Secret Drawer Compartment

by Von Malegowski in Living > Life Hacks

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Secret Drawer Compartment

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I show how to make a secret compartment in a drawer. This can be useful but is also simply awesome to have. It is pretty easy to make and at first glance will be undetectable. A secret compartment in a drawer is only obvious to the owner of the drawer and doesn't require a key or combination. It loses its secrecy only if it's easy to spot, so a good secret compartment is modestly sized and well-camouflaged. Build a false bottom to match the rest of the drawers in a set and keep it shallow, no more than an inch or two.

A false bottom is an internal partition in a container, typically at the bottom of a drawer, suitcase or similar item, enabling the concealment of objects from a cursory examination of the item's contents. A false bottom may be present if the internal dimensions of a container do not match its external dimensions after taking into account the thicknesses of constituent materials and structures used to build the object. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_bottom



Materials

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- Drawer

- Ruler

- Saw

- Wood Scraps

- Thin flat wood or other material

- Sand Paper

- Glue

- Drill

Watch the Video

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https://youtu.be/ptkvHXia4WU