Make: a secret, rollaway bookshelf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMsZ9YtE1j0

Glue the spines from an old encyclopedia set to slats of wood, back with a piece of fabric (a "tambour") and top with woodscrews as makeshift rollers that run along a routed track, and voila, you've got a hidden stashbox that slides aside to reveal whatever you want to hide there. (more…)