How to Make a Magic Drawer Box
If you want to become the next David Blane or Kris Angel, start by making a magic drawer box. Magic drawer boxes, also known as drawer magic boxes, are boxes with a trap drawer inside. You insert an object in the trap drawer and close it. When you reopen the box, the trap drawer stays within the box and the drawer appears empty. Close the drawer and press the hidden release button. The trap drawer opens the next time you open the magic drawer box.
Things You'll Need
- Cigar box
- Tape measure
- Utility knife
- 3 ½-by-1 ½ inch cardboard piece
- 3 7/8-by-1 ½ inch cardboard piece
- Two 6 ½-by-1 ½-inch cardboard pieces
- 6 ½-by-3 ½ inch cardboard piece
- Hot glue gun
- Two ¼-by-2 inch male Velcro pieces
- Two 6/16-by-1 ½ inch female Velcro pieces
- 1-by-1 inch male Velcro piece
- 1-by-1 inch female Velcro piece
- 1/8-inch plastic T-pin
Instructions
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Remove the drawer from a cigar box. Measure the dimensions of the drawer, using a tape measure. For example, the dimensions of the drawer are 7-by-4-by-2 inches.
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Cut out a 3 ½-by-1 1/2 inch rectangle from the back wall of the drawer to expose it, using a utility knife. Leave ¼-inch edges of each side of the cut rectangular piece.
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Construct the cardboard trap drawer to the dimensions of 6 ½-by-3 ½- by-1 ½ inches. Cut a 3 ½-by-1 ½ inch pieces, which is the trap front piece. Make the trap back piece by cutting a 3 7/8-by-1 ½ inch piece. Cut two 6 ½-by-1 ½ inch pieces, which are the trap side pieces. Construct the trap bottom piece by cutting a 6 ½-by-3 ½ inch pieces. Use a utility knife to cut all the pieces.
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Place the bottom piece on a level surface. Position the trap front and sides pieces vertically on the edges of the bottom piece. Glue all edges and corner together. Position and glue the trap back piece vertically with 6/16 inches of the edges extending past each of the side pieces. Use a hot glue gun to glue all the pieces. Let the hot glue dry for 20 seconds.
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Cut two male Velcro pieces to the dimensions of ¼-by-2 inches. Glue the ¼-by-2 inch male Velcro pieces to the ¼-by-2 inch edges of the drawer’s back wall. Cut and attach 6/16-by-1 ½ inch female Velcro to the front of the 6/16-by-1 ½ inch edges of the trap back piece. Cut a 1-by-1 inch male Velcro piece and attach it to the center of the trap front piece. Cut and attach a 1-by-1 female Velcro to the inside of the drawer’s front wall.
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Cut a 1/8-by-1/2 inch hole in the back of the bottom edge of the cigar box, using a utility knife. Insert a 1/8-inch plastic T-pin on the inside of the cigar box with one leg of the T-pin protruding outside the hole. The other leg of the T-pin is used to push the trap drawer.
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Insert the object into the trap drawer. Insert the trap drawer, back piece first, and push it to the back of the cigar box until it contacts the T-pin. Slide the drawer, back wall first, into the cigar box and around the trap drawer. Slide the drawer to show the box is empty. Pull the trigger to connect the Velcro pieces of the trap drawer and drawer. The next time you open the drawer, the trap drawer and drawer come out together revealing the object inside.
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Tips & Warnings
Warm the hot glue gun for 3 minutes before use.
Do not touch the nozzle of the hot glue gun. It is extremely hot and burns the skin on contact.
