How To Make A Hidden Bookshelf Door

Make sure that the hidden door won t swing into the bookshelf either.

How to make a hidden bookshelf door.

This provides adequate support for the weight of the shelves. After i am done it will still be messy but now it is finished and it has the secret feature. Maneuver the door until the bottom hinge is engaged with the threshold hinge pin. However there is much more that makes a hidden door function properly both the way in which the hinges are integrated and the other hardware and woodworking methods.

It s drawn parallel to the front edge of the plywood and should be almost the full length of it and approximately 6 back from the front edge figure 2. Place the door into the opening hinge side first with the top tilted slightly outward. My home office was messy. The door should now be in place and functioning.

Some people call this a bookcase. Then determine whether or not you can put the bookcase far enough away from the soon to be hidden door that it can swing outwards without hitting any neighboring walls or furniture. Basically you attach the pivot hardware join the two sides of the door with a piano hinge stand the door up put the valance on top with 1 4 spacers mark the drill hole locations for the lag bolts remove the valance drill the holes then replace the valance and lag bolt it into place. Your bookcase should now operate as intended.

Well it was secret. Then glue the shelf boards. Wall to wall bookshelves that conceal a hidden door. For that reason we do not sell our bookcase door hinges by themselves.

He modifies the bearings from heavy duty caster wheels to work as his bookshelf pivots. Then tilt the door into the hole while threading the allen screw up and into the head jamb hinge. When you do this place a shelf board between them just to make sure you place the supporting boards correctly. The bookcase is basically a gate that swings out from the wall from hidden hinges and is supported.

Sub step 1 size the door width line 1 is the first one drawn and represents the existing wall and doorway into which the bookcase will be installed. Assembling the secret bookcase door first glue the supporting boards to the large sideboards. Sub step 2 size the door height.