Thread: Home made safe

The worlds second greatest lockpick is a sledgehammer. An ali safe would be deformed enough to be opened in 2 or 3 blows I'm afraid. Good skills, but yeah nah

Originally Posted by berg243

have been looking at new safes because talking to salesman at local gunshop was telling me the requirements are supposed to change june or july .they are saying there will be minimum specs and it will get phased in as you renew your license.An ali safe would be good for relocating but a crim will steal it weither it wood, steel or ali a cat was only supposed to be secure to stop kids or honest people hurting themselves.

I'd love to know where they got that from

Originally Posted by Tommy

The worlds second greatest lockpick is a sledgehammer. An ali safe would be deformed enough to be opened in 2 or 3 blows I'm afraid. Good skills, but yeah nah

Should be strong enough to hold of a sledgy I recon, it's having a 50mm thick framed door with the 4mm wall thickness and the rebate on the inner framing is 6mm . The sledgy will bounce off but give it some serious dents which I will be super fucked off about if it ever happened lol . But yeah .
Even the locking support are going to be solid machined so everything is pretty dense . Mind you even the arms officer said they can still penetrate a 6mm steel sheet with an axe !! So it's all about the 10 minute rule .


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Originally Posted by Tommy

I'd love to know where they got that from

It's obvious. Their arse.

Originally Posted by Mauser308

That I would pay to see. I couldn't put an axe through a piece of no8 twisted wire that had grown into a tree branch. Fu*ked the axe head. Had to bolt cutter it apart...

I found it super hard to believe him and he knew it . But these coppaz made an oath of honesty when they got into the business haha .



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I've seen a 5'9" Island guy pick up a 3sge toyota motor, walk across a car park, and dump it on the tray of our work ute, then walk off. It's kinda like the 1st rule of sales. Never assume the person you are selling to, has YOUR financial means/budget.

Originally Posted by Tommy

I've seen a 5'9" Island guy pick up a 3sge toyota motor, walk across a car park, and dump it on the tray of our work ute, then walk off. It's kinda like the 1st rule of sales. Never assume the person you are selling to, has YOUR financial means/budget.

How is that relative Thomas


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Re the axe vs wire, surely the round shape and the grade/tension had something to do with that? wire is a weird and ruthless thing.


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Originally Posted by Dougie

Re the axe vs wire, surely the round shape and the grade/tension had something to do with that? wire is a weird and ruthless thing.


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And, axe vs wire sitting on wood

Originally Posted by pepper123

How is that relative Thomas


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Well, because you can't see YOU can't get into it, doesn't mean I won't get inside it in under 30 seconds with a hammer/pinch bar/your neighbour's skillie. Or your local fried burglar (average burglar has done ~150 before getting caught for the first time according to a stat I read somewhere, dunno if that's current though) who is much much stronger and willing to go to town having found your ali safe. We got robbed at work once, they went through a breezeblock wall with out setting the alarm off, then once the alarm was tripped they nicked approx 150 tyres before the alarm guys got there (9 mins allegedly). My boss said he wanted them found so he could hire them!

Yeah I've made a 6mm steel strongbox safe

About 1.8 tall with two compartments for ammo and pistols

External hinges with a plate welded so as to retain the door if anyone cut them off but it means that you can ditch about 50kg when moving by taking the door off
Weighs roughly 200 kg and is bolted down
Twin Ross 5-lever mortice deadlocks

Steel is cheap at the moment

Originally Posted by 308

Yeah I've made a 6mm steel strongbox safe

About 1.8 tall with two compartments for ammo and pistols

External hinges with a plate welded so as to retain the door if anyone cut them off but it means that you can ditch about 50kg when moving by taking the door off
Weighs roughly 200 kg and is bolted down
Twin Ross 5-lever mortice deadlocks

Steel is cheap at the moment

Can I see some pics cuzzy , be nice to see what you have done


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You could put some thin strips of bis alloy or hardox up the inside of it to defeat the skilsaw entry.
Just an idea.

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Originally Posted by veitnamcam

You could put some thin strips of bis alloy or hardox up the inside of it to defeat the skilsaw entry.
Just an idea.

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I did hear of a jail that had hollow bars with round HSS stock down the middle.

Bit more done tonight boys . 4 shelves on the right side framed up. . So that's it for the framing really ....... I'll do a rebate for the doors next and then build the doors !!




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Originally Posted by 308

Yeah I've made a 6mm steel strongbox safe

About 1.8 tall with two compartments for ammo and pistols

External hinges with a plate welded so as to retain the door if anyone cut them off but it means that you can ditch about 50kg when moving by taking the door off
Weighs roughly 200 kg and is bolted down
Twin Ross 5-lever mortice deadlocks

Steel is cheap at the moment

is it an approved E-cat safe?
I'm thinking of making my own E-cat safe.