InvisiDoor Pivot Bookcase Hinge Kit Sign up for price alert InvisiDoor Pivot Bookcase Hinge Kit allows you to create an attractive hidden door bookcase that can be used to conceal a safe room, wine cellar, or man cave. Who didn’t dream of a hidden door or secret passage in the house when they were kids? Some of us still do! [SPECTREcat] had already built a secret door in a fully functioning bookcase with a unique opening mechanism. The intriguing mechanism allows the doors to start by sliding slightly away form one another before hinging into the hidden space. Their operation was, however, was manual. The next step was to automate the secret door opening mechanism with electronics. The project brain is an off-the-shelf Arduino Uno paired with a MultiMoto Arduino shield to drive 4 Progressive Automations PA-14 linear actuators. These linear actuators have 50lb force, allowing the doors to fully open or close within 10 seconds and maintain a speed that wouldn’t throw the books off the bookcases.

Not wanting to drill a hole through the bookshelf for a switch or other opening mechanisms, [SPECTREcat] added a reed switch that is activated on the other side by a DVD cover with a magnet inside. In addition to that, there is a PIR sensor on the inside room to automatically close the doors if no motion is detected for 2 hours. Dont worry, there’s also a manual switch inside just in case.average cost of a fiberglass garage door Using one of the items on the shelf to trigger the secret passage is a classic move. toyota rav 3 door for sale australiaHe could also have used a secret knock code, like the Secret Attic Library Door we covered in the past. kitchen cabinet door 500mm

Check out the video below to see the hinge and slide movement in action. I have to produce a library room with four bookcases. One of them has to open on a hidden room. Has anybody ever done this? What hardware do you use? I'd like it to open as a door, so I'd like to use some kind of hinges. I've done the same sort of thing as you're about to do and I used a pair of Rixson pivot hinges with great results. sliding shower doors brushed nickelSince I don't have the paperwork close at hand, I can't give you the part number that I used, but I think the number for the bottom pivot was 128-3/4 and the top was 320.reclaimed front doors scotland One thing I learned, though, is that you have to over-engineer the door. roll up door repair san jose ca

The door in the one I did was about 5'x2' and even though it's all 3/4" ply, the bottom racks inward about 1/2". People won't notice it unless they walk over to it and look straight down at where the door and the trim meets - but you'll know. We are doing one right now. I just ordered some Rixson h117-3/4 center pivot hinges. Gary Katz has illustrated step by step instructions for this that tells you everything you need to know at: I thought about using a pivot hinge for a current bookcase project, but skipped the idea since a 12" deep bookcase on a pivot would eat up more than 12" of the doorway when opened 90 degrees. (My doorway was only 30".) Keep that in mind on your own project. Cue rack, but same premise as bookcase. All the trim is coped including shoe. Ball bearing 4x4 hinges screwed through into framing. Slide bolt mortised into underside of chair rail. 4" wheel built into outbound edge to support door as it swings open. Since the floors were all wood, I worked with the flooring guy to have him feather floor down when door swings open so shoe would not catch as it swings.

When shut, it is tight. You can not tell at all that it is there. We did sort of the same thing for a customer. It was a built-in shelf unit in the master bath. A shelf hinged up to expose the lock. We used 3/4 for the back and used several magnetic contacts to keep the back tight to the sides. The upper shelf hinged to expose the lock and the rest of the shelves swung in with the back/door. It was used as a safe room. It was really simple, but effective. You could sit on the john, inches away, and never know. Thank you very much to all of you - you were very helpful. Nice job, contributor S! Many of our customers don't want anyone to know what we've built, so we don't get many images. It's nice to see a clean execution. Fine Homebuilding recently had an article on this. Like contributor S's, we also used 4x4 ball bearing hinges - no slide bolt. The door was magnetically locked and opened - operated by the owner's voice (open sesame?). We worked with the A/V electronic guy on this.

Sorry - no pictures - it's a secret. Mock it up in the shop in the raw - this was easy for us, since we were doing the rest of the millwork and paneling in the room with it. You might also look into Roton (now owned by Hagar Hinge). They make a continuous hinge that is very heavy duty - made for situations such as the front doors into a high school - lots of use and abuse. The simplest method I have ever used is 3/4 sides and backs, screwed and glued cases. Hide an extra thickness or two behind fluted columns or such for extra mass to mount your hinges. Four regular 4 1/2" Ives heavy duty butts pivoting off the back corner work great. If you still are paranoid about sag, hide a caster in the baseboard toekick space. I have used this method at 54" wide by 80" tall with a spring mounted caster behind the face. Gwinnet County, Ga MOG display cases. We just finished a 46" x 90" x 8" secret door shelf unit that opens into a wine room. We used the Rixon hinge that Gary Katz used in his door unit that was written up in Journal of Light Construction and all I can say is, read his article and follow his suggestions.

By doing that, it worked out well for us and the client is overjoyed with the final product. Before the lacquer was dry, the client recommended us to one of his friends and now we have a second secret unit to do. The Rixon hinge, the HDPE wedge, and a heavy duty roller catch (from a Fine Homebuilding Magazine article) were icing on the cake, making our project all that more polished and professional, justifying the cost charged. This was an outswing unit. Yours being an inswing might require a bit of reengineering of the hinge placement, but it should be possible.And right to the floor, too. I like how you put that shim on the jamb rather than the floor. But do those cabinet doors open? Gary, thanks for noticing, and yes, the lower doors do open. The client wants "push to open" hinges in place of door knobs and one little piece of shoe to close up the gap and we're done. Not only was it fun to build, but it was very simple with your article having laid out all the key elements involved.

Thanks again for taking the time to write the articles that you do. It's really helped me grow as a carpenter more than anything. I have done a few of these units and would only recommend pivot hinges for doors only. For bookcases I have my metal guy make me a modified pivot hinge with a steel plate on the bottom that has quality casters mounted to it to support the weight of a loaded bookcase. The plate is almost as wide as the bookcase, with of course the casters mounted on the other side of the pivot. It costs a little more money but it is worth it not to be called back to adjust the standard pivot hinges when they sag the loaded bookcase. Would you like to add information to this article?Interested in writing or submitting an article?Have a question about this article?Have you reviewed the related Knowledge Base areas below? KnowledgeBase: Architectural Millwork: Doors and Windows Would you like to add information to this article? If you have a question regarding a Knowledge Base article, your best chance at uncovering an answer is to search the entire Knowledge Base for related articles or to post your question at the appropriate WOODWEB Forum.

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