I was wondering if anyone has had this experience before. I have a 35 year old Fort Knox safe with a dial combination. I have developed a method for spinning the dial that I have used for a long time. A few months ago, I was rushing to open it, and the safe would not open. I tried the combination multiple times, attempting to be meticulous about stopping on the correct digits, but not using my usual technique, until it opened. I chalked it up to being in a rush. This happened again a few times since. Today, I had time to mess with it a little. I added one digit to the first number and used the same second and third numbers, and it opened fine. I added half a digit to the first number and used the same second and third numbers, and it opened fine.
I get the impression that my method of opening the safe over the years has created some wear that caused some slippage in the mechanism. Does anyone have any experience with this and, if so, is this a problem that should be addressed? Thanks.
