DIY!! Coffee table gun safe-Made from a late 1800’s travel chest!! скачать в хорошем качестве

DIY!! Coffee table gun safe-Made from a late 1800’s travel chest!!

This one probably my favourite project I did a few years ago now and have been meaning to post it .I picked this Beauty up at a garage sale in white rock bc for $30 ,and I just knew right away what plan I had in store for it. I started by removing the old cloth interior which was stained red all over , it looked like something out if a horror movie 😳 But that was not enough to steer me away from this build . I then poured roughly 2.5” of concrete in the bottom to counter lever the lid for when the weight of the glass is there . In the meantime ,I sourced all the other materials, like the foam, gas shocks , chains , deadbolt , led lights , wood, screws and there’s possibly a chance that was seen at fabric land picking out the fabrics for this 😳😂 . The glass was in my shed ,and was perfect for this build ! I used two part epoxy and glued the cool ornaments on the top of the chest in a random order. Then dry fit the glass , and shimmed using washers to allow it to clear the ornaments, once in place I used a glass drill bit and drilled my 4 holes . Once that was done I started fixing the gas struts so that they would assist opening the heavy glass top . Once I was happy with the mechanics I started working on the deadbolt , I was certain this was going to be the easy part ....Boy was I wrong 😂 with perseverance I pushed through ,and like all of us DIYers I made it work !! 💪 I then basically rebuilt the inside reinforcing the side walls as it was very thin to begin with , plywood did the trick. I then carved the foam for the side bumpers and spray glued the leather to the foam , I then ran the led lights and dimmer switch along the bumpers , and drilled through on an angle out the bottom to allow for the plug , I then cut my base foam and carved out for the 12 gauge and mag with accessories. Then it was time to lay the black velvet with the 3m spray adhesive. Finishing off , I cut the plywood false shelf which was 1/2” good one side , and stained and varnished it , to give it that natural look. Finally I used another piece of 1/2” ply and some shoe base Molding I had kicking around and picture framed the ammo detail on the Bottom side of the lid . Thank you so much for watching , I I’ll try and answer any questions you have . Jory