Comments on: HOWTO make a working, lockable papercraft safe http://boingboing.net/2012/03/05/howto-make-a-working-lockable.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Mon, 20 May 2013 21:47:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: technogeekagain http://boingboing.net/2012/03/05/howto-make-a-working-lockable.html#comment-1362815 technogeekagain Wed, 07 Mar 2012 04:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=147040#comment-1362815  If you want it to be a bit less of a novelty/demonstration, you could redesign it in plywood...  If you want it to be a bit less of a novelty/demonstration, you could redesign it in plywood…

]]> By: Ibi Sum http://boingboing.net/2012/03/05/howto-make-a-working-lockable.html#comment-1362245 Ibi Sum Tue, 06 Mar 2012 20:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=147040#comment-1362245 Cool!  I'm going to make this with my 4-year old! Cool!  I’m going to make this with my 4-year old!

]]> By: cellocgw http://boingboing.net/2012/03/05/howto-make-a-working-lockable.html#comment-1361882 cellocgw Tue, 06 Mar 2012 17:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=147040#comment-1361882 "Just keep that Feynmann character away from it." “Just keep that Feynmann character away from it.”

]]> By: technogeekagain http://boingboing.net/2012/03/05/howto-make-a-working-lockable.html#comment-1361701 technogeekagain Tue, 06 Mar 2012 13:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=147040#comment-1361701  Speaking as locksmith: This is a valid model of an older/basic version of the traditional dial combination lock mechanism, still in use in some cheap devices. Better versions, of course, employ various additional mechanisms to protect the lock from attempts to figure out the combination.  Speaking as locksmith: This is a valid model of an older/basic version of the traditional dial combination lock mechanism, still in use in some cheap devices. Better versions, of course, employ various additional mechanisms to protect the lock from attempts to figure out the combination.

]]> By: howaboutthisdangit http://boingboing.net/2012/03/05/howto-make-a-working-lockable.html#comment-1361664 howaboutthisdangit Tue, 06 Mar 2012 12:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=147040#comment-1361664 Then you will face the humiliation of being arrested and escorted to the station while wearing Chinese finger cuffs. Then you will face the humiliation of being arrested and escorted to the station while wearing Chinese finger cuffs.

]]> By: Sasha@librtee http://boingboing.net/2012/03/05/howto-make-a-working-lockable.html#comment-1361654 Sasha@librtee Tue, 06 Mar 2012 11:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=147040#comment-1361654 There was a web hosting company in Chicago that spent tens of thousands on security - biometric identification, multiple levels of steel security doors, database logging of all entries and exits, etc. Somebody took a sledgehammer and smashed through the drywall and stole a bunch of their servers. This piece is brilliant BTW. It's functional too - it won't keep anyone out, but it will let you know if they've been in it. There was a web hosting company in Chicago that spent tens of thousands on security – biometric identification, multiple levels of steel security doors, database logging of all entries and exits, etc.
Somebody took a sledgehammer and smashed through the drywall and stole a bunch of their servers.

This piece is brilliant BTW. It’s functional too – it won’t keep anyone out, but it will let you know if they’ve been in it.

]]> By: fergus1948 http://boingboing.net/2012/03/05/howto-make-a-working-lockable.html#comment-1361631 fergus1948 Tue, 06 Mar 2012 10:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=147040#comment-1361631 Ha! It may be lockable but I'm pretty sure I could break in to it in less than an hour. Maybe two. Ha! It may be lockable but I’m pretty sure I could break in to it in less than an hour. Maybe two.

]]> By: eviladrian http://boingboing.net/2012/03/05/howto-make-a-working-lockable.html#comment-1361544 eviladrian Tue, 06 Mar 2012 05:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=147040#comment-1361544 I know it's intended for novelty purposes only, but it reminds me of the Japanese prison in the Simpsons where, after being freed, Homer walks right through the ricepaper wall. I know it’s intended for novelty purposes only, but it reminds me of the Japanese prison in the Simpsons where, after being freed, Homer walks right through the ricepaper wall.

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