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Final Adjustments and Trim Installation

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Creating A Hidden Room With A Secret Floor Door!

What happens here

Tools and materials

  • Baseboards
  • Drill/Driver
  • Nail Gun
  • Screws

What they say

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[Music] so I trimmed off the back the good news is nothing's catching anymore uh and by trimming it off I cut off anything that was broken um the bad news is um why is this thing there it is the bad news is that the reveal it's more than I wanted it to have which sucks which really really sucks um I'm going to try adjusting these hinges so maybe it pushes inward a little bit but man that really blows I was really getting excited that this is going to be picture perfect [Music] so to make it a smoother close I tried off about half an inch maybe basically put a bevel right on this corner so it doesn't catch on this little lip here so so far we have a smooth opening and closing latch door the downfall and again we're going to celebrate the good things first uh the Lines line up perfectly here I have a I'm happy with this Gap here this is the only section I'm not happy with there's nothing we can do about it maybe a different kind of door hardware maybe but it's functioning it opens and closes smoothly it just has like a quarter in Groove there but you got to pick and choose your battles I know I'm going to get destroyed in the comment section about it's not really a hidden door but I think this is the best that at least I can do uh if you have any ideas make it even better let me know uh maybe Hardware you recommend but this is what I went with and I think next time I'll try something different but let's go and move on to the latch cuz we can't always use this stupid screw here so I picked up these hidden latches on Amazon so the idea is you bore this inside this is flush to the surface and then you just push this down flip it over and now you have a smooth little handle to pick up now I played around in my head with the idea of possibly taking existing flooring and CA gluing it on here but what I'm afraid of because how tight of a Precision these little Gap apps are I'm afraid it's going to get caught on something um it's not my skill set but stainless steel nonetheless will look relatively cool [Music] I'm not a fan of this I need to bore out a little bit more wider but there's not a whole lot of lippage on the side of this bracket so it's like an eighth at best on each side not my ideal fun time [Music] this is why I never got into fine woodworking I can't run a chisel to save my life and most of the time it's dull chisels I just don't have the patience to and the discipline to just go and sharpen them every single time I'm not cut out for that kind of…

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