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Recreate Secret Doors from Movies

100 points by evo_9 7y ago

HeWhoLurksLate 7y ago
I like that they have a lovely animated image of how their patent-pending super-fancy adjustable hinges work. As an engineer with a knack for CAD, thanks! I'm going to see if I can model something that works similarly now.
dillonmckay 7y ago
Can I just buy the hinges and frame, and convert existing furniture?
dthrown 7y ago
Hi, Young Frankenstein fan here. Was wondering about possible financing/installment payments for the $15,000 candlestick/bookcase option?
fingerprinter 7y ago
These are fun. We have one in a home and the kids absolutely love it. Completely impractical but definitely adds something to the home. Nice party trick for folks too.
- Taniwha 7y ago
  We have access to storage space in the roof through a door in the back of a closet (only hidden by the clothes hanging in it) - we call it the "secret passage" - our kids always won at hide-and-seek when their friends came over (well at least the first time)
  - crtasm 7y ago
    Has the book House of Leaves been recommended to you countless times already?
mdturnerphys 7y ago
A cheaper source of hidden doors I recently found: https://murphydoor.com/ https://murphydoor.com/
IgorPartola 7y ago
Apparently if you have hard floors doing a bookcase door is pretty simple. Find a bookcase that it’s about the size of the door and bolt it onto the door, after taking off the molding around it. Then you need a cheap gate latch actuated by a wire that you attached to a book on a shelf on a horizontal hinge. The bookcase should have a caster wheel that it rolls on so the weight is not all on the door hinges.
- twic 7y ago
  In a very real sense, isn't every bookcase already a secret door?
  - orpheline 7y ago
    Thanks - you made my night
daxterspeed 7y ago
This just seems to be a creative product page of a company specializing in hidden doors? The prices they list are very discouraging but it's basically just their rates and it seems this company is targeting rich eccentrics.
setToNull 7y ago
I watched ‘Clue’ last week and the girlfriend lost her mind over the secret doors. I sent her a link to the hiddendoorstore and now she is flipping out all over again.
- carrozo 7y ago
  Our lives are in danger ya beatnik!
huxflux 7y ago
Shit, ended up spending 5k!
Mountain_Skies 7y ago
Hidden rooms with secret doors are fun. If you're handy there are some great videos on YouTube for DIY solutions that are much less expensive than the commercial options. The best hidden room I've ever seen was in the closet of a child of a family friend. If you opened the lid of what appeared to be a toy box in the closet, there was a ladder down to a basement playroom. Children and ladders at least a story tall probably isn't a good combination but eight year old me was totally blown away by the coolness factor.
lathiat 7y ago
This seems popular with Matt Risinger's customers - he's a builder that runs a YouTube series about all sorts of building related things. Actual Safe (for guns - also has a follow-up video once the equipment is in): https://youtu.be/RjsWIQUhHTA https://youtu.be/RjsWIQUhHTA Aesthetic hiding under stairs storage etc: https://youtu.be/9SqWcywqoGE https://youtu.be/9SqWcywqoGE Bookcase door: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYONtBkbFGs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYONtBkbFGs Full playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDYh81z-Rhxj82itZ5GrshXdQRYAGXTFf https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDYh81z-Rhxj82itZ5Grs...
crtasm 7y ago
I wonder if they have permission to use those movie clips to promote their products.

100 points by evo_9 7y ago

I like that they have a lovely animated image of how their patent-pending super-fancy adjustable hinges work. As an engineer with a knack for CAD, thanks! I'm going to see if I can model something that works similarly now.

dillonmckay 7y ago

Can I just buy the hinges and frame, and convert existing furniture?

dthrown 7y ago

Hi, Young Frankenstein fan here. Was wondering about possible financing/installment payments for the $15,000 candlestick/bookcase option?

fingerprinter 7y ago

These are fun. We have one in a home and the kids absolutely love it. Completely impractical but definitely adds something to the home. Nice party trick for folks too.

Taniwha 7y ago
We have access to storage space in the roof through a door in the back of a closet (only hidden by the clothes hanging in it) - we call it the "secret passage" - our kids always won at hide-and-seek when their friends came over (well at least the first time)
- crtasm 7y ago
  Has the book House of Leaves been recommended to you countless times already?

mdturnerphys 7y ago

A cheaper source of hidden doors I recently found: https://murphydoor.com/ https://murphydoor.com/

IgorPartola 7y ago

Apparently if you have hard floors doing a bookcase door is pretty simple. Find a bookcase that it’s about the size of the door and bolt it onto the door, after taking off the molding around it. Then you need a cheap gate latch actuated by a wire that you attached to a book on a shelf on a horizontal hinge. The bookcase should have a caster wheel that it rolls on so the weight is not all on the door hinges.

twic 7y ago
In a very real sense, isn't every bookcase already a secret door?
- orpheline 7y ago
  Thanks - you made my night

daxterspeed 7y ago

This just seems to be a creative product page of a company specializing in hidden doors? The prices they list are very discouraging but it's basically just their rates and it seems this company is targeting rich eccentrics.

setToNull 7y ago

I watched ‘Clue’ last week and the girlfriend lost her mind over the secret doors. I sent her a link to the hiddendoorstore and now she is flipping out all over again.

carrozo 7y ago
Our lives are in danger ya beatnik!

huxflux 7y ago

Shit, ended up spending 5k!

Mountain_Skies 7y ago

Hidden rooms with secret doors are fun. If you're handy there are some great videos on YouTube for DIY solutions that are much less expensive than the commercial options. The best hidden room I've ever seen was in the closet of a child of a family friend. If you opened the lid of what appeared to be a toy box in the closet, there was a ladder down to a basement playroom. Children and ladders at least a story tall probably isn't a good combination but eight year old me was totally blown away by the coolness factor.

lathiat 7y ago

This seems popular with Matt Risinger's customers - he's a builder that runs a YouTube series about all sorts of building related things. Actual Safe (for guns - also has a follow-up video once the equipment is in): https://youtu.be/RjsWIQUhHTA https://youtu.be/RjsWIQUhHTA Aesthetic hiding under stairs storage etc: https://youtu.be/9SqWcywqoGE https://youtu.be/9SqWcywqoGE Bookcase door: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYONtBkbFGs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYONtBkbFGs Full playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDYh81z-Rhxj82itZ5GrshXdQRYAGXTFf https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDYh81z-Rhxj82itZ5Grs...

crtasm 7y ago

I wonder if they have permission to use those movie clips to promote their products.