Diebold locked shut

[wisco608]

Hello,

A church down the street from me was cleaning out a store room and intended on throwing out a safe. In exchange for helping with the cleaning I was able to take the safe home.

DISCLAIMER: In the effort to be totally forthcoming to assure anyone that reads this that me and this situation are totally legitimate I will happily be as specific as possible about where I got the safe, where and who I am etc... This is by no means an attempt to gain access to someone else's safe.

The safe is aprox 42"x21"x24", green in color and is on metal casters. Here is a link to my flickr account with a few pictures.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/12756877@N04/sets/72157628068111393/

I can find no other markings aside from the UL tag above the Diebold logo, the lock itself is also marked Diebold which I assume means it's not a third party lock maker?

So here is my intent... Please hold the laughter to a minimum;

I am a firefighter for the city department here and have become quite proficient at picking locks. I use this only for gaining access to locked fire panels (difficulty level = easy, similar to desk drawer or file cab) or to gain access to locked doors as an alternative to forcing it. In the past few years I have taken to buying S&G locks off of ebay that have been pulled from safes to be replaced by elec. mechanisms. I have been successful in manipulating just over a dozen of these. However I have never been successful in manipulating a lock that I haven't seen from the working side. Is there any reference source that could give me information on this particular safe and more importantly the locking mechanism? I am really trying to avoid having a locksmith drill the lock. As it is a fire safe I am hoping that the lock components of it's era are that of looser tolerances thus giving me a shot at opening it.

Thanks for letting my post my situation on your forum. Again I express that everything I am trying to do is nothing but of the upmost legitimacy.

Regards,
Matt

[Squelchtone]

Sorry man, I know you're new here and probably haven't had the chance to even read the site rules, but we don't discuss safe opening in the public forum because there is a risk that if we help you, we'd be helping someone (a bad guy perhaps) who comes down the road and finds your old post and learns how to open a safe that way. The Advanced forum is for safes, and you have to be a long time member in good standing in order to be voted in.

Here's an interesting link which may show you some insides..

http://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/atq/2697571754.html
(In those photos, the nose looks like its dragging nicely on the wheelpack, if yours is like this, you should have no problem graphing that safe and opening it.)

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Squelchtone

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[keysman]

I have been successful in manipulating just over a dozen of these. However I have never been successful in manipulating a lock that I haven't seen from the working side. Is there any reference source that could give me information on this particular safe and more importantly the locking mechanism? I am really trying to avoid having a locksmith drill the lock. As it is a fire safe I am hoping that the lock components of it's era are that of looser tolerances thus giving me a shot at opening it.

Discussion of Safe opening is not allowed in the public forum and it is unlikely that anyone will answer you.
That being said you now have the chance to manipulate a safe that you can’t see the insides.
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