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Today I bought an old BAUCHE safe at an antique shop. It was not cheap but I haven't seen another one like it. I've seen combo locks like this in a book or website but never in person. It works like a charm and has the two original keys.
I'm happy you all like it. I feel guilty because I've spent more than I should have. It was 650, discounted at 520, then they offered it at 450 and finally got it for 400. I'm going to disassemble the lock to see how it works and to change the combination. It has a combination lock on the right, you turn each dial with the key, but also a screwdriver would work, counterclockwise until it stops. That's the zero. Then count the clicks going clockwise to compose the four digits combo. Then you can use the key, under the golden left tab. It's clear that it was painted, not professionally I guess. I'm not sure I'm willing to restore it now. I need to find a place for it. It's not a big safe but it's very heavy. It took two people to lift it from my car trunk. I'm hoping to make a wooden base with four wheels, like a small pallet. I may add a wooden removable top. It could become our new coffee table, if the girlfriend accepts it in the house. It's in the garage for now.
Good luck getting it in the house. I have a friend, he is 74 years old and he has a two-story house, which is much larger than he needs. His wife allows him to put his collection in his office. She fills the rest of the house as she wishes--Not gonna happen that way in my house
billdeserthills wrote:Not gonna happen that way in my house
Neither in ours. But we try to agree on the furniture style and organization. So before bringing it in the living room I'd better have a nice idea. I'm thinking about a coffee table: basically the safe on wheels. If this fails, it'll go in my toys room, the basement. I'll keep you updated.
The dimensions are, more or less since I haven't measured it, 35 x 35 x 50 cm. I'm also curious about its weight. I'll try to put it on a scale next time I lift it.
femurat wrote:Hey MacGnG, I know you know the feeling
The dimensions are, more or less since I haven't measured it, 35 x 35 x 50 cm. I'm also curious about its weight. I'll try to put it on a scale next time I lift it.
Cheers
lol
that is a decent size. i'd be interested in weight too.
Nibbler: The poop-eradication is but one aspect of your importance.
So while I wait to have time to move it into the house and disassemble the lock, I went ahead and measured the safe. It's 43 cm wide, 29 cm deep and 26 cm high. I put it on my bathroom scale and I thought it may break it! It didn't. It was not easy to see the indicator but seemed between 60 and 65 kg.
Finally I had time to dig out the safe from the garage. Here I am dialling it open for the last time before disassembling it. Now the locks are on my work bench and the body is at a car body shop. I got quoted 250 euro to get it sanded, primed and painted medium grey. I'll disassemble and clean the locks myself, but decided to leave the paint job to a professional.
I'll fix the missing pictures on this thread later next week and add the new ones. For now this small video is all I can show you.
Hey Gordon, you don't need to pick the locks to enter the combination. A flat head screwdriver can do the trick. You only need the key to open the lock. The tricky part is to know how to dial the combo. First you need to turn the key CCW until it stops. Then you can rotate CW and count the clicks to stop at the correct number. Repeat this for the 4 dials and you've successfully dialed the combo. Then you can use the key to open the lock.
... i know the feeling.....
