The Art of Creating a Crazy Geocache Puzzle Box

Geocaching is a lot of fun and there's some really creative caches out there, but you've probably never seen one like I'm about to make. This project requires a box now, the one I'm using is a metal cash box with a key lock and a small button that opens it up. To be successful in making this puzzle box, we'll need to use a Kipkay kit DIY Arduino as the brains of the locking mechanism. A small RC car servo motor will be doing the locking, and everything will be powered by three Triple A batteries in a small holder.

To make this challenging puzzle, I had to gather ten different colors of wire. Now back to our metal box, the original locking mechanism is riveted in so I'm going to use my dremel tool and grind away at those rivets until the lock comes off. Then out to the garage for a camo green paint job since this metal box is not going to survive the elements.

I had to find a waterproof plastic box which I did, and the metal box fits perfectly inside. This will be used to house the Arduino board and the battery pack in something, so I found a small plastic crayon box that everything fits in. Two small holes were drilled in the side for our wires. Speaking of wires, it's time to insert the wires from our servo motor and the two wires that will activate our box.

After everything was wired up, I touched the two wires together, and our servo motor worked. The Arduino program I wrote will reverse the servo every five minutes as long as the wires are held together just enough time to sign the log and trade some goodies to suck the moisture out. A silica gel pack was placed inside the crayon box where our Arduino is then after applying a heavy dose of hot glue, securing the crayon box inside of the metal box.

Some double-sided mounting tape will be needed for this next tricky part, lining up the servo arm with the latch and my GoPro camera came in handy to see exactly what was going on inside that box. It's lined up with a servo motor hot glued in place. Testing it out, sure enough, the box was locked and when I pressed the two correct wires together, it unlocked.

A knot was tied in those two wires to hold him in place and then started feeding all the other dummy wires once those were in. Knots were tied in those, and everything was nice and snug and nothing was coming out. Those dummy wires were trimmed and stripped so they were all the same length, and a tight fitting cap was put over that hole in our metal box.

As a backup if the batteries ever die and it's locked, I can just use a button cell battery with the two correct secret wires to from the box back up back outs of the garage. Now for another camo paint job this time on the plastic box; some leaves were used to give it a really cool camo effect.

Now we need some swag and a lot book, so I'll put that in a ziplock bag and put it all inside of the metal box and close it up. Finally, a sticker was printed out with an official geocache label and instructions on how to unlock the box by finding the two secret wires and touching them together then they have five minutes to sign the log and exchange some goodies and the box will lock again.

If you like my projects, then you'll love this stuff; my buddies do over at cottage life their YouTube channels got some really cool and challenging outdoor style projects like this awesome floating hot tub. Their videos are really entertaining and fun, they saw hammer and drill like crazy and make stuff you've probably never seen before.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: engeocaching is a lot of fun and there's some really creative caches out there but you've probably never seen one like I'm about to make to make the crazy geocache puzzle box you're going to need a box now the one I'm using is a metal cash box it's got a key lock and a small button that opens it up and I'll be using my Kipkay kit DIY Arduino this will be the brains of the locking mechanism a small RC car servo motor will be doing the locking and it'll all be powered by three Triple A batteries in a small holder to make it a challenging puzzle I had to gather ten different colors of wire and now back to our metal box the original locking mechanism is riveted in so I'm going to use my dremel tool and grind away at those rivets until the lock comes off then out to the garage for a camo green paint job since this metal box is not going to survive the elements I had to find a waterproof plastic box which I did and the metal box fits perfectly inside I wanted to house the Arduino board and the battery pack in something and I found a small plastic crayon box that everything fit in oh and I drilled two small holes in the side for our wires and speaking of wires it's time to insert the wires from our servo motor and the two wires that will activate our box after everything was wired up I touched the two wires together and our servo motor worked the Arduino program I wrote will reverse the servo every five minutes as long as the wires are held together just enough time to sign the log and trade some goodies to suck the moisture out I put a silica gel pack inside the crayon box where our Arduino is then after applying a heavy dose of hot glue I secure the crayon box inside of the metal box some double-sided mounting tape is going to be needed for this next tricky part lining up the servo arm with the latch and my GoPro camera came in handy to see exactly what was going on inside that box it's lined up with a servo motor hot glued in place I tested it out and sure enough the box was locked and when I pressed the two correct wires together it unlocked I tied a knot in those two wires to hold him in place and then started feeding all the other dummy wires once those were in I tied knots in those and everything was nice and snug and nothing was coming out I trimmed and stripped those dummy wires so they were all the same length and I put a tight fitting cap over that hole in our metal box oh and as a backup if the batteries ever die and it's locked I can just use a button cell battery with the to correct secret wires to from the box back up back outs of the garage now for another camo paint job this time on the plastic box I used some leaves to give it a really cool camo effect now we need some swag and a lot book we'll put that in a ziplock bag and put it all inside of the metal box and close it up and finally I printed out a sticker with an official geocache label and instructions on how to unlock the box by finding the two secret wires and touching them together then they have five minutes to sign the log and exchange some goodies and the box will lock again and that's how to make the crazy geocache puzzle box hey if you like my projects then you'll love this stuff my buddies do over at cottage life their YouTube channels got some really cool and challenging outdoor style projects like this awesome floating hot tub their videos are really entertaining and fun they saw hammer and drill like crazy and make stuff you've probably never seen before so if you're a Kipkay subscriber you need to be a cottage life subscriber so head on over to their channel right now and subscribe to them too it's cottage life you can click here and there's a link in the description below thanks for watching and we'll see you next timegeocaching is a lot of fun and there's some really creative caches out there but you've probably never seen one like I'm about to make to make the crazy geocache puzzle box you're going to need a box now the one I'm using is a metal cash box it's got a key lock and a small button that opens it up and I'll be using my Kipkay kit DIY Arduino this will be the brains of the locking mechanism a small RC car servo motor will be doing the locking and it'll all be powered by three Triple A batteries in a small holder to make it a challenging puzzle I had to gather ten different colors of wire and now back to our metal box the original locking mechanism is riveted in so I'm going to use my dremel tool and grind away at those rivets until the lock comes off then out to the garage for a camo green paint job since this metal box is not going to survive the elements I had to find a waterproof plastic box which I did and the metal box fits perfectly inside I wanted to house the Arduino board and the battery pack in something and I found a small plastic crayon box that everything fit in oh and I drilled two small holes in the side for our wires and speaking of wires it's time to insert the wires from our servo motor and the two wires that will activate our box after everything was wired up I touched the two wires together and our servo motor worked the Arduino program I wrote will reverse the servo every five minutes as long as the wires are held together just enough time to sign the log and trade some goodies to suck the moisture out I put a silica gel pack inside the crayon box where our Arduino is then after applying a heavy dose of hot glue I secure the crayon box inside of the metal box some double-sided mounting tape is going to be needed for this next tricky part lining up the servo arm with the latch and my GoPro camera came in handy to see exactly what was going on inside that box it's lined up with a servo motor hot glued in place I tested it out and sure enough the box was locked and when I pressed the two correct wires together it unlocked I tied a knot in those two wires to hold him in place and then started feeding all the other dummy wires once those were in I tied knots in those and everything was nice and snug and nothing was coming out I trimmed and stripped those dummy wires so they were all the same length and I put a tight fitting cap over that hole in our metal box oh and as a backup if the batteries ever die and it's locked I can just use a button cell battery with the to correct secret wires to from the box back up back outs of the garage now for another camo paint job this time on the plastic box I used some leaves to give it a really cool camo effect now we need some swag and a lot book we'll put that in a ziplock bag and put it all inside of the metal box and close it up and finally I printed out a sticker with an official geocache label and instructions on how to unlock the box by finding the two secret wires and touching them together then they have five minutes to sign the log and exchange some goodies and the box will lock again and that's how to make the crazy geocache puzzle box hey if you like my projects then you'll love this stuff my buddies do over at cottage life their YouTube channels got some really cool and challenging outdoor style projects like this awesome floating hot tub their videos are really entertaining and fun they saw hammer and drill like crazy and make stuff you've probably never seen before so if you're a Kipkay subscriber you need to be a cottage life subscriber so head on over to their channel right now and subscribe to them too it's cottage life you can click here and there's a link in the description below thanks for watching and we'll see you next time\n"