away, I couldn't blame him in the least.
+Daniel C. Harkins Jr. No one is correcting his grammar, they are offering constructive criticism that will get more people to watch and enjoy his videos. It's very easy to write a script and read it after shooting the video as a voice over narration. He doesn't have to remember what he was going to say, he is comfortable and calm, saying exactly what he wants and sounds professional. His videos will get more likes, encouraging him to make more. Your advice is the opposite. It may sound like nit-picking to you, who thinks every child is a special snowflake, and runs away from any critique, but is actually very good advice to a novice trying to get involved in uploading content to RU-vid. Now, his work is only found on ad-heavy, cumbersome and hard to use Instructables. You're just enabling the thing that holds this guy back with your patronizing coddling, you think he wants to talk this way? You're the hater.
BariumCobaltNitrog3n Nice projecting, dude! You've gotten a guy to remove a comment, you've accomplished enough to relax for now. Hope your day is super awesome. Just... Super... Awesome.
CapnsKustomWorks well, I'm not bitter and sarcastic like you. I didn't force anyone to do anything, he is the master of his own destiny. People make their own choices and perform their own actions. Everything that happens to you is due to choices YOU made, decisions YOU chose, not some guy that left a comment on RU-vid. Compared to other video comments, these are constructive and respectful and to the point.
Very interesting. I'm always interested in things that use gears, levers, and are secret. And a good explanation of how the parts work together. I wasn't able to find a link to the other video you were talking about. Is it maybe on another channel? Thanks for sharing.
okay, I got you. Great idea, great execution. I understand that trying to explain an abstract idea or function, only part of which is represented with a visual aid, can be quite difficult. Maybe what you could do is start off with a demonstration of the finished product opening and closing, locking and unlocking several times, and then provide a mock-up or cut away to demonstrate how the device actually works (as you did in this video) As long as the information on how you made it and how it works is presented correctly and close enough for me to figure it out, I'm not really concerned about diction or grammar like so many other rude people on RU-vid seem to be. I'd like to see you present more of your ideas, upload some more videos! And thanks for sharing!
ok. cool idea and implementation. however, I'm not sure I understand where the actual storage would be. not with all the moving parts, is it? I've been toying with a very similar idea for a dead bolt on my front door. I like your use of the sproket and chain
Well done. I think putting the rods straight would make it easier to drill the holes precise but it is the same principle. Love the use of what appears to be a bike part
Didn't you hear that he made this model for you to see how it works? He already has another mechanism installed in his desk....and he made a video of it....but some people found it confusing to understand when is installed. Look up for tbe original video man!!
I like it. But it might be more efficient to use if you had a piano hinge on the trigger side and a locking pin coming out between the key holes to secure the compartment better. Does it rattle at all if the desk is hit or moved. Still love the idea.
I like your idea. My only problem was the key. hiding it, what if you did a 180 with your open/closed lever? bring it to the same side as your two holes? then the key is small enough to hide, maybe in another drilled hole. but anyway great job and taking the time to show us.
good concept can make it with a moveable piece in the corner or something hiden to a oid getting a rod or long stick all the time, but good idea. thank you
with some refinements. that would be truly awesome. I have a hard time explaining things also I guess I kinda in the back of my head. think if I know something everybody else does also. its like a vault door. from wood. use a system like that but in a wall. behind a picture. or some thing. it could even be a hidden door to a room. or just a secret compartment. great idea.
This man is teaching something to others, if you already know then good for you. All the rude comments are not appropriate and take away from rather then lend to the subject matter. If you find his way of communicating unsatisfactory or his choice of speaking so improper then you shouldn't be watching humans ever as were ALL imperfect unlike you.
This is more like a door mechanism than a table compartment, or to me it seems a bit overly complicated and bulky to use. Great idea though, I might tweak it a little and use it myself in a build.
Pretty cool. Got an idea for you...rig this part to the underside of your desk and and have a tray slide out or drop away.. The tray would have the four holes in the corners. Probably would be a bear to make. Enough people have picked on you for the "ups" so immature gonna say Well Done! Thanks for sharing.
It would of been interesting for the random people falling on to your video if you had started by showing your actual thing that has this mechanism in it before showing just the mechanism for the few that obviously must have seen it in person and asked you about it. I would be interested to see what this is in.
An excellent idea and well executed Dennis.So your oratory leaves a little to be desired but no problem, it's your first one but perhaps preparing a script might help until you become less self- conscious.
Don't be discouraged by the less then favorable comments... You should post some more videos and I'm sure you have a great amount of creative ideas to share. If you ever choose to return to posting again, just take it a step at a time, little by little... Have fun and realize you can't please everyone, but you can enjoy yourself and the crafts you make.
Great first video. Constructive criticism if you want it: Showing the function off the bat cuts way down on the need for explanation. Then you can focus on the dimensions, layout math and critical design functions. If you aren't interested in doing tutorials, maybe one of these little channels where it's a minute or less and not narrated. May get more subscribers and viewers that way. Nice design by the way!
Jason picture the side where he enters the key as the front of the desk. Then cover that with a wood for the bottom of the drawer. The frame of the desk has holes so it can be locked
It appears you make a secret compartment that is full of mechanical items. Where is the storage? A simple hinge and a couple of bullets to hold the shelf closed will suffice. Great idea though
@Dennis Maguire Liking your work, first video of yours that I have watched. If I may impart my "wisdom" haha, might I suggest scripting your videos? I do pretty much the exact same thing when I talk, so if you script it you can work on your enthusiasm and confidence, as it is not obvious in this video, it felt very monotone and very unrefined. Keep it up though!
The whole chain and seesaw is totally unnecessary. Just use a piece of rod welded to the sprocket at 3 o’clock and 9 o’clock. In fact the sprocket can actually be a square plate now.
About 1 minute should've been totally sufficient. Think fist what the key issues are, write them down, put them in order and go down the list. Here it'd be: first an overview showing open and locked position, then details: key moves lever, lever turns wheel via chain, wheel drives locking rods which go into the holes to lock the compartment. Doing it backwards is also possible but less easy to follow. Why the lever/chain complication instead of directly connecting the lever to the wheel?
Rather than having your gear directly drive the levers, you should consider a linkage like ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-vEmVwxaBeM4.html or ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-t_fhdo0HYVE.html This way, you have some play in the linkage so you can keep your locking bolt from wobbling and mount it perpendicular to the edge so you can make your bolt and strike hole line up. Even better would be a rack and pinion (with two pinions) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-QHr38WRYuyg.html You can create a template to make wooden gears at woodgears.ca/gear_cutting/template.html As it says, just enter '0' as the number of teeth for one of the gears and it will generate a rack instead of a gear. If you want to keep the 4 point locking, just join the two bolts on a side with a horizontal spar and connect to the spar to push both
Don't need a chain, far easier ways to do this stuff, the antique furniture I've worked on they used just about anything laying around but always a spring steel bar, the only time I've seen a key rod used was on a stationary box with a false bottom and the owner didn't know it was there, the rod was disguised as furniture and she had never questioned the small hole on the top flat of the end, I saw the hole when I opened the hinged lid, twisted all the fittings and one turned, pulled it out put in the hole, gentle push opens a side drawer pushed out partially by a spring at the other end, let her pull it open but nothing in there, much disappointment. But that still didn't look right, flipped it over and spied a small rusty Spring bar , my turn, click and the false bottom jumped up after being under Spring tension, result............. Seven near perfect white five pound notes, bingo.loads of money. She actually gave one to me!!!. Always run your fingers around where you can't see, there is normally a finger depression, so much stuff out there undiscovered
+Ed19601 very faulty logic you have there. consumers of a product are best suited to give feedback, not other manufacturers with superior products to yours. it is not a requirement that ballet patrons be ballerinas to offer opinions to the principals.
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