Ideas for gun cabinet surround?

[Mike L]

I am about to move properties and was mulling over the idea of having the cabinet in my study and putting a false cupboard/cabinet around it, has anyone done this and can furnish ideas/tips?

Regards

Mike

 

[Andy S]

You can buy gun cabinets as furniture.

http://www.21stantiques.com/guncabinets/index

 

[Mike L]

Yes I had a look at those, but was thinking more of the DIY option!

 

[Les]

I've been trying to upload a few pics from my Photobucket,  but what used to work before isn't working now! :fie:

 

[Les]

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[mx20003]

Hi Mike I make veneered cabinets to fit around  the metal cabinets, you just pull them out to access the fixed metal one. Would send picture but don`t know how to up load it.

 

[paul b]

I have wanted to make one out of a grand father clock,you could even have the face part as a separate box for chokes and glasses etc.But the wife wont let me,aparently there not in fashion?  #underthumb

 

[chippy]

I have wanted to make one out of a grand father clock,you could even have the face part as a separate box for chokes and glasses etc.But the wife wont let me,aparently there not in fashion?  #underthumb

I made one using a cuckoo clock. The only problem was I could only open it on the hour when the bird came out with the key.

 

[Skeet UK]

Buy a flat pack cabinet of suitable size and build around the gun cabinet?

http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/70218963/  Quite dear

http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/70205079/  Quite cheap

http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/categories/departments/bathroom/20806/ Quite a selection

 

[VicW]

I did what Skeet suggests.

I bought a self assembly single wardrobe and cut a hole in the back that passed over the gun cabinet.

I then mounted the gun cabinet on the wall.

You then put the wardrobe over the gun cabinet. Presto !

When aligning the gun cabinet and the wardrobe make sure that when all are mounted that the gun cabinet door opens properly inside the wardrobe.

Buy a double wardrobe and you will have storage for all your shooting clothes etc and maybe a few cartridges as well.

The FEO was very impressed, lots of brownie points !

Vic.

 

[westley]

The frontage for my cabinet is a bookcase. When I first moved here the FEO cam and was filling in his paperwork which he put onto a shelf on the 'bookcase'. He got a bit of a suprise when I asked him to shift his papers so I could open the cabinet !

 

[Mike L]

Thanks for the posts chaps, food for thought

Mike

 

[PhilS]

Buy a flat pack cabinet of suitable size and build around the gun cabinet?
 
http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/70218963/  Quite dear
http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/70205079/  Quite cheap
http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/categories/departments/bathroom/20806/ Quite a selection

Skeet,

Don't like those colours. You got any others mate?

 

[westley]

There you go, 'food for thought'........................... disguise it as a fridge !      :spiteful:

 

[Simonix]

I just put a "smeg" badge on my cabinet door, and voila! A covert fridge lookalike gun cabinet!

 

[westley]

If you just want something to scare burglars away, I will post you a photograph of my Mother in Law !

 

[Skeet UK]

If you just want something to scare burglars away, I will post you a photograph of my Mother in Law !

Stick a few of these on the door...

Then this one on the cabinet...