I bought a safe at a farm auction that had been a dial, then converted to an E-lock. When it eventually failed, I paid "Houdini the Locksmith" to drill it out and put a dial back on it. Since it was an aftermarket lock, it could have been mounted any one of four ways, so he just had to drill at 12, 3, 6, and 9 o'clock and hope he hit the right place.
The third hole worked. He broke like 3 $50 drill bits and spent over 2 hours. $400.00 later I had a safe again.
A Houdini locksmith such as myself could look down the spindle hole and figure out the direction the bolt faces and drill one hole with a $10 drill bit
