Hollow Bed Post Gun Storage

If you kick in my door in the middle of the night, you better be ready to deal with the consequences.

My bedpost on my bed frame is rather wide. Perfect for stashing burglar deterrents.

I started by putting a block of scrap wood under the lip of the post cap and tapping it loose with a hammer.

It was secured with glue and 4 dowels (one on each side)

As soon as I had enough clearance I sawed through the dowels with a fine tooth razor saw.

The hole down the center of the post is deep. So to bring the bottom up to a level where I can easily grab my gear, I built a leg.

I measured the distance to the bottom of the post and subtracted the distance I wanted the shelf to be from the top.

It is simply a piece of scrap 2x4 from my garage with a piece of square plywood attached with one screw. I cut the plywood square about 1/8" less than the opening to make an easy fit.

Once assembled the leg just drops in.

I chiseled out notches in the post and the cap so I could mount a small hinge and still have the cap sit flush.
Then using a fortsner bit I drilled holes to allow rare-earth magnets to be flush mounted. I initially glued them in, but that didn't hold. So at the bottom of each magnet hole, I drove a bugle head (flat top) screw in. I then use expanding polyurethane glue (Gorilla) and set the magnets in. Then I had to chisel a grove to mount the flat metal bar on the cap. I think it may have been overkill, but I mounted 2 magnets behind the bar as well.

It works great. You really have to pull hard to open it.

My security blanket...

I live in a nice neighborhood. I have polite, nice, quiet neighbors.

But I also have a wife and two kids who know that I'll do anything to keep them from harm.