Wooden combination lock build

Building a wooden combination lock demonstration model
woodgears.ca/combolock
Plans here: woodgears.ca/combolock/plans

[@TheMijman]

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.

[@luiscarlos7923]

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

[@daSKAn]

That original lock video is what brought me to this awesome youtube channel.

[@wilhelml]

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!!

[@jordanengdahl4418]

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!

[@hansdegroot8549]

So many clever techniques in barely 11 minutes. Thanks for sharing.

[@rossmennie4903]

Hans de Groot That wasn't fast motion, that's his actual speed!!

[@SuperJamster1]

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

[@vallejokid1968]

Considering the number of dust collectors you have, I never hear them in the videos. Love your stuff! Rewatch them often.

[@rossmennie4903]

Alex Gordon They all have wooden combination locks to start them and he has forgotten their combinations.

[@vallejokid1968]

Ross Mennie hahahaha!!!

[@jesusnthedaisychain]

Have you ever considered using a circle jig?

[@jesusnthedaisychain]

5 seconds later: Never mind.

[@cord21465]

jesusnthedaisychain rofl, always remember: he's good at anticipating questions, always watch to the end. been there also very often

[@Anvilshock]

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 ...)

[@GrayBard1]

Some people can cut a circle freehand, some can't. I can't, I use a jig.

[@Anvilshock]

That ... is possibly the dumbest attempt of justification I've read so far, ever.

[@thoringg]

Mattias you are the best salesman friend.

[@TheVarnster]

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!

[@roombacats8410]

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.

[@Pankreaslipase]

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!

[@CivilisedMuffin]

Nice to see that you're more comfortable promoting your plans these days :)

[@bami2]

Only the very best in lumber security.

[@creativeobsin]

bami2. "Lumber Security" sounds like a fancy corporation selling wooden safes :)

[@ThePockyJocky]

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 KZbin Channel, it should be that!

[@user-xf7tk1rs5x]

Матиас.Я наблюдаю за твоими работами и делаю вывод,что ты просто технический извращенец.Конечно в хорошем смысле этого слова. Лайк конечно.

[@louiscritchie]

Mathias bringing the heat once again

[@neleabels]

Every time I watch one of your videos, I wish I had a wood workshop. :)

[@magicrobharv]

Great video. I like how you showed how you build each piece. Very instructive.

[@rogerdudra178]

Greetings from the BIG SKY. Nice lock you made.

[@LedSatriani]

I built one of these a few months ago, it was an absolute blast of a build.

[@carr869]

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.

[@NOLAMarathon2010]

Always fascinating. This is one reason I look forward to Fridays.

[@nate2d2]

Your old video on the wooden combination lock is how I first discovered you.

[@Paulman50]

this is the project that enticed me to your channel

[@richardhawkins2647]

I can't believe it, I have been thinking about a wooden lock mechanism for the past few days!

[@kefeer123]

Matthias has the best sales pitches.

[@jeffjohnson2792]

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.

[@packetlevel]

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 ...

[@theVonThompsons]

Your working methods are impressive!

[@jwhitestone]

Thanks for being you! I get so much out of everything you post. Stay awesome my friend!

[@Spikejwh1]

Lol, love the last comment about the bandsaw plans...

[@CoolestThing]

This is awesome! Great works as usual Matthais!

[@stephengroves6229]

The high-speed sanding of the circles made me laugh for some reason. Wonderful build sir!

[@eavesstreet6307]

just when i think you've done it all you do something else cool. i really enjoy your videos.

Work of a perfectionist,thrill to watch! You sir,should be proud of yourself,you're a legend!

[@WesleyTreat]

Oh, Matthias. You don't need a combination to unlock my heart.

[@rossmennie4903]

Wesley Treat Where's the fan. It's getting REALLY hot in the workshop.

[@moliksolanki6510]

Wesley Treat, Maker of Things o

[@me6751]

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[@allpkhoe]

i never do woodwork, last time i did it was 5 years ago but i love your videos matthias, keep it up!

[@blaster-zy7xx]

I love your videos. Two suggestions: 1) spray adhesive for the patterns and 2) CA glue.

[@HairyTheCandyMan]

It makes me so excited to finish building my CNC! I could build one of these in a jiffy!

[@matthiaswandel]

Yes, almost as fast as with a bandsaw if you count the computer time too.

[@HairyTheCandyMan]

@@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!

[@brandon2076]

27-18-28 was my high-school locker combo!!

[@lmiddleman]

...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.

[@rossmennie4903]

lmiddleman How much?? Do you take Mastercard?

[@ihrbekommtmeinenrichtigennamen]

+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.

[@rossmennie4903]

Ihrbekommtmeinen Richtigennamennicht You are a confused individual.

[@andrewcady9443]

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.

[@user-qu3ir6cs3s]

marketing on other people's home?

[@anderswegge6828]

Wouldn't a piece of felt be a practical friction generating device for this application?

[@matthiaswandel]

and you would put that felt where?

[@anderswegge6828]

Below the center of the disks. It would probably need some trial and error to get to the right shim height though.

[@Anonymouspock]

Matthias Wandel maybe oversize the holes on the rotors and put it in those?

[@Anvilshock]

Onto a bar going from frontplate to backplate, opposite the locking lever, for example, pressing against all three wheels at once.

[@brainndamage]

but then you get a friction change when the slots go over the friction pad allowing the combination to be decoded through feel

[@derekjanzen9745]

Another great video! Thanks Matthias! I also watch Marius, he built your bandsaw, and has dropped your name a few times. ☺

[@MrFakit]

What a good salesman, peaks our interest and then at the end "Oh by the way you'll need this band-saw" ;p

[@jaynegus4526]

An excellent teaching aid for a future safecracker .

[@vbertrand]

"... but you also need a bandsaw." Best sales pitch ever!

[@Jeppe.P.Bjerget]

Wow . You make the most amazing things in tree. Wish you a great weekend

[@Nuno.Soares.GeoTagXplorer]

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.

[@AbhishekKumar1902]

your videos are so satisfying

[@nolinjmaurer1811]

what a cool dude. your videos are awesome matthias, keep up the good work!

[@10223220]

I have always wondered how you get stuff done so fast now I know you have hyper speed nice job.

[@albertpolak786]

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!

[@OneMarko]

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 :)

[@Anvilshock]

That pretend is easy: Cover the dial so the numbers cannot be seen.

[@SuperYtviewer]

Nice lock, great video and as always great up sale opportunity. Looking forward to the next video, - Annie

[@rossmennie4903]

I like his low key subtle sense of humor. He reminds me of The comedian, Norm McDonald.

[@hoppend]

"....more than happy to sell you those to" love that!

[@HollywoodColt]

Your videos always fascinate me!!!

[@rossmennie4903]

William Nagel Your pic fascinates me!

[@HollywoodColt]

Thanks!!!

[@alexi3903]

Lock picking lawyer here. Rotate to the left. A little click rotate to the right and I'm in.

[@matroosoft4589]

That proud humoristic face at the end ;-)

[@prernamahour2755]

2:15 This is so satisfying 🤩

[@ShriKaav]

as a locksmith, this is the coolest thing!

[@leksey7870]

An interesting approach to the locks.

[@marcoantoniogonzalezvillar1794]

Muchas gracias, acabo de adquirir los planos y realizare el proyecto con mi hijo, me encanto!!!! Muchas gracias nuevamente! saludos.

[@JermainFishwick]

good video matthias. greetings from holland

[@rossmennie4903]

Jermain's Experiment Lab That got me thinking. How about some lockable wooden shoes??

[@JakeDancel]

the original combination lock video was the first video i watched by you

[@TheAgentSCI]

finally. A lock that can stop sonic screw drivers. Take that Doctor

[@gameplayer5168]

the tower of london, take that fan trying to make a reference

[@Reconbox1001]

Nice fun project :) You are not far from 1 million subscribers.... I hope you cross that line soon.

[@rossmennie4903]

Reconbox1001 Lets all try to get him some more!

[@ukulelefatman]

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.

[@benyork3895]

Nice plug at the end!

[@oldsteamguy]

the plans look great!

[@jasonhamilton5756]

nice project. When I make a notch with a round bottom I drill the radius then bandsaw the straights.

[@megantarahs]

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.

[@jameswturley]

It's so satisfying watching you sand in high speed

[@ratoim]

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! 🤯

[@mnhgcortes]

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.

[@thewoodworker1703]

The Master at work.

[@hmpphm7113]

This certainly unlocked my heart..

[@TMicxd]

Love it! Thanks for sharing!

[@davidgreenleaf3008]

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.

[@victorzurdo6516]

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.

[@69dblcab]

Always love the high speed hammer sounds. :) Are you working on a new gig as pitch man? "I would be happy to sell you plans for that as well" I love your sense of humor and I always get a chuckle somewhere in your videos. Keep'm comin. Regards to Rachel and Olin.

[@wallisonmedeiros309]

Great video, thanks for sharing!

[@Jono6671]

oh very nice work, thanks for your efforts!

[@B0JIK0B]

Thank you for subtitles!

[@dusannestorovic5699]

do you just go to the hardware store and buy all the vice grips they have?

[@RookieLock]

Great work, This would be awesome to teach people how safe minulpation is done

[@andy4an]

i love that you wanted to make a video so badly that you made the whole thing from scratch!

[@BlueyMcPhluey]

the video that first brought me to Matthias' channel was a wooden combination lock :)

[@MarcKulhavy]

You could use a brush or similar which presses on the washers to create sufficient friction to prevent the overshooting.

[@wiser82]

Some left handed bandsaw action at the end. Riskayyyy

[@MohammedAli-vo8hq]

Almost 1 Million Subs! Get Sharing People!!!!

[@Piri-mo1rv]

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.

[@pushprajkori4730]

Wow so amazing for all creation

[@joostbackaertloogo]

Nice upselling skills 👍😉

[@STRATOS13PAO]

lol at the selling plans thing at the end!

[@mew2o635]

its so satisfying to watch Damn!

[@frankyboy4409]

Regarding the friction, you could simply make three leaf springs that rub against each of the dials. and provide sufficient resistance.

[@JosephLorentzen]

Simply Thank You.