Good morning, my virtual friend Matthias, I would like to congratulate you on your work, although I do not speak your language visually and I try to improve your work thanks for giving me a different view of woodworking
I remember using these plans for a school project. Incorporated them into a full safe. I ended up laser cutting the wheels out of 4mm acrylic I think, and made the casing acrylic too as it was supposed to be a child toy. Still had the loose wheel problem, although I didn't have the excuse of expanding wood. So strange to see someone else make it form the plans, as you never posted a video of it. Brings back so many memories of me trying to figure it all out. Great video.
I actually made a wooden safe based on your first lock article. I added additional shallow notches to the rotors as others suggested. to prevent the rotors from free wheeling, I added a small spring detent to the washers, which are fixed to shaft. works great!
It's so cool to see this again, as it was how I discovered your work back in 2008 as I replicated a simpler version for a school project, but I couldn't get it right because I couldn't find a video explaining it's construction. I guess I can rebuild it now, thanks for everything!
Matthias, I downloaded your design several years ago and made the lock. Just for giggles, but little did I know that it would come in handy. I recently purchased a couple of large safes that were locked open (Cheap price of $5). After lube them up, and removing the rear plates I was faced with the simple task of figuring out the combinations. Your design was essentially the same. One safe was worth $250 dollars. Thanks
Never: Oh, there is an Edit button! I don't need to reply to myself like a complete tool! (Ironically, you did find the Edit button to edit your reply ...)
I built one of these for a geocache based on this video. Thanks Matthias! I added a section of a spring from a pop up sprinkler between the rotors to keep them from spinning. The spring fit over the dowel nicely.
In 2014/2015 I saw pictures of this lock and a short video showing, how it works. I figured the plan out by myself and built it for a small safe, which I gave as a small gift to my best friend at his wedding. It was a nice project and I love your explanation!
Matthias, you should have a home improvement show with all your videos. If its not called "Some Assembly Required" I'd be disappointed. Hell if you ever wanted to name your TH-cam Channel, it should be that!
I love the way your brain works. Thanks for the video. About the wood swelling up thing. I had that problem with the steam/air engine I built from your plans. It had been laying out in my shop for quite a few years, my bad. The plans I downloaded from you were perfect. My shop is a little humid in summer. Thanks again for the video.
...and this combination lock is great for teaching kids. If you don't have any kids, I'd be happy to sell you an instruction manual for making your own.
+Ross Mennie Don't take the bait! lmiddleman said "making" them, not "caring for" them. That manual is going to cost a lot more and you'll desperately need it.
Very cool project. I plan on buying the plans to get the lasercut model. $7 is a steal. One interesting twist might be to have a magnet in each of the disks for a secondary secret panel unlocking, though you might need to have a 3 reed switches in series with a battery and a release mechanism. Love your work. Thanks.
You could try adding friction by making wooden splinter springs to press against the outside of the rotors slightly. But that is not necessary. Anyway I enjoyed the video, i was wondering whether you will show the build of that lock!
@@matthiaswandel True! I had to think about the process for a minute 😂 I do woodworking and crafts for a living. There is undeniably something nice about physically making the cuts yourself. 😉 I think I'm just excited to try out my revamped CNC tbh! 🙃 Love your content man!
Have you tried to pick it yet? Pretending you don't know the combination? Maybe holding light tension on the leaver and make it catch one of the grooves? Could be fun next video :)
Matthias - sincerely love all the wonderful things you do - so, in the spirit of that, having seen where you're cutting on the table saw with the calipers there on the left - "Never leave anything on the table saw that you wouldn't want to be inserted in your forehead" is my rubric ...
In response to felt location....it should be between the discs, circles of felt glued to your spacers . A thick enough felt would allow for expansion and contraction I would think, and still give some friction to your design. Thanks for the video, I'm currently building a homemade table saw based on your design, with a few of your suggested improvements as well as a few of my own.
Matthias, each rotor has a small diameter washer glued to it, can you use a small thin piece of wood or metal like a spring, putting pressure tangentially on each washer? That could provide enough friction to stop the rotors from spinning freely. For the two outside rotors the other end of the spring is attached to the case, and for the middle rotor it is attached to the adjacent rotor so it clears under the tabs.
complicated for beginner, but i'm gonna give this a try, great design, thanks Edit: after watching several other videos, i think this might be the basic way to do it, so again, i'm gonna try this soon. I hope this can be done with basic tools Edit 1: so, i tried using chopstick instead of dowel, and it kinda not work as it supposed to, i'm gonna find some bigger alternative and retry tomorrow.
Neat work. For a Masterlock with a combination of A, B, C, there is a number X (which = 7 for a Masterlock) such that you can use an alternate combination of A - X, B + X/2, C. Rotations go in the opposite direction, so you go counter-clockwise first. The number X depends on the sizing of the lock's interior. So you need to find it by trial and error. I wonder if you could do that for this lock. For example, your combo is 27, 18, 28. With X = 7, the backwards combo would be 20, 21.5, 28.
This is awesome. I just discovered your channel. You've got yourself a new subscriber. Hope you can make more of theses in the future. I'm considering buying the plans.
Hi Matthias, first of all thank you for the great videos! Have you sometimes thought about a programmable wooden combination lock. With this lock type I think it would require making either the tab or slot locations adjustable. The difficulty of this might be how to make it so that you don't need to disassemble the whole lock for programming it. It would be awesome to see your design!
Matthias, could one put "grooves" on the dowel holding the three locking components and make the lock changeable? is something like this too difficult to do? LOVE this lock!!
Goodnight Mr Matthias Wendel. Congratulations! As always, Mr. presents new and intelligent things. That God continue to bless you in a special way and getting better. I'm from Brasil I translate with Bing translator, so sorry for any errors.
Great video. Going back to circle jigs. can you make a jig without using a central reference point? It maybe something which would challenge you. Thanks
A possible solution for wheels overspinning.... attach a stripe of sponge or a small brush in a way that applies a little friction on all wheelss. That wont be noticed much when spinning the combination knob and will surely stop the wheel right where you dialed it. :) thanks for your video.
Put a piece of brush on the underside hidden between the tumblers and the dog (or whatever it's called) it will provide all the friction needed to stop them from overshooting.
Have you considered making an adjustable monitor arm, like seen on 'lumberjocks'- "Modular and Adjustable Multi-Monitor Tower"? I always enjoy watching complex woodworking projects
Matthias, you do realize that when the majority of your viewers give suggestions, they are *NOT* thinking, "Wow! That guy's an idiot! Clearly he should have done X instead of Y," right? What we *ARE* thinking is, "Wow! This is amazing. Great job! However, I noticed a possible extension/adjustment/improvement/fix/whatever." You seem to be continually insulted by the mere fact that anyone would offer a suggestion. Sure, you have your trolls, but not everyone offering a suggestion is trolling.
ClonesDream, I don't know if you're referring to me or Matthias. Regardless, I've seen too many times where people offer advice on improvements and constructive criticism, only for Matthias to shoot them down (multiple instances on this video alone). Either he is beyond arrogant or very easily offended/insulted. Not everything is a slight against him.
I was just thinking of a simple solution to solve that one issue if someone else would like to make a lock like Matthias's and have it perform with repeatability for more users, especially for applications where the mechanism is not going to be visible. I don't know if anyone would want to use a wooden lock for security, (perhaps to go with that beautiful shed rack and pinion latch) but I am brainstorming for funsies.
Good morning, my virtual friend Matthias, I would like to congratulate you on your work, although I do not speak your language visually and I try to improve your work thanks for giving me a different view of woodworking
That original lock video is what brought me to this awesome youtube channel.
So many clever techniques in barely 11 minutes. Thanks for sharing.
Hans de Groot That wasn't fast motion, that's his actual speed!!
The wooden combinationlock was what brought me to your wonderful channel in the first time. I'm a big fan, keep up the great work Mattias!!
I remember using these plans for a school project. Incorporated them into a full safe.
I ended up laser cutting the wheels out of 4mm acrylic I think, and made the casing acrylic too as it was supposed to be a child toy. Still had the loose wheel problem, although I didn't have the excuse of expanding wood.
So strange to see someone else make it form the plans, as you never posted a video of it. Brings back so many memories of me trying to figure it all out.
Great video.
Considering the number of dust collectors you have, I never hear them in the videos. Love your stuff! Rewatch them often.
Alex Gordon They all have wooden combination locks to start them and he has forgotten their combinations.
Ross Mennie hahahaha!!!
I actually made a wooden safe based on your first lock article. I added additional shallow notches to the rotors as others suggested. to prevent the rotors from free wheeling, I added a small spring detent to the washers, which are fixed to shaft. works great!
It's so cool to see this again, as it was how I discovered your work back in 2008 as I replicated a simpler version for a school project, but I couldn't get it right because I couldn't find a video explaining it's construction. I guess I can rebuild it now, thanks for everything!
Matthias, I downloaded your design several years ago and made the lock. Just for giggles, but little did I know that it would come in handy. I recently purchased a couple of large safes that were locked open (Cheap price of $5). After lube them up, and removing the rear plates I was faced with the simple task of figuring out the combinations. Your design was essentially the same. One safe was worth $250 dollars. Thanks
Have you ever considered using a circle jig?
5 seconds later: Never mind.
jesusnthedaisychain rofl, always remember: he's good at anticipating questions, always watch to the end. been there also very often
Never: Oh, there is an Edit button! I don't need to reply to myself like a complete tool!
(Ironically, you did find the Edit button to edit your reply ...)
Some people can cut a circle freehand, some can't. I can't, I use a jig.
That ... is possibly the dumbest attempt of justification I've read so far, ever.
Матиас.Я наблюдаю за твоими работами и делаю вывод,что ты просто технический извращенец.Конечно в хорошем смысле этого слова. Лайк конечно.
I built one of these for a geocache based on this video. Thanks Matthias! I added a section of a spring from a pop up sprinkler between the rotors to keep them from spinning. The spring fit over the dowel nicely.
In 2014/2015 I saw pictures of this lock and a short video showing, how it works. I figured the plan out by myself and built it for a small safe, which I gave as a small gift to my best friend at his wedding. It was a nice project and I love your explanation!
Mattias you are the best salesman friend.
Only the very best in lumber security.
bami2. "Lumber Security" sounds like a fancy corporation selling wooden safes :)
Matthias, you should have a home improvement show with all your videos. If its not called "Some Assembly Required" I'd be disappointed. Hell if you ever wanted to name your TH-cam Channel, it should be that!
Nice to see that you're more comfortable promoting your plans these days :)
Great video. I like how you showed how you build each piece. Very instructive.
I built one of these a few months ago, it was an absolute blast of a build.
I love the way your brain works. Thanks for the video. About the wood swelling up thing. I had that problem with the steam/air engine I built from your plans. It had been laying out in my shop for quite a few years, my bad. The plans I downloaded from you were perfect. My shop is a little humid in summer. Thanks again for the video.
...and this combination lock is great for teaching kids. If you don't have any kids, I'd be happy to sell you an instruction manual for making your own.
lmiddleman How much?? Do you take Mastercard?
+Ross Mennie
Don't take the bait! lmiddleman said "making" them, not "caring for" them. That manual is going to cost a lot more and you'll desperately need it.
Ihrbekommtmeinen Richtigennamennicht You are a confused individual.
If you want to sell plans on the internet you should have a youtube channel where you show sped-up videos of you making it yourself.
marketing on other people's home?
Very cool project. I plan on buying the plans to get the lasercut model. $7 is a steal. One interesting twist might be to have a magnet in each of the disks for a secondary secret panel unlocking, though you might need to have a 3 reed switches in series with a battery and a release mechanism. Love your work. Thanks.
Always fascinating. This is one reason I look forward to Fridays.
Greetings from the BIG SKY. Nice lock you made.
This is awesome! Great works as usual Matthais!
I can't believe it, I have been thinking about a wooden lock mechanism for the past few days!
You could try adding friction by making wooden splinter springs to press against the outside of the rotors slightly. But that is not necessary.
Anyway I enjoyed the video, i was wondering whether you will show the build of that lock!
Matthias has the best sales pitches.
Mathias bringing the heat once again
Thanks for being you! I get so much out of everything you post. Stay awesome my friend!
Lol, love the last comment about the bandsaw plans...
just when i think you've done it all you do something else cool. i really enjoy your videos.
Oh, Matthias. You don't need a combination to unlock my heart.
Wesley Treat Where's the fan. It's getting REALLY hot in the workshop.
Wesley Treat, Maker of Things
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Your old video on the wooden combination lock is how I first discovered you.
Every time I watch one of your videos, I wish I had a wood workshop. :)
Your working methods are impressive!
Work of a perfectionist,thrill to watch! You sir,should be proud of yourself,you're a legend!
this is the project that enticed me to your channel
I love your videos. Two suggestions: 1) spray adhesive for the patterns and 2) CA glue.
i never do woodwork, last time i did it was 5 years ago but i love your videos matthias, keep it up!
It makes me so excited to finish building my CNC! I could build one of these in a jiffy!
Yes, almost as fast as with a bandsaw if you count the computer time too.
@@matthiaswandel True! I had to think about the process for a minute 😂 I do woodworking and crafts for a living. There is undeniably something nice about physically making the cuts yourself. 😉 I think I'm just excited to try out my revamped CNC tbh! 🙃 Love your content man!
The high-speed sanding of the circles made me laugh for some reason. Wonderful build sir!
Have you tried to pick it yet? Pretending you don't know the combination? Maybe holding light tension on the leaver and make it catch one of the grooves? Could be fun next video :)
That pretend is easy: Cover the dial so the numbers cannot be seen.
An excellent teaching aid for a future safecracker .
Another great video! Thanks Matthias! I also watch Marius, he built your bandsaw, and has dropped your name a few times. ☺
"... but you also need a bandsaw." Best sales pitch ever!
Matthias - sincerely love all the wonderful things you do - so, in the spirit of that, having seen where you're cutting on the table saw with the calipers there on the left - "Never leave anything on the table saw that you wouldn't want to be inserted in your forehead" is my rubric ...
Wouldn't a piece of felt be a practical friction generating device for this application?
and you would put that felt where?
Below the center of the disks. It would probably need some trial and error to get to the right shim height though.
Matthias Wandel maybe oversize the holes on the rotors and put it in those?
Onto a bar going from frontplate to backplate, opposite the locking lever, for example, pressing against all three wheels at once.
but then you get a friction change when the slots go over the friction pad allowing the combination to be decoded through feel
In response to felt location....it should be between the discs, circles of felt glued to your spacers . A thick enough felt would allow for expansion and contraction I would think, and still give some friction to your design. Thanks for the video, I'm currently building a homemade table saw based on your design, with a few of your suggested improvements as well as a few of my own.
27-18-28 was my high-school locker combo!!
Muchas gracias, acabo de adquirir los planos y realizare el proyecto con mi hijo, me encanto!!!! Muchas gracias nuevamente! saludos.
Matthias, each rotor has a small diameter washer glued to it, can you use a small thin piece of wood or metal like a spring, putting pressure tangentially on each washer?
That could provide enough friction to stop the rotors from spinning freely.
For the two outside rotors the other end of the spring is attached to the case, and for the middle rotor it is attached to the adjacent rotor so it clears under the tabs.
Nice plug at the end!
Love it! Thanks for sharing!
complicated for beginner, but i'm gonna give this a try, great design, thanks
Edit: after watching several other videos, i think this might be the basic way to do it, so again, i'm gonna try this soon. I hope this can be done with basic tools
Edit 1: so, i tried using chopstick instead of dowel, and it kinda not work as it supposed to, i'm gonna find some bigger alternative and retry tomorrow.
"....more than happy to sell you those to" love that!
Neat work. For a Masterlock with a combination of A, B, C, there is a number X (which = 7 for a Masterlock) such that you can use an alternate combination of A - X, B + X/2, C. Rotations go in the opposite direction, so you go counter-clockwise first. The number X depends on the sizing of the lock's interior. So you need to find it by trial and error. I wonder if you could do that for this lock. For example, your combo is 27, 18, 28. With X = 7, the backwards combo would be 20, 21.5, 28.
the original combination lock video was the first video i watched by you
Your videos always fascinate me!!!
William Nagel Your pic fascinates me!
Thanks!!!
I have always wondered how you get stuff done so fast now I know you have hyper speed nice job.
This is awesome. I just discovered your channel. You've got yourself a new subscriber. Hope you can make more of theses in the future. I'm considering buying the plans.
My mother taught me how to cut out paper patterns and pin them to cloth and cut that, but I never thought of doing that to wood! 🤯
what a cool dude. your videos are awesome matthias, keep up the good work!
good video matthias. greetings from holland
Jermain's Experiment Lab That got me thinking. How about some lockable wooden shoes??
2:15 This is so satisfying 🤩
Hi Matthias, first of all thank you for the great videos! Have you sometimes thought about a programmable wooden combination lock. With this lock type I think it would require making either the tab or slot locations adjustable. The difficulty of this might be how to make it so that you don't need to disassemble the whole lock for programming it.
It would be awesome to see your design!
Jyri Kaivosoja Another good contribution instead of some of the whiners.
Nice lock, great video and as always great up sale opportunity. Looking forward to the next video, - Annie
Nice fun project :) You are not far from 1 million subscribers.... I hope you cross that line soon.
Reconbox1001 Lets all try to get him some more!
Matthias, could one put "grooves" on the dowel holding the three locking components and make the lock changeable? is something like this too difficult to do? LOVE this lock!!
Great video, thanks for sharing!
Goodnight Mr Matthias Wendel. Congratulations!
As always, Mr. presents new and intelligent things.
That God continue to bless you in a special way and getting better.
I'm from Brasil I translate with Bing translator, so sorry for any errors.
Wow . You make the most amazing things in tree. Wish you a great weekend
I like his low key subtle sense of humor. He reminds me of The comedian, Norm McDonald.
the plans look great!
nice project. When I make a notch with a round bottom I drill the radius then bandsaw the straights.
What a good salesman, peaks our interest and then at the end "Oh by the way you'll need this band-saw" ;p
Great video. Going back to circle jigs. can you make a jig without using a central reference point? It maybe something which would challenge you. Thanks
finally. A lock that can stop sonic screw drivers. Take that Doctor
the tower of london, take that fan trying to make a reference
Thank you for subtitles!
A possible solution for wheels overspinning.... attach a stripe of sponge or a small brush in a way that applies a little friction on all wheelss. That wont be noticed much when spinning the combination knob and will surely stop the wheel right where you dialed it. :) thanks for your video.
You could use a brush or similar which presses on the washers to create sufficient friction to prevent the overshooting.
Put a piece of brush on the underside hidden between the tumblers and the dog (or whatever it's called) it will provide all the friction needed to stop them from overshooting.
your videos are so satisfying
That proud humoristic face at the end ;-)
oh very nice work, thanks for your efforts!
Have you considered making an adjustable monitor arm, like seen on 'lumberjocks'- "Modular and Adjustable Multi-Monitor Tower"? I always enjoy watching complex woodworking projects
I have no need for one.
This certainly unlocked my heart..
The Master at work.
Love your channel, you're an amazing woodworker! By the way, are you an engineer by trade? I've only ever seen engineers use a compass the way you do.
as a locksmith, this is the coolest thing!
do you just go to the hardware store and buy all the vice grips they have?
How do you still have fingers? Nice work. Thank you for sharing this.
genious!!!!!!!...
Simply Thank You.
An interesting approach to the locks.
Whilst I have never worked with wood, but have you considered laser engraving the numbers for the knob into the wood?
Regarding the friction, you could simply make three leaf springs that rub against each of the dials. and provide sufficient resistance.
Great work, This would be awesome to teach people how safe minulpation is done
It's so satisfying watching you sand in high speed
what if you put a bar across the top with brush bristles that extend down onto the wheels for your friction?
Or I could just dial slowly
Matthias, you do realize that when the majority of your viewers give suggestions, they are *NOT* thinking, "Wow! That guy's an idiot! Clearly he should have done X instead of Y," right? What we *ARE* thinking is, "Wow! This is amazing. Great job! However, I noticed a possible extension/adjustment/improvement/fix/whatever." You seem to be continually insulted by the mere fact that anyone would offer a suggestion. Sure, you have your trolls, but not everyone offering a suggestion is trolling.
triggered
ClonesDream, I don't know if you're referring to me or Matthias. Regardless, I've seen too many times where people offer advice on improvements and constructive criticism, only for Matthias to shoot them down (multiple instances on this video alone). Either he is beyond arrogant or very easily offended/insulted. Not everything is a slight against him.
I was just thinking of a simple solution to solve that one issue if someone else would like to make a lock like Matthias's and have it perform with repeatability for more users, especially for applications where the mechanism is not going to be visible. I don't know if anyone would want to use a wooden lock for security, (perhaps to go with that beautiful shed rack and pinion latch) but I am brainstorming for funsies.