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yellowdogintexas

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14. Let's make the old wooden desk a roll top.

Sun Feb 4, 2024, 09:02 PM

Feb 2024

It has a dowel on the left back corner which if pressed down will lock all the drawers, and it would be under the rolltop's edge. There would be a release mechanism in the rolltop which would allow the dowell to come up, thus unlocking all the drawers.

I have my grandfather's old wooden desk which once had a rolltop, and there is this square peg in the back which I have to keep weighted so I can open the drawers. It is hard to figure out how to get them open too. The peg is about 1 inch square and is in a round hole.

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Where would you hide it? [View all] birdographer Feb 2024 OP

Taped to the underside of the desk, inside, above the main drawer. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2024 #1

Take it out of the folder nocoincidences Feb 2024 #2

Taped to the bottom of the center drawer. Ocelot II Feb 2024 #3

2nd monitor with inards removed behind screen..... getagrip_already Feb 2024 #4

WOW, thanks for rapid replies! birdographer Feb 2024 #5

Easy to self publish/bind a book. MLAA Feb 2024 #6

Disguised as tissue paper holding artificial flowers in a vase. usonian Feb 2024 #7

I have a office. Eko Feb 2024 #8

One question ggma Feb 2024 #9

Really good question birdographer Feb 2024 #10

Then an old wooden desk ggma Feb 2024 #12

Outside bottom of a drawer. Rincewind Feb 2024 #11

false bottom to drawer limbicnuminousity Feb 2024 #13

Let's make the old wooden desk a roll top. yellowdogintexas Feb 2024 #14

What's the time period? catnipcoffee Mar 2024 #15

In a church pamphlet in the bottom of a drawer... mikelewis May 2024 #16

You are back! birdographer May 2024 #17