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How to enter the combination

Forgot how to dial the combination on that old safe? Think you got the right numbers but the handle is stuck? What safe should you buy? Ask your safe questions here!
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How to enter the combination

Postby Trailerpark » 12 Oct 2016 18:50

Bought a old safe and have the combination. Supposedly. It's r4-77 L3-56 R2-84

I can't get it to open. Maybe I'm not inputting it correctly? I don't know if I'm supposed to spin past the number 77 3 times land on 56, or when I land on 77 spin past 0 3 times land on 56.

Could someone that knows more than I do please tell me exactly each spin which way to correctly enter the code? Assume I'm a student in class and know nothing about this.

For reference the safe is a Canton art metal company safe. And someone had tried to pry the dial off so it's a little wiggly. But I can feel the disks engaging. It's probably got about a 1/32 inch of wobble.

Also is the number of spins per digit industry standard? Like if it's a 3 number combination will it ever be different number of spins per digit?
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Re: How to enter the combination

Postby bitbuster » 12 Oct 2016 19:00

Every Art Metal safe I have confronted had only 1 of 3 possible locks and none ever started to the right.
How about an intro of yourself in the proper thread.
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Re: How to enter the combination

Postby Trailerpark » 13 Oct 2016 19:11

Well I figured out why you didn't answer any of the questions I asked.

I got it open today, and if memory serves correctly it was

R4-77 L3-84 R2-50

The 50&84 might be swapped but that was the combination. First turns to the right. Not the left.

Thanks for the response though. My name's Mac. Now we're introduced.
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