p.m. hey guys I’m Nate welcome back to
the workshop today we’re gonna take
something that’s not normally very
secure and see if we can build something
strong out of it we’re gonna make a
puzzle box using Lego pieces this is not
supposed to be an exact set of
step-by-step instructions because the
different building blocks that everyone
may have available will change from
place to place but the idea is that
we’re gonna be using should be able to
be used and expanded on with what you’ve
got available we’ve got a bunch of our
Lego bricks let’s get started assembling
the first thing I want to do is make the
inner box that will eventually hold our
prize start by giving ourselves a base
and you may notice I’m not wearing
gloves today and it’s because my gloves
are black and most of these pieces are
black and eyed I just don’t want
everything to blend together on camera
we want to give ourselves the most
inside space on this box we’re gonna
need some walls
I like these large pieces with a flat
open areas partly because if we install
them with open side in it gives us a
little bit more interior space than we
would get if we just built up the walls
with normal bricks I’ve got a few of
these different styles that should give
us a little bit more interior space
build up some walls around this alright
there’s a box that will hold some stuff
we’re gonna want our box to be removable
from whatever security we build around
it so let’s use some of these smoother
pieces to attach onto the top and then
hopefully that will let us slide the box
in and out of its case more easily now
we need to build a larger box that goes
around this one and can lock in place so
it’s not just a box in a box but it’s a
box locked in a box so let’s use some
more of these smooth pieces to give
ourselves a little bit of a sliding
surface those are the same length as our
box so that way we should be able to
have the box slide nicely on those array
nice and slighty perfect its throw a
slider on the front that’s not really
gonna help with the movement much but it
is gonna make it more of a continuous
flat plane our box doesn’t look like
it’s just sort of floating over the
rails it’s not quite so obvious where
the access point is gonna be so this is
a good sliding base but it’s not gonna
secure it much so let’s start adding a
little bit onto the sides we’ve now
extended our base with a larger square
underneath it I think we’ll be able to
use that to build more walls and a
ceiling around our strongbox while that
plastic wall is getting built let’s talk
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protecting yourself think by using some
of these bricks with the holes in it we
may be able to add something of a
locking mechanism onto our box let’s
take out one of the bricks in our inner
box and add in a brick that has a hole
in it and maybe then we can get them to
that was polls lining up if we put in
this three brick wide peg that should
lock it in place now it’s lined up flush
with the front of our secured box but it
can’t move anywhere until that peg is
pulled out this isn’t a very flush right
now the sides aren’t coming up as high
as our inner box let’s just add a little
bit more on to that and add a ceiling on
to it now our inner box is entirely
contained and it doesn’t move until we
pull out our lock once we pull out the
lock that can slide out so that’s level
one of our security but we can go more
secure instead of just pushing it out I
think we can build a mechanism that will
push it out for us
in fact since it’s a lock box I really
kind of like the idea of having a key
something you put into a slot and turn
to really get the box out got here one
of our little plus cross-section little
sticks I don’t really know the name for
all the different terms but it should
work pretty well make our skeleton key
let’s add a tooth on to it add some of
these little pegs just to hold that
tooth right where we want it in place
got one of these little wheel pieces
that has the same plus cross-section
designed to fit over these so let’s add
that on and that to me looks like a key
it’s as I said not the fanciest key in
the world but it will turn and it’ll be
a key let’s try and build something that
lets us twist our key and have that be
the mechanism that pushes the box out
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he goes in here we want to stop it from
going any farther and now it has a nice
little spot that it will lock into place
build a back wall on Sarki doesn’t fly
we’ve got these side bricks that are
full of the holes and I don’t want to
just keep using that aesthetic a little
bit and you put one of those pieces on
the back here just to there you go so
now we’ve added a keyhole on to the back
of our box and we still have the whole
thing as one entire integral unit well
our key is working and our lock is
working but our key is still just sort
of you know where do you keep the key to
make sure that’s secure I don’t want to
just carry it on my pocket this is a
like OPA I might break it I might lose
it I think I would like to have it with
the box but I want the key to be secure
as well they just have it sitting on top
it’s a little easy to find so I think we
can build a whole disguising mechanism
for our key as well so he has space to
fit on top we would need to build walls
around it and then like I said I want
the key to be hidden I don’t want the
key to just be sitting there I think
what I want to do is have a lid that
conceals itself flush with the rest of
the pieces and then a secret button that
we can push that will lift the lid or
reveal the lid so we can access our key
push on this piece it will lift the top
up out of the way that way we can have
the top attached and flush to what’s
around it with our push of a secret
button it can lift up and show us the
access point at the moment our button is
shorter than our teeth so we’re gonna
need to lift that up just make the walls
taller than that the walls of course
need to be at least high enough to hide
our key inside you do want the button to
slide nicely let’s add in a smooth panel
that can let our button just sort of
slide where we want it to go when we
push our button in it does send a pop
out in Thailand we don’t want to lose
our button we just want to be able to
push in and then come back out let’s see
if we can build sort of a retaining wall
something will hold it in on the sides
don’t really want the outside of our box
to have much color but this is gonna be
on the inside so then you can afford
just a little bit brighter colors
brighter colored pieces
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nice
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I’m liking how that’s looking now our
our lid like I said it doesn’t really go
on very well we need to add some
attachment points where it’s something
that will just hold it in place where we
want it to go we don’t want to get in
the way of our key so let’s try and just
go through the corners where it’s not
gonna be interfering with our key at all
on our lid still isn’t quite as wide as
the whole wall going on our box so let’s
take one side of our wall in by one
brick layer and then add some corner
let’s get a little bit more support in
this corner no it’s sturdy it doesn’t
fall off and let’s try pushing our
button here
hey that pops right off and we’re plate
is not very well disguised at this point
and there’s still a little Ridge where
you can grab it so I want to cover the
whole plate and the border using some
smooth pieces and I hope that we’ll just
sort of disguise it and make it so you
can’t get your fingers on to it or just
take another brick push it down onto the
secret pop top design is working pretty
nicely at this point our puzzle box is
mostly done but there’s one more thing I
want to do just to make it a little more
secure this one peg is very obvious
people are gonna know that you need to
do something with this pegs so let’s
take all of these other holes going
around our whole box and fill those with
pegs as well
this particular peg is three bricks wide
and we know that it extends through one
layer into our interior box to hold it
securely in place
quite a fill on the rest of them we just
use these two brick wide pegs they’ll
look the same from the outside but
disguise the functionality of the
important one we now have a secured
compartment with three stages to get
inside we first have to hit the secret
button to pop off the lid we can then
remove the key from inside the top
compartment but as we know our hidden
key isn’t going to do anything until we
know which of these pegs going around is
our secret lock when you pull that out
of the way it disengages and at that
point we can turn our key to reveal our
hidden compartment everything easily
resets gets put back in place and is
hidden once again for unlimited reuse
and remember you don’t have to follow
this exact design this is showing you
the kind of things you can do to make a
cool little multistage puzzle out of
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