Matthias Wandel, the genius behind the previously posted binary marble adding machine has once again amazed me with his outstanding woodwork.
In the video above, you can see Wandel’s wooden combination lock. He explains the details of how the lock works and how it compares to other popular non-wooden combination locks.
this guy is awesome – on his personal page he has a bunch of other neat projects he’s worked on (not just wooden contraptions)
yeah this guy is VERY good. I’m going to try to get a wooden box with this kind of a lock (without the plans) on a miniature scale for my friend. One of the only problem is that I’m going to try to get it to her as a Christmas present ;). the other is now turning the ‘bar lock’ (not really sure what to call it) so that the lock will allow her to open the top instead of the side (i want the lock part to be stationary, but the top of the box to open up) so this is the place I went to first (actually it was his website where you can find pictures and descriptions that can help you either better understand it or build it) and so either way I’m using his plans for the lock part on my box. So thank you so much Matthias Wandel!