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Please help identify and close safe!

Information about locks themselves. Questions, tips and lock diagram information should be posted here.

Re: Please help identify and close safe!

Postby LockDocWa » 29 Nov 2012 12:38

You mentioned you greased the mechanisms, Just a small tip here.
Never grease the wheels. It may work today, but later on
the wheels will stick together and you will play hell opening it.

Never use ANY lubricant on safe wheels.
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Re: Please help identify and close safe!

Postby zeke79 » 29 Nov 2012 14:03

LockDocWa wrote:You mentioned you greased the mechanisms, Just a small tip here.
Never grease the wheels. It may work today, but later on
the wheels will stick together and you will play hell opening it.

Never use ANY lubricant on safe wheels.



^^^^^^^ This is exactly what I came here to post. When you grease you will never need more than the size of a match head. Any more is asking for trouble.
For the best book out there on high security locks and their operation, take a look at amazon.com for High-Security Mechanical Locks An Encyclopedic Reference. Written by our very own site member Greyman! A true 5 Star read!!
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