56 minutes ago, Dadio said:

Are you able to take them apart once they are assembled and replace the rings with different ones to change the combination?

Herb

I'm following Carl Jacobson's design and in his video the rings are glued in place so no, they are not removable. I can maybe the second ring could be threaded to be removable if the "safe" were open. When closed and locked the ring couldn't be removed because the pins would hold it in place. Might be something to think about but I think it wouldn't be real practical because it's very difficult to get the rings all the same diameter over a spread of only rings. To make 20 or 30 to be interchangeable might be pushing it.

 

Steve

1 hour ago, Smallpatch said:

Forgive me if I'm just plain out of it but is this a type of an Enigma decoder machine. I do remember a guy named Turing might have been the hero of WW11  because of the machine..

Patch, the "cryptex" is from a book called "The Da Vinci Code". According to the book and the movie this device was used to send secret messages on parchment paper. Included with the paper would be a vial of vinegar. It was supposed to be impossible to break into the cryptex without breaking the vial thereby destroying the parchment and the message.

Wikipedia on the cryptex

 

Steve

21 minutes ago, Steve Krumanaker said:

Patch, the "cryptex" is from a book called "The Da Vinci Code". According to the book and the movie this device was used to send secret messages on parchment paper. Included with the paper would be a vial of vinegar. It was supposed to be impossible to break into the cryptex without breaking the vial thereby destroying the parchment and the message.

Wikipedia on the cryptex

 

Steve

Thats better than a ziplock bag.

Herb

 

Well you have improved on this one I am sure the next one will be even better, if that is possible.

Edited March 16, 20188 yr by Dadio

i supposed that if one didn't have that fancy laser set up, they could just divide each ring into a number of sections (8, 10,12,15, 24, depending on how fancy you wanted to get), and then hand letter each position with any letter or number or symbol combination that suited you.

 

as for the pins, i presume they are positioned between the rings when things are closed, so each ring can grab a pin until they are all lined up?

 

i might have to try something like this someday when i'm bored.  not today.

 

i have a lathe, a drill press, some glue, and some patience.

 

and thinking evilly, you could even make two of these, with one fitting inside the other.    bwhahahaha......  have to solve two puzzles to get the prize!!!

Steve you continue to amaze. I was thinking like Artie but if you cannot remove rings must be mote point.

28 minutes ago, DAB said:

i supposed that if one didn't have that fancy laser set up, they could just divide each ring into a number of sections (8, 10,12,15, 24, depending on how fancy you wanted to get), and then hand letter each position with any letter or number or symbol combination that suited you.

 

as for the pins, i presume they are positioned between the rings when things are closed, so each ring can grab a pin until they are all lined up?

 

i might have to try something like this someday when i'm bored.  not today.

 

i have a lathe, a drill press, some glue, and some patience.

 

and thinking evilly, you could even make two of these, with one fitting inside the other.    bwhahahaha......  have to solve two puzzles to get the prize!!!

Dab, the index wheel on the lathe would work just fine, in fact, that's what Carl Jacobson does in his video. I was just never that confident in my hand lettering skills and I wanted something more permanent than ink. To be honest, it's a much easier project than a person would think. It's one of those times where consistency is much more important than being accurate. Suggest you watch Carl's videos as he explains really well how to make one. If a person doesn't have a lathe with an index there are after market index wheels to fit most any spindle size.

 

 

I was thinking LSMFT.   Those of a certain age will know what that came from. 

2 hours ago, p_toad said:

I was thinking LSMFT.   Those of a certain age will know what that came from. 

Or...CFPM......Call For Phillip Morris

and 9 out of 10 doctors prefer Camels

On 3/17/2018 at 8:56 PM, Stick486 said:

and 9 out of 10 doctors prefer Camels

The rest prefer women.