Guy spins dial for a laugh--opens safe locked for 40 years

[billdeserthills]

Visitors have long fiddled with a safe located in the basement of Alberta's Vermilion Heritage Museum, without luck--along came Stephen Mills, he dialed 20-40-60, 3 times right, 3 times left & 1 time right & managed to open it https://www.newser.com/story/276044/mus ... -safe.html

[Squelchtone]

Cool! I love hearing stories like this.

I wonder if they fudged the dialing order on purpose to prevent teaching bad guys because of some perception that this is still hush hush only the experts can know how to dial a safe.

Is the gentleman who opened it a forum member or part of the locksport community?

Squelchtone

[MartinHewitt]

Does someone know what safe and lock that was?

[Squelchtone]

Does someone know what safe and lock that was?

Here is a photo of it and the man who opened it.

https://www.fortmcmurraytoday.com/news/ ... ion-museum

another pic
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton ... -1.5159979
oh groan..... from article "He leaned his ear close to the lock, began cranking the lock and listened intently for the telltale click, click, click."

[MartinHewitt]

Maybe a straight tail piece and no drive cam?

With these photos I have no idea what that safe is and I have found no other photos.

[stratmando]

Dialed 20, 40, 60, AND listened for click, click, click. Interesting, Wonder if it was set to a 1 number combo?
Would be nice to see what a Safe Tech found actual combo to be?
3 right, 3 left, 1 right. Odd sequence?

[billdeserthills]

Dialed 20, 40, 60, AND listened for click, click, click. Interesting, Wonder if it was set to a 1 number combo?
Would be nice to see what a Safe Tech found actual combo to be?
3 right, 3 left, 1 right. Odd sequence?

Sounds like the middle wheel is spinning freely

[Squelchtone]

Dialed 20, 40, 60, AND listened for click, click, click. Interesting, Wonder if it was set to a 1 number combo?
Would be nice to see what a Safe Tech found actual combo to be?
3 right, 3 left, 1 right. Odd sequence?

did you not see my reply? I think they fudged it on purpose for the newspaper as to not teach bad guys dialing order because god forbid. the click click click is such poppy _ too, I wish the public wasnt brainwashed to think that safes make such a sound when dialed..

[billdeserthills]

Dialed 20, 40, 60, AND listened for click, click, click. Interesting, Wonder if it was set to a 1 number combo?
Would be nice to see what a Safe Tech found actual combo to be?
3 right, 3 left, 1 right. Odd sequence?

did you not see my reply? I think they fudged it on purpose for the newspaper as to not teach bad guys dialing order because god forbid. the click click click is such poppy _ too, I wish the public wasnt brainwashed to think that safes make such a sound when dialed..

I don't think they are smart enough to have done so

[Safecrackin Sammy]

20-40-60 was an old timey "stock" combination like 50-25-50 or 50 is used nowadays. The turns are off but that could have been a typo from a reporter.

I personally enjoy engaging the customer to assist when opening a safe like this... I ask them to write down the clicks and clacks for a bunch of numbers as I listen and dial the safe. Of course the order is always click, clack, click, clack. Then I say woooo-wooooo safes open...

Some customers get it, some dont.....

[manueltrabajo]

But that only works on old railroad safes, right?