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Repurposing that old fridge

Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2012 12:33 pm
by jmra
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Haven't seen this on the forum. Sorry if it is a repeat.

Re: Repurposing that old fridge

Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2012 12:47 pm
by Oldgringo
That's a neat idea! Far better than taking it out semewhere, shooting it full of holes, and then leaving it to rust and further blighting the landscape.

Re: Repurposing that old fridge

Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2012 1:21 pm
by JALLEN
Can it be locked securely?

Re: Repurposing that old fridge

Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2012 1:33 pm
by jmra
JALLEN wrote:Can it be locked securely?
I haven't seen the actual fridge. It does look like there is a handle that swings to secure the door once its closed. If I built it, that handle would have a lock and there would be other means of securing the door.

Re: Repurposing that old fridge

Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2012 2:47 pm
by 92f-fan
I would double down on Moisture control in a fridge ...

Re: Repurposing that old fridge

Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2012 3:54 pm
by DocV
I use a small fridge to store primers and reloading whatnot.
Part of the whatnot is a bag full of cat crystal litter as a desiccant.

Re: Repurposing that old fridge

Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2012 8:58 pm
by nightmare
jmra wrote:[ Image ]
Now that's my kind of tacticool accessory!

Re: Repurposing that old fridge

Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2012 9:39 pm
by seamusTX
You can cut a refrigerator into pieces with a hacksaw and crowbar. You can take off the door hinges with a screwdriver and vise grips in minutes.

BTW, someone thought of putting valuables (or illegal drugs) in containers in the freezer. It was a good idea at the time. Now burglars and cops executing warrants know to look there.

- Jim

Re: Repurposing that old fridge

Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2012 10:35 am
by sjfcontrol
seamusTX wrote:You can cut a refrigerator into pieces with a hacksaw and crowbar. You can take off the door hinges with a screwdriver and vise grips in minutes.

BTW, someone thought of putting valuables (or illegal drugs) in containers in the freezer. It was a good idea at the time. Now burglars and cops executing warrants know to look there.

- Jim
When I was a teenager, I read a book I believe was "A Child's Garden of Grass", (http://www.amazon.com/childs-garden-off ... 0843103469" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;). It was a handbook for marijuana users. (I read it for entertainment purposes only!) Anywhoo, there was a chapter on where to hide your 'stash'. The best, I thought, was "Throwing it way up into the air -- works fine for short periods of time". At the end of the chapter, they advised not using any of their hiding places, since "Now everybody knows about them". :smilelol5:

P.S. WOW! Judging by those prices on Amazon, I wish I'd kept it! :shock:

Re: Repurposing that old fridge

Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2012 12:04 pm
by seamusTX
A recurring theme on firearms forums is where to hide guns and other stuff. Ideas like hollowed-out books and cereal boxes on the pantry shelf keep coming up.

These techniques might fool a burglar who just wants to grab what he can carry in both hands and get out. They won't fool professional burglars or, as I said, cops.

Also the hollowed-out book just might be picked up by a guest who has a sudden desire to read War and Peace. Though I read in the news a while back that one of these hollowed-out books with a gun in it turned up in a Goodwill somewhere.

- Jim

Re: Repurposing that old fridge

Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2012 12:47 am
by SQLGeek
It is a fun idea but not very secure. I looked at it seriously for a half second because I don't have a real good location for a safe but I'm at the point of needing one.

Re: Repurposing that old fridge

Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2012 9:55 am
by sjfcontrol
seamusTX wrote:A recurring theme on firearms forums is where to hide guns and other stuff. Ideas like hollowed-out books and cereal boxes on the pantry shelf keep coming up.

These techniques might fool a burglar who just wants to grab what he can carry in both hands and get out. They won't fool professional burglars or, as I said, cops.

Also the hollowed-out book just might be picked up by a guest who has a sudden desire to read War and Peace. Though I read in the news a while back that one of these hollowed-out books with a gun in it turned up in a Goodwill somewhere.

- Jim
That's why I use this book -- http://www.amazon.com/Windows-Resource- ... source+kit" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Nice and thick, and NOBODY in their right mind would have a "sudden desire" to read it. :smilelol5:

Re: Repurposing that old fridge

Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2012 10:00 am
by Wodathunkit
SQLGeek wrote:It is a fun idea but not very secure. I looked at it seriously for a half second because I don't have a real good location for a safe but I'm at the point of needing one.
Me too, and I just happen to have a full size upright freezer (with lock) that is broke....might use it now as an ammo shelve.