There is limited space inside a hollowed book, which is disappointing
after all the drudgery with an x-acto knife.

Make a letterbook from a cigar box that is glued inside the boards
and binding of a very large encyclopedia from which the pages are
entirely removed. This provides plenty of room for a sizable stamp
and book. It essentially has a double lid -- the cover of the book,
and the lid of the cigar box. The bottom of the cigar box is the only
section glued to the back book board.

You can buy a hollow book on eBay, like this one:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?
ViewItem&category=100&item=6191416711&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW
Searching for "book safe" also brings up a lot of hits.

(Thanks to Sydney for this info)
Rick_in_Boca

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Sue and I recently planted a box such as this. It was very easy to carve through the pages. We just made a template of the size opening we needed on some binders board and held it over the pages. We then x-acto'd our way through as many pages as we could, moved the template to the next group of pages and so on. Our stamp and logbook are such that they fit the opening. Even included a cat's eye stamp pad in the allotted space.

Hint: choose a thick book with thin paper. Makes all the difference!

Mark

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Recently I was browsing a craft store... one of the major ones - Michael's or AC Moore, I do believe - ... and I saw in the unfinished wooden crafts area a box made to look like a bound book. If I see one again I'll repost. Anyway, it was obviously made to be a hide-away chest for "valuables" or a secret stash of some kind. You'd just have to paint the carved binding to look like a real book. Can't remember the cost but those places often have 30-50% off in sales or coupons. The space inside was great and it could be latched with hardware. A small hasp would make it lockable if you need that option in a retail location

My most favorite creative letterbox that I've seen to date was the Gollum LB ("My Precioussssss" I think) at the store during the MMM in CT. Exquisitely done.

SW
----- Original Message -----
From: Rick in Boca
To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2005 2:24 PM
Subject: [LbNA] Re: hollowed books


There is limited space inside a hollowed book, which is disappointing
after all the drudgery with an x-acto knife.



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