A different place to stash your guns.
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JohnsXDM
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Nice concept, but he must not like his guns much. No foam or racks? Tell him its a nice start but he's only half done.
50 Shooter
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Yeah, that would be done to the owners request, just a concept to show people what they can have.
Inebriated
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I've had a lot of ideas of places to store guns, but under the stairs isn't one. Looks great.
SleazyRider
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That's the most creative use of a staircase I've seen since Herman emerged from the staircase in the opening scene of The Munsters.
See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TTIqK9nFH8 .
Great job!
See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TTIqK9nFH8 .
Great job!
Sam1911
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That's fantastic! A suggestion I'd have is some especially durable materials surfacing the walls of the stairway so that the carpet or tread edges never could wear the paint too obviously.
As is, that would be fine for an emergency stash. If you used it much, though, you'd soon have semi-circular rub marks burnishing the paint and that wouldn't look good, or very discrete.
Such a great concept! Finish it out right and it's a $5,000 upgrade to a house!
As is, that would be fine for an emergency stash. If you used it much, though, you'd soon have semi-circular rub marks burnishing the paint and that wouldn't look good, or very discrete.
Such a great concept! Finish it out right and it's a $5,000 upgrade to a house!
bannockburn
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Great idea though my concern would be with the overall durability and strength of the step itself.
Sam1911
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Looks like he's got some very large pieces of angle steel holding the tread to the next riser. That should hold up. Using OSB for it all? Well, maybe that's just the prototype. 
Ditchtiger
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scaatylobo
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Nice
I like,but its not good if your thinking that it will stop anyone with a metal detector from finding them.
BUT that might be the only place overlooked in such a drastic search.
Good point about wearing the paint ---- would need VERY careful clearance to assure no rub marks.
I like,but its not good if your thinking that it will stop anyone with a metal detector from finding them.
BUT that might be the only place overlooked in such a drastic search.
Good point about wearing the paint ---- would need VERY careful clearance to assure no rub marks.
Trunk Monkey
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I'd want some way to lock it
GBExpat
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Very cool, 50 Shooter, thanks for sharing that!
50 Shooter
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Sam,
Yes, when actually done in a persons house it would look like ordinary stairs. That's the whole point, hide it in the open so that people wouldn't know. As for a locking mechanism it could be one of the risers on the staircase, twist it around to unlock. Or set up another type, the possibilities are endless with this.
It's just a reminder of what you can do or have a contractor do for you in your home. People have been building hidden spots in their houses since houses have been around. Glad you guys liked it, maybe I'll have to post his shooting bench.
Yes, when actually done in a persons house it would look like ordinary stairs. That's the whole point, hide it in the open so that people wouldn't know. As for a locking mechanism it could be one of the risers on the staircase, twist it around to unlock. Or set up another type, the possibilities are endless with this.
It's just a reminder of what you can do or have a contractor do for you in your home. People have been building hidden spots in their houses since houses have been around. Glad you guys liked it, maybe I'll have to post his shooting bench.
Anyone else think.. Munsters???
If he made them to look like nice wood on the sides with just a carpeted runner down the middle it would not show
being that nails normally hold stair treads down, won't a metal detector go off anyway?
If he made them to look like nice wood on the sides with just a carpeted runner down the middle it would not show
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Outlaw Man
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The real trick would be having a combination lock where the right combination will get your guns and the wrong one will get you Munster-fied.
I agree. It's an excellent use of otherwise wasted space.
On An Island
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That's a great idea! You could easily make the frame (stringers, risers and tread) as sturdy as standard stairs, and then add some lift arms like you'd find on a car's trunk to compensate for the extra weight you'd add. Of course you'd have to spec the arms to work with whatever weight you wound up with. Hmmmm....
Is a metal decector used ofter in robberies. I would think with all the metal in my house it would go off continuously. Not sure that is a really big concearn.
Cool idea, now I wish I had stairs in my house
Hoppes Love Potion
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Excellent idea. Nobody would ever consider that. Looking from the floor below, they'd just see a slanted ceiling. Great use of the empty space.
Reefinmike
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Great Idea... kinda wish I had stairs again!
Is there any way to lock the set of stairs down? I could see a guest discovering it by accidentally dragging their foot up it. also kids love playing on steps
Is there any way to lock the set of stairs down? I could see a guest discovering it by accidentally dragging their foot up it. also kids love playing on steps
472x1A/B
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50 Shooter, I really like this idea, thank you for posting this. Rated thread GOOD.
Sauer Grapes
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As a carpenter myself, I love it! I'm wondering what hinge system he used. I'll bet the hardware from a set of fold up attic stairs would work well.
I like the concept.
I like the concept.
Sam1911
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Ugh. Noisy. I'll bet we could find something better. Try Rockler.
I had an idea for a hidey hole like this but my carpentry skills are basically non-existent, and I wouldn't trust anyone local to keep their mouths shut. I'd have to bring someone in from at least a hundred miles away and that would be expensive.....
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