About: Italian maker, law student, DIY enthusiast. I make lots of projects, I fix lot of stuff and I like to save and reuse materials taken from broken stuff.

Hi everyone!

In this instructable I'm gonna show you how to make a Cryptex; a kind of box locked by a password, that contains a roll of paper full of secret messages. Like every other invention created by Leonardo da Vinci, this is a fantastic object that it's based on a simple yet enchanting mechanism.

A couple of months ago I saw "The Da Vinci Code" film and I started wondering how to make the cryptex. I looked some guides here on Instructables.com , and I decided to follow merijnvw's guide and Random_Canadian's guide. (I suggest you to check them out if you want to learn more about the history of the cryptex or if you want to make one out of cardboard)

Since I was not able to find the needed materials, I changed the process in order to create it using the materials that I had laying around deciding to publish this instructable.

Follow this guide to understand how to make it using just scrap pieces of wood, 20cm of pvc pipe, and 4 small bolts.