HM-Innovations: How to make a Cryptex

Watch this video to learn how to make a Cryptex, a device you can use to hide stuff from your parents, friends, or things in your college dorm, be creative!

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Howto & Style

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• Criptex
• Secret Vault
• Secret compartment
• how to

[fahadwalker]

I started making this project .

i downloaded this video,not seeing the corrections in the materials.

can you make those corrections clearer? pls do so.

and my 1 1/2'' coupling,when cut in half is not fitting the end cap properly.it is small.

what should i do?

please respond to both questions as soon as possible.

[HMInnovations]

@fahadwalker none of the pieces fit, you have to do a whole bunch of sanding to make them fit properly. I hope it helps.

[MrPaulo1471]

You remade one of the Leonardo da Vinci inventions, you have my complete respect.

[HMInnovations]

@bleiepro The cryptex was real, it was the first lock ever thats where we get the combination locks from . the way that Dan Brown described it was not. It was to sophisticated for that time.

[joey19bih]

how much money I need to buy all materials

[Creampuffkawaii]

Didn't understand at all

[joey19bih]

how to cut pvc pipe 3:46

and what is this 5:49

please help me

[joey19bih]

can i make cryptex with other materials i havent pvc pipe,pvc glue , ...

[ElectricMuffinDude]

Now this looks like a perfect apparatus for stashing your weed!

[coolbionicle]

@harpernick1 For breaking in the cryptex? if it's a note, a fragile glass cap with ink solvant should do the trick. :)

[powerKS1228]

thnx

[Thorology]

@harpernick1 Oh and thats what Dan Brown said, so it's not sure if Da Vinci really invented it, but that's the idea behind the cryptex.

[Thorology]

@harpernick1 Leonardo da Vinci invented it, to let messengers carry secret papyrus rolls that the messengers themselves may not read; only the sender and the recipient know the password. If the messenger would smash the cryptex to read the message, a vial containing vinegar which was rolled inside of the papyrus roll would also break even earlier than the cryptex itself, the vinegar would spread over the message, disolve the ink, making it unreadable.