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Btuchman wrote:So can someone point me to an educational tool for manipulating that Meilink safe? I never did it before but willing to learn. Thanks Bruce
Check your private messages, I sent you some.
Your lock is much simpler than the one in this video, but watch this, and the other videos from this channel to learn the basics of safe maniupulation:
Here's another fun video for you showing the process of safe manipulation.
I would recommend for your lock to do it in 5 number increments and only checking at numbers ending in 0 or 5 for the sake of testing all the numbers faster since your lock is going to volunteer more feedback than a better made lock such as the popular S&G 6730. So when testing, test 95, 90, 85, 80, 75, 70 and so on, no need to test every 2 or 2 and a half numbers on the dial.
*note: he seems to refer to the combination wheels as cams, I find that unusual, maybe he got nervous on video or that's how he was taught* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whNwQGZSqHk
If you pick up all of your wheels by turning your lock at least 4 full revolutions around Clockwise or Counterclockwise, and then slowly turn the dial another 360 degrees around, do you feel anything at any point around the dial? any friction or sudden lack of friction? any popping sounds or metal hitting metal or clicking at a certain spot on the dial? What number on the dial do you detect to feel different than the rest of the dial?
As luck would have it, I just completed a mercy opening on a Montgomery Ward safe that is made by Meilink. It looks much more like the safe you now have. It uses a full size lock. Below are the photos of what is left of the door, the inner mechanism, and the door identity plate description.
This safe belonged to the man's mother who has recently passed. He found the safe buried in the garage in the condition shown on the door picture. The lock was completely punched, the handle was broken off and the spindle punched. Even the brass pin holding the handle cam to the bolt plate was sheared. The cardboard covers the drill holes for the relocker and bolt cam.
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