Thread: DIY Gun Safe

I've built three safes now.

All to B & E Cat specs

The 6 lever locks are the expensive part at around $70 - 80 a piece

The steel was all donated free of charge.
My employer was throwing out some old welding tables and a couple of decent bits of RHS (400mm square). So I grabbed them, ground the dags off the welding table tops, cut them to size with the gas cutting torch, welded them up, fitted the locks and gave them a paint job.
Total cost to me for all three was a day pissing around in the workshop, four 6 lever locks, two heavy duty hinges, 6 12mm dyna bolts and two 12mm coach bolts all of which came in under $300.

I ended up with one very large E cat gun safe made from a mix if 12mm and 25mm steel. It weighs in at 370kgs and holds about 20 rifles and two B cat pistol safes that hold a dozen guns each.

All passed inspection without a hitch although the Firearms inspector did ask to see an Engineers certicicate for them.

I showed him my trade cert hanging on the wall and my welding tickets and he was happy with that.

Would I do it for myself again ... Yes but only if I got the steel for nothing again and because I can.
Otherwise it would be cheaper to buy at you local store or online.

If you only need an A cat spec safe then these are perfectly acceptible and IMO would provide a good level of security.
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Cheers
Pete