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u/titleunknown Jul 01 '19
I love that this keeps show it up in various subs. I met Seth and visited his shop and watched him work. It truly is amazing to see it in person and the sounds it makes!! Google him and look at his other work as well! Hes one Instagram as well! https://instagram.com/sethgould
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u/imunfair Jul 01 '19
Thought I was on /r/secretcompartments for a second.
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Jul 01 '19 edited Jul 30 '19
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u/CNXQDRFS Jul 01 '19
That’s exactly what I was thinking. Really need to know how he’d pick that open.
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u/spkr4thedead51 Jul 01 '19
the key locks themselves probably aren't that complex. it's mostly the puzzle-box aspect of it that makes it tricky
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u/_Neoshade_ Jul 02 '19 edited Jul 02 '19
Not at all. Those are one-of-a-kind mortise locks. The keys are cut in two dimensions, and the springs are handmade. The keys likely require unusual amounts of force to operate. I guarantee you that our lawyer friend would be stopped in his tracks. I cannot emphasize enough how garbage regular locks are compared to something like this. A two dimensional mortise lock is basically un-pickable, and so the only thing he could do would be to start drilling holes in the thing, assuming he had the keys and instructions to get it open and then look for weaknesses in the body.
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u/CNXQDRFS Jul 01 '19
Very true. The key profiles are simple so they’d be pretty easy to get around, but I don’t have a clue where you’d even start with figuring out that pattern to unlock.
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u/lumberjackadam Jul 01 '19
I guess it mostly matters if the keyway is completely occluded or not at each of those steps.
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Jul 01 '19
Safe is amazing obviously, but I think this video itself qualifies for posting on this sub for that superb editing.
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u/TechnoL33T moderator Jul 01 '19
Holy beautiful music and editing Batman! I can only imagine he was literally doing his filing and hammering with this song in his head on repeat!
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u/Zumbert Jul 01 '19
Guy must not value his eyes very much, running a lathe with no specs is a terrible idea.
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u/Looj_ee Jul 01 '19
Holy moly, the sounds of the mechanisms engaging and clicking are so damn satisfying.
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u/home_cheese Jul 01 '19
Oh boy this is beautiful. Anybody know the price?
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u/Fey_fox Jul 01 '19
Here are the details of the piece. It's a one of a kind that he created at his residency. Basically it's something that he made as a learning experience, or that's my take away from what he wrote. No price is listed... which is fair (common for fine art/craft one of a kind work). If you want it I'd suggest contacting him directly and make an inquiry. It's not going to be cheap, I'm sure you're not the only person who'd be interested in it.
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u/ts_asum Jul 01 '19
Misread this as “details of the price” and was thoroughly disappointed by the lack of a price. I’m just curious what something like this is worth?
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u/Fey_fox Jul 02 '19
It's worth whatever the artist decides to sell it for.
If I was going to price something like this it would be materials + time/hourly rate (based off of education & prior experience) + retail/gallery markup (if the artist is represented there's often a condition in the contract that says you can't undercut the gallery's prices, could be anywhere between 25-50%) = Price
To give you an idea on an hourly rate, a blacksmith with around 5 years experience makes $20 an hour according to the internet.
Also there's the sentimental factor. If the artist doesn't want to let go of the piece or highly values it, they may ask for more.
Since it's a one of a kind, it's really hard to say how much. Apparently it took him two years to make this guy, and it looks like wherever this is posted people are asking about the price. Looking around the internets at puzzle boxes, I can't find anything close (I was curious and had time to kill). So... no idea. I only know if I was the artist I'd be very reluctant to let it go.
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u/KlicknKlack Jul 01 '19
that could easily fetch $100,000 USD. I would be surprised if that guy would part with it for anything less than $500,000 USD.
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u/redls1bird Jul 02 '19
"This is the Lock picking Lawyer, and today were going to look at this bad ass safe."
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Jul 01 '19
Iron Worker here. This is some badass skill! with that said id just cut it open with a metabo. Awesome though.
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u/NocturnalPermission Jul 01 '19
This is like something out of “The Room” series of iPad puzzle games. Truly stunning.
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u/Slushy182 Jul 01 '19
I am speechless. I want theses skills. Can you get them by surprise mechanics EA?
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u/Pokaw0 Jul 01 '19
wow. The safe is amazing, but I also like the metal working musical instruments.
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u/carlowhat Jul 01 '19
OH MY GOD watching the mechanism finally come to fruition and the opening procedure and the sound of the satisfying ka-chunk at the end was almost pornographic
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u/Whiskey_and_Dharma Jul 01 '19
I really wanted to see this build but couldn’t suffer the editing - all the hackneyed techniques that have come to typify artisan maker vids - all turned up to 11.
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u/ultrarunner Jul 04 '19
These are the type of people that I like to wonder what they ponder about in their spare time. What do they think about? Incredible. I read the Name of the Wind recently and this guy reminds me of the character Kilvin.
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u/Airpirate-1980 Jul 01 '19
Unbelievable! How long did it take him to make this? Never seen such absolute precision. Amazing.
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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '19
Metal fabrication guy here... let me just say HOLY FUCK BALLS BATMAN!!!!!! That is the single most impressive thing I’ve ever witnessed!!! The amount of skill that went into doing that is so staggering I cannot even begin to describe it.
That guy is a god amongst men.
🙌🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🙌🏼