MKS-2

This is my second K'nex safe, but the first one was only a slide show, while this is an I'ble. This one is not the same one, and while it has many similarities to it, it does have some (rather significant) differences which make it better and probably more practical than the first.

My First K'nex Safe

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Features:

• Uses 2 keys
• Has 6 bolts
• More compact than the first
• More storage space than the first
• Pretty solid, door is securely held in place by bolts

Step 1 Components

Make the following in the quantity stated:

Image 1: Make 1. Part A
Image 2: Make 2. Part B
Image 3: Make 3. Part C
Image 4: Make 4. Part D
Image 5: Make 6. Part E
Image 6: Make 6. Part F
Image 7: Make 1. Part G
Image 8: Make 4. Part H
Image 9: Make 1. Part I

Comments

[TheRacker]

Looks good. I like the way the 6 bolts lock the door.

[knex builder36472418]

shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitttt that is nice dude, btw i gave up trying to build your other one, it was so hard lol

[~KGB~]

Thats pretty nice!

[MegaMetal8]

So Good I Might Even Build!

[H1T4TCH1]

Wow, I definately going to build!

4.5*!

[Masterdude]

Thanks.

[Masterdude]

Thanks, this one might be easier to build than that one. The first one's mech was a bit more complicated than this one.

[Masterdude]

Thanks.

[Masterdude]

Thanks.

[lilnorm123]

THIS IS TOTALLY EPIC!!!!!!! I'm gonna build this when my shipment of hinges come in. I've only got 2.

[Masterdude]

Thanks.

[danroy99]

I just finished building this and I think it's FANTASTIC! The only issues I had were piece shortages. Such as how I had to use yellow connectors for the lid instead of orange, but not a problem. My biggest problem was hinge shortage. But I followed the advice you gave earlier to snosageman99 and put 2 and the front and it worked fine. This is a great safe! It's actually pretty tough and secure. (Except for the front and back of the actual box) These were great instructions, it's a great safe, and I had a great time building it. Keep up the good work!

5*

[Masterdude]

Yeah the thing does use a whole lot of parts. I myself would have changed some things if I had the pieces. Glad you like it and thanks.l

[~Aeronous~]

Great safe you got there. I don't think that green rods would be very strong but whatever.

[Masterdude]

Thanks. I think that in my earlier I used white rods as bolts, but since there are 6 green rod bolts and they fit rather snuggly in the door, it is pretty strongly locked.

[knex gun and grenade maker]

whered all my green rods go?!?!?!....oh
i dont even have enough of them can i change it???

[Masterdude]

I hate it when that happens. Especially when building someone's I'ble and I don't have enough parts to make it work. On the internal parts you could minimize part use by simplifying the internal structure. It might still work. You could also take the door and instead of using O. Connector-G. Rod-O. Connector-G. Rod-O. Connector with O. Connector-B. Rod-O. Connector. Then if you get rid of the middle bolts you should save atleast 36 G. rods

[knex gun and grenade maker]

the thing is i dont have manyMORE GREEN RODS.
HOW CAN I MAKE THIS WITH OUT THAT MANY.

I AM ON COMPONETS PIC.5 AND ONLY COULD BUILD 3

[Masterdude]

I don't know. If indeed you have that little green rods then I'm afraid you might not have enough to make it, even with drastic modifications. I quess you could make it thinner, for example get rid of 4 of the bolts and get rid of all between them. That, however, would be quite a drastic change in design. It's probably doable but you'd have to change many things such as the door and key to make it work.

[Snosageman99]

i dont have that many hinges can i use something else

[Masterdude]

You could not do all the bolts, and only make as many of them as your resources let you.

[Snosageman99]

ok thanks...so if i made 2 where would i put them. I know there are 6 spaces ( 3 on each side but where would i put them. On your one there is six bolts back, middle front but where would i put it.

Back Middle or Front.

[Masterdude]

I would say one on each side, in the front, they are easiest to turn if they are placed in the front.

[Snosageman99]

ok thanks....built it and it is awesome 5*

[knex gun and grenade maker]

god this will take long!
im only on the 3rd pic.,step 1!!!!!
i started at 12:00 pm!!!

[MegaMetal8]

Built it.

Can't get it working. I Can't turn the key to push the pin/lock parts.

[Masterdude]

Well, if you've made it correctly, then you might not be inserting the key correctly, the tip of the key's rod should go into the gray connector's hole, or the rubberbands might be on too strong and might make it hard for the bolts to retract. PM me if you still have problems.

[MegaMetal8]

Without ANY elastic bands only the first pin on each side works.

[Masterdude]

What rod do you use for the key? The standard gray rods might disfigure and the torsion might not get to the back pins. The black ones are stiffer and would probably work better if you use them.

[MegaMetal8]

I Used Black Rods cause I thought of what you said as I built it.

[Masterdude]

Well, I don't know, usually it would work for me, even though sometimes it would take a couple turns to turn back the back ones.

[MegaMetal8]

Im just gonna break it up.

Shame it didn't work though.

The all round build is very compact and clean though - good job!

[Masterdude]

Too bad that it didn't work for you.

[MegaMetal8]

Ya. "/

[Fred the evil puppet]

i may even give up on my improved zkar mechanism to build this!

[MegaMetal8]

Building. Just finished pic 3.

[Masterdude]

Good luck building it.

[MegaMetal8]

Failed - Read other comment.

[james4]

lol at first look i thought oh hey a knex bomb

[Masterdude]

Really? Like what bomb did you think it looked like?