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1960 Mosler Round Door, Welded lock bolt

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1960 Mosler Round Door, Welded lock bolt

Postby safeonfirst » 21 Jul 2023 23:10

So I'm looking at picking up this 1960 Mosler round-door safe, but what is the deal with this? Someone welded this extra piece onto the locking bolt. BTW there is no cover plate.
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What is the purpose here? I'm assuming I can just remove this extra bar.

Thanks
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Re: 1960 Mosler Round Door, Welded lock bolt

Postby Squelchtone » 21 Jul 2023 23:44

Looks like they had a time lock mounted at one point in time to those threaded screws on the left, and if the time lock was not wound down, the bar that has been welded on would not be allowed to move Left, thus also stopping the combination lock from retracting the bolt even if you dialed the correct combination. Def looks like some home brew shenanigans, so you can just remove that bar.

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Re: 1960 Mosler Round Door, Welded lock bolt

Postby safeonfirst » 22 Jul 2023 13:32

Thank you!
It makes perfect sense since this was an old bank safe. I'll remove it. You are an appreciated wealth of knowledge.
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