Amazing antique desk
Mar 15, 2013 14:07:49 #
Mar 15, 2013 14:16:56 #
What a creation.
I wonder how many keys are needed; just one, or a different key for each lock?
If I ever used something like this I'd have a hard time remembering where I put a particular item.
I wonder how many keys are needed; just one, or a different key for each lock?
If I ever used something like this I'd have a hard time remembering where I put a particular item.
Mar 15, 2013 14:46:59 #
MisterWilson wrote:
What a creation.
I wonder how many keys are needed; just one, or a different key for each lock?
If I ever used something like this I'd have a hard time remembering where I put a particular item.
I wonder how many keys are needed; just one, or a different key for each lock?
If I ever used something like this I'd have a hard time remembering where I put a particular item.
I would wager one key. They appear to be what we called "skeleton keys" when I was a kid. You could buy them at most hardware stores and they fit most old locks.
The desk is incredible. The design and then making it would probably take years.
Thanks, Larry
Mar 16, 2013 06:32:01 #
Just an amazing piece of engineering, it never fails to amaze me just how inventive humans are. Thanks for the post :thumbup:
Mar 16, 2013 08:28:25 #
the ingenuity and imagination of whom ever designed and made that is somethng!
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Mar 16, 2013 11:23:19 #
Thank You for posting. I always wonder if with today's technical experts if a craftsman of this quality still exists. Would like to know history of that desk.
Mar 16, 2013 11:33:14 #
Photoman74 wrote:
Thank You for posting. I always wonder if with today's technical experts if a craftsman of this quality still exists. Would like to know history of that desk.
There are not many around. The story of this tool box is that it took ten years to build where the cabinet maker was satisfied. I used it as desktop wallpaper on my laptop for years. Incredible craftsmanship. This is not my picture!
Studely Tool Chest
Mar 16, 2013 11:45:09 #
rolf
Loc: Kenora Ont.Canada
Andrew Liszewski
Maybe we've all been looking in the wrong place for proof of extra-terrestrial life. Because it's hard to imagine this incredibly complex transforming desk coming from anywhere but Cybertron, the home planet of the Autobots and Decepticons.
Surprisingly, though, it does hail from earth. And was actually created as far back as the late 1700s by master furniture craftsmen Abraham and David Roentgen. The desk certainly looks ornate at first glance, but it's when its endless secret lockboxes and drawers start to be revealed that you'll be truly impressed by the craftsmanship behind it. And jump ahead to the two-minute mark for a ridiculously complex pop-out easel that could out-transform even Optimus Prime. [The Metropolitan Museum of Art via Make]
Maybe we've all been looking in the wrong place for proof of extra-terrestrial life. Because it's hard to imagine this incredibly complex transforming desk coming from anywhere but Cybertron, the home planet of the Autobots and Decepticons.
Surprisingly, though, it does hail from earth. And was actually created as far back as the late 1700s by master furniture craftsmen Abraham and David Roentgen. The desk certainly looks ornate at first glance, but it's when its endless secret lockboxes and drawers start to be revealed that you'll be truly impressed by the craftsmanship behind it. And jump ahead to the two-minute mark for a ridiculously complex pop-out easel that could out-transform even Optimus Prime. [The Metropolitan Museum of Art via Make]
Mar 16, 2013 12:42:25 #
rolf wrote:
http://gizmodo.com/5967661/where-is-this-mind+blowing-antique-transforming-desk-hiding-its-autobot-logo
I can't keep up with the keys to my truck and my cell phone. The desk would take weeks to figure out. :lol:
Mar 16, 2013 12:46:32 #
wireman8
Loc: Toledo, Ohio
In times gone by craftsmen would build very ornate and elaborate tool chests to show off their skills.
Mar 16, 2013 13:06:51 #
wireman8 wrote:
In times gone by craftsmen would build very ornate and elaborate tool chests to show off their skills.
When an apprentice neared is time of finishing his learning, he was given a project to complete to show his mastery of his chosen craft. Thus became the masterpiece of the master craftsman.
Mar 16, 2013 13:07:11 #
Would you believe that it took one craftsman seven weeks to build this magnificent wonder?
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