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This clever move wont give away your secret items, especially because you are. Being made of cardboard it may be less durable than an actual book safe, but the secret compartment inside is much larger in proportion to the outside. Build a plywood box for the secret compartment to fit the opening and glue the book parts to the box with construction adhesive. The 20 best book subscription boxes for every reader.
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You can fill the box with treats that gift receivers will be delighted to receive. Attach the thinner square with the magnet to the screws. Select a book, preferably a thick one with a sturdy hard cover. You can just mark a rectangle that is 1 inch from the 4 edges of the book. Secret storage books this secret storage book is made from cardboard instead of an actual book, and decorated to look like a large bound novel. Mar 06, 2015 now open the book and measure one inch from each side of the glued edges of the book and the center spine, creating a rectangle guide to work with for cutting out the secret stash spot.
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Step 10 screw the other section of the latch to the edge of the base so that it corresponds with the position of the mechanism on the square. Your cannabis stash is personal, so your stash box should be too. How to make a wooden box with a secret compartment our pastimes. You just found copycat recipes for all your favorite famous foods. The first step into making the hollow book is to select a book. Secret storage books, aka hollow books, book safes, stash boxes, hollowed out books or book boxes, are created by hand from real books in our studio off the west coast of canada.
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