how to spin dial

[ltccoffey]

I have an old Herring Hall Marvin small safe. I have the 4 number combo but I do not know how to spin the dial, left, right, how many turns etc. What is the correct number of right &/or left turns to get this open?

[Safecrackin Sammy]

It depends on if the last number of your combination is just the "stop' number that some people add, or part of the combination.

Try 4 turns left to first number, 3 turns right to second number, 2 turns left to next number, then right to stop.

If that doesnt work reverse the turns to r,l,r, left to stop.

If its a true four wheel lock then you need to add one turn 5,4,3 and repeat the above til open.

[Squelchtone]

You already posted this question 3 days ago here: viewtopic.php?f=36&t=65768&p=489128#p489128

Please help us keep the forum duplicate free and take a look at your other post so you can see folks replies and not miss a solution to your question. We are still hoping to see a photo of your safe and safe dial, and I would like to see the paper the combination is written on. Lots of folks write things in their own special short hand and sometimes the combination is really 3 numbers, but they put a 4th number that you have to turn to in order to retract the lock, but that doesn't always make it a 4 number combination.

Locking this post, please reply to your original one.

Thank you
Squelchtone