FAKE ACCESS PANEL

by THE GOOSE

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Intro: FAKE ACCESS PANEL

I wanted a fake access panel for my futuristic door i made. so here it is.

materials

1. 1 piece of white plexiglass 12x20

2. 1 piece of clear plexiglass 12x20

3. 1 piece 1/4" plywood

4 1 piece of 1x1 1/4" 6'

5. led lights that suit your build.

6. alum. tape

7. wood screws

8. solder, heat shrink, tape, wire, 12v plug

tools

1. screw gun

2. drill and bits

3. i used a bandsaw to cut my plexiglass

4. wire strippers solder gun

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STEP 1:

i found this hand photo on the internet and changed it a bit to suit my build, then printed it on photo paper.. i then made a 1x frame a little bigger then a sheet of paper. i made a back out of 1x4 ply wood. i cover everything in the box with alum. tape in hopes to make it brighter.

STEP 2:

i mounted led lights where i wanted them to light up. some were not bright enough so i drilled and cut the white plexiglass. i then stacked the white plexiglass, the photo, clear plexiglass, and drilled the corners and screwed them together.

STEP 3:

i then hooked them in to the garage door opener so as they will light up when the door is in use.

thanks for looking at my instructable

STEP 4:

25 Comments

MrE 9 years ago

Reminds me of that door in flynt lockwoods lab, form the movie cloudy with a chance of meatballs. Tried to find a gif or pic but no go.

THE GOOSE 9 years ago

yea i could only find this photo.

The Goose

thegoodhen 9 years ago

Have you thought about throwing an Attiny (Or even an Arduino) in there together with some capacitive touch thingy? :3 I really like the looks of it.

THE GOOSE 9 years ago

yea, i thought of alot more things i could have done to make it a lot better. but not many people will see it but me [and instructables] so i had to say good enough.

thanks

imbm24 9 years ago

I really like your project. It looks great.

I just read where BallscrewBob mentioned using an Arduino and a loose plate to activate lights. If you were to use an Arduino you could make the contact points touch sensitive. Once they are touch sensitive, either by capacitive, temperature, or pressure, then you could also make the touch points a combination by touching different places in certain order to automatically unlock the door.

patchyprojects 9 years ago

Maybe I'm just overlooking it, but I can't seem to find a link to the video? I'd love to see it in action - looks great!

THE GOOSE 9 years ago

If your on a computer it's right below the tools used.
Thanks

THE GOOSE 9 years ago

If your on a phone, it's not where it should be. I clicked on the top photo of the access panel and scroll through till I got to the video. Hope this helps.

WyldStyl3 9 years ago

Man...this along with the door into the shop you did are 2 of the coolest things I've ever seen in my life. WELL done indeed!!

THE GOOSE 9 years ago

now thats a good idea, making it a door bell.

Thanks

BallscrewBob 9 years ago

If I built this I would be very tempted to throw an Arduino in there and make the plate loose enough to trigger a small switch and activate the lights and a small speaker / buzzer. I think its an awesome little project.

wkatchi 9 years ago

AWESOMEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

truly great bro

you are a genious

i was thinking of making an actual biometric lock

can you please guide me on that

email- wasilkatchi@gmail.com

THE GOOSE 9 years ago

sorry i would not be able to help ya on that. mine is fake.

THE GOOSE 9 years ago

if your asking is it hard to make. the answer is no unless you dont have tools and a little imagination. then it would be difficult. i made this in a few hours.
Thanks TheGoose
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