Making stuff “Safe”

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Making stuff “Safe”

Post by Noisydad » 01 Apr 2019, 12:56 pm

At long last Son Of Noisy is getting his AB license but his egg donor won’t let him bolt a safe to their house so I’m building him one that meets the 150 kg required to not bolt it down. In fact it weighs 173 kg atm and climbing.
It’s dimensions are 1500 x 450 x 350 and were determined by the cupboard it’ll be housed inside. The whole thing is 4 mm plate. Just the door weighs 31 kg! The door has a document holder on it to hold rego papers etc. and the door is removable to aid installation.
The steel weight came up a little short so there’s 4 lead bars of 12 kg each under a welded in false floor.
The locking mechanism has five pins up each side that lock behind the door jam so the recessed door can’t be opened even if the outside hinges are cut off. It was a fiddly sod to fabricate but the next one (which will be for me) will take half the time and not need the extra weight.
I reckon there’s about $200 in steel and bolts and stuff in it. I’ll take it to work and weigh it on our weighbridge so there’s a supporting weighbridge docket to certify it’s weight.
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The plate was bent by hand by scoring with the 9” angle grinder first then re welding.
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Lock open
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Lock closed
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Tried internal hinges first but they were too hard
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There's still a few of Wile. E Coyote's ideas that I haven't tried yet.
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Re: Making stuff “Safe”

Post by Die Judicii » 01 Apr 2019, 3:25 pm

A real good start there Noisy,
In looking at the pins,,,,,,, are they old rollers from winch fair leads ???

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Post by Noisydad » 01 Apr 2019, 3:46 pm

The pins are 20mm 4140 bar. Still have to add the carpet lining and paint weight lol
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Post by Stix » 01 Apr 2019, 4:25 pm

Good stuff Noisy... :thumbsup:

When do you start taking orders...? :huh:

And when business picks up, we can talk about the 'deliver & installation partner'... :thumbsup: :lol:

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Post by on_one_wheel » 01 Apr 2019, 4:44 pm

Looking great Noisy! It's probably going to end up better than a bought one.

If I was to build one from scratch I'd love to incorporate a micro switch to activate internal lighting, an extra few inches of height for longer firearms and a much bigger "ammo" compartment.
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Post by Noisydad » 01 Apr 2019, 5:08 pm

This is built without an ammo compartment and 1500 mm high to accommodate lonnnggg barrel black powder rifles.
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Post by Oldbloke » 01 Apr 2019, 5:37 pm

Noisydad wrote:This is built without an ammo compartment and 1500 mm high to accommodate lonnnggg barrel black powder rifles.



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Post by Blr243 » 01 Apr 2019, 6:25 pm

I’m not comin over to steal your stuff. Too much effort
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Post by Die Judicii » 01 Apr 2019, 6:53 pm

on_one_wheel wrote:
If I was to build one from scratch I'd love to incorporate a micro switch to activate internal lighting,.


When I built mine, I put a 24" 240v fluoro light up under the top compartment floor.
It's out of direct sight, and has an inbuilt movement sensor that turns it on as soon as the door swings open, and
then turns itself off after 2 mins of inactivity. (this feature is adjustable)

It bathes the whole interior with light when it's on, and I don't have to worry about batteries going flat. :thumbsup:
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