Is it secret? Is it safe?

January 9, 2021 12:33 PM

David Lundell of Lucky Rooster Co specializes in creating hand-crafted furniture with multifarious hidden compartments accessed with hidden keys, marble labyrinths and magnet tipped wands. His latest completed work is the astounding Wizard Table.
posted by drwicked (16 comments total)

Strong vibes of The Room (game, not movie).
posted by kaibutsu at 12:45 PM on January 9, 2021 [3 favorites]

Okay for furniture, I guess, but installing a trap in your vehicle is a felony in many places. See the 'Crime' of Having a Hidden Compartment in Your Car.
posted by Rash at 12:51 PM on January 9, 2021 [2 favorites]

Remarkable craftship!
posted by not_the_water at 12:51 PM on January 9, 2021

These are pretty great.

The wizard and pirate's tables, though, if I'm honest, would give me a way of misplacing my keys more times in a single day than the number of times I leave the house in an entire week.
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 1:09 PM on January 9, 2021 [2 favorites]

Was very impressed. Then I saw the 'Murica table and honestly, the wonder was somewhat dampened.
posted by freya_lamb at 1:18 PM on January 9, 2021 [12 favorites]

The engineering is great but the wood is low grade
posted by parmanparman at 1:38 PM on January 9, 2021 [5 favorites]

Then I saw the 'Murica table

Ah fuck.
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 1:39 PM on January 9, 2021 [6 favorites]

*gently inserts a dagger through the second o in Rooster, unlocks image posting privileges*
posted by Horace Rumpole at 2:50 PM on January 9, 2021

Then I saw the 'Murica table

Thanks for the warning. I was going to share these vids with my dad, who does woodworking, but I think we'll take a pass. Appreciate the heads up.
posted by They sucked his brains out! at 4:50 PM on January 9, 2021

The engineering is great but the wood is low grade

That was my thought. If you are going to spend 200+ hours on a table why not work with nicer material. The table will be more durable and the additional cost essentially wouldn't nudge the final price at all. At a minimum select out for individual boards that have nicer grain. I wonder if it is an intentional esthetic choice; at least for the pirate and wizard tables. Or maybe he is sourcing the material from a personal wood lot or something.
posted by Mitheral at 5:04 PM on January 9, 2021

Ditto the 'Murica table; but I was going to comment that a little more attention to his woodworking (and better wood) would make these constructions so much better. He's obviously got some nice skills (some of his woodburning art is very nice) but his (lack of) attention to detail shows.
posted by srt19170 at 5:06 PM on January 9, 2021

is that a 3%er flag on the murica table?

YUP

pardon the pun: flagged as militia supporter
posted by lalochezia at 5:29 PM on January 9, 2021 [4 favorites]

Milkshake Trunk
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 6:54 PM on January 9, 2021 [2 favorites]

Cat Burglar: "This table looks suspicious, but I can't find any drawers."

Accomplice: [pulls up owner's YouTube channel] "Here, step aside..."
posted by straight at 7:03 PM on January 9, 2021

He doesn't work with better wood because the rough grain covers his errors, and makes big shadows to cover the secret joints. If he planed everything, he would have a hard time making such fine joints as to be undetectible. He flashed the white power sign during the video.
posted by Oyéah at 7:17 PM on January 9, 2021

So, you could say, he just completed a contract for a 3%er, but he personally flashed the white power sign during the making of the Murica table video. Supporting his work supports that kind of thinking. The table supports the violent activities of those movements.
posted by Oyéah at 7:26 PM on January 9, 2021