Safe issue while moving

[50BMGBOB]

I got am old safe given to me. It is a large double door document safe with a fire rating. I didn't have the combination for it. I found instructions on how to drill out the lock. Taking my time It took less than 30 minutes to open. After that I welded the hole (which was covered by the dial anyways) and installed a new lock. I got a great safe for an afternoon's work and the cost of a new lock.

[WOODY2]

I got am old safe given to me. It is a large double door document safe with a fire rating. I didn't have the combination for it. I found instructions on how to drill out the lock. Taking my time It took less than 30 minutes to open. After that I welded the hole (which was covered by the dial anyways) and installed a new lock. I got a great safe for an afternoon's work and the cost of a new lock.

And you had a lot of fun too I expect.

[Johneracer]

All cheap safes (Costco, Walmart, turners) are garbage. They look impressive but metal is thin, they are packed with drywall, and a railroad pry bar can open most in minutes. It is an illusion of security. You are hoping a guy looks at the safe and just walks away. I have a sturdy safe with 1/2” steel door and 3/8 sides. It’s completely enclosed and bolted. It would still be relatively easy to open with tools but cutting through 1/2” steel is much more difficult than cutting though 16g sheet metal.

[ar15barrels]

Someday, someone is going to bring me a junk safe to open and I want to see if I can get the whole front off of it in less than 2 minutes with my plasma cutter.

[The Gleam]

Someday, someone is going to bring me a junk safe to open and I want to see if I can get the whole front off of it in less than 2 minutes with my plasma cutter.

Wheel cutter disc on a grinder will likely go faster. I've cut large holes in large swaths of steel typical of what most gun safes use, in seconds, even thicker steel of 'good' safes. I would not even waste my time with a sawz-all.

Gun safes are just an added layer of protection to slow a thief down as they don't want to hang out too long. Grab and go. A safe in a locked closet, in a locked room, in a locked house - with a dog or attack goose.

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[ar15barrels]

Wheel cutter disc on a grinder will likely go faster.

I can cut 10ga steel at 100 inches per minute with the plasma cutter.
I don't think you can do that with a death wheel.

[NATEWA]

This should be a sticky.

[The Gleam]

I can cut 10ga steel at 100 inches per minute with the plasma cutter.
I don't think you can do that with a death wheel.

Agree - but still pretty quick. Now you make me want to get a plasma cutter.

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[ar15barrels]

Agree - but still pretty quick. Now you make me want to get a plasma cutter.

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It's like a little stubby lightsaber for anything electrically conductive.

[freonr22]

I only have a medium plasma cutter. 29 amps @ 230v thermal dynamics. I think its about 40 inches a minute @ 10 guage. But, super awesomeness. A cnc plasma would be bitchen

[Johneracer]

Someday, someone is going to bring me a junk safe to open and I want to see if I can get the whole front off of it in less than 2 minutes with my plasma cutter.

[Notpc]

Someday, someone is going to bring me a junk safe to open and I want to see if I can get the whole front off of it in less than 2 minutes with my plasma cutter.

But they are not really a burglary tool.

[TrailerparkTrash]

Holy cow, you got ripped off. I just replaced my Seargeant & Greenleaf combo lock with a new one and it only cost me $79.