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Years ago we had an office safe that quit opening. It was an antique and all we had in it was some blank checks and a little petty cash. One day I turned the handle and it turned but the door didn't open. A locksmith couldn't figure it out. I finally put a cutoff blade in a circular saw and went to work. There was a vertical bar in the door with 3 cross bolts that went into the frame. There was a bar bolted between the handle and the vertical bar. The bolt had come loose so the handle was pulling on nothing. No amount of drilling or lock picking would have opened it. Only a saw would do it. The locksmith fixed the mechanism and had a welder patch my hole and paint it. All was good.
“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”
― George Orwell
It's not over when you lose. It's over when you quit.
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Only thing in there is extra ammo back when we was all peepers. Speak for yourself. I've never been a peeper. BS... You're just throwing a smoke screen to fool the DHS and FBI. Fess-up.
Hunt with Class and Classics
Religion: A founder of The Church of Spray and Pray
Acquit v. t. To render a judgment in a murder case in San Francisco... EQUAL, adj. As bad as something else. Ambrose Bierce “The Devil's Dictionary”
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I use a smoke wrench daily, it's the wrong tool for opening a safe with anything of value inside. Someone tried that with a stolen ATM machine, burned up all the cash, and never did get inside. I don't believe I'd be using a cutting torch if there's anything of much value or value to you personally in the safe as the heat build up inside can get pretty intense and ruin it. I've seen the results of where thieves tried a cutting torch to cut through a metal clad locker type ATM safe once and failed but the heat buildup inside from the torch charred much of the cash and melted pretty much anything that would melt.
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Unplug it, wait 10 seconds and then plug it back in. Seems to work for everything else around here.
There's 2 dates they carve on your tombstone.
Everyone knows what they mean.
What's more important is time that is known
as the little dash inbetween.
Razz
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Campfire 'Bwana
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Only thing in there is extra ammo back when we was all peepers. Speak for yourself. I've never been a peeper. BS... You're just throwing a smoke screen to fool the DHS and FBI. Fess-up. LOL, fuggin iPhone.
"...if the gentlemen of Virginia shall send us a dozen of their sons, we would take great care in their education, instruct them in all we know, and make men of them." Canasatego 1744
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Welp, I shook the bastard as much as I could while I turned the key. Tried this 5 different times throughout the night and wahla, she opened up. I think a gun got in the way. Working again as normal. Still think I’ll be upgrading soon.
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The 25 or 60 second version?
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Campfire 'Bwana
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God bless Texas-----------------------
Old 300
I will remain what i am until the day I die- A HUNTER......Sitting Bull
Its not how you pick the booger..
but where you put it !!
Roger V Hunter
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Campfire 'Bwana
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Called stack on. They said they can send me new lock for $25 and instructions on how to drill it out. Of course I have to pay since it’s older than a year. Get what you pay for... How much for just the directions? LMAO!
If you put Taco Bell sauce in your ramen noodles it tastes just like poverty
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I use a smoke wrench daily, it's the wrong tool for opening a safe with anything of value inside. Someone tried that with a stolen ATM machine, burned up all the cash, and never did get inside. We call them gas wrenches and are taught, if they’re smoking, your doing something wrong.
If you put Taco Bell sauce in your ramen noodles it tastes just like poverty
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I use a smoke wrench daily, it's the wrong tool for opening a safe with anything of value inside. Someone tried that with a stolen ATM machine, burned up all the cash, and never did get inside. We call them gas wrenches and are taught, if they’re smoking, your doing something wrong. That's because a clean , balances torch does not smoke, but what it heats, does. Hence "smoke wrench".
An unemployed Jester, is nobody's Fool.
the only real difference between a good tracker and a bad tracker, is observation. all the same data is present for both. The rest, is understanding what you're seeing.
~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
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Campfire Kahuna
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I use a smoke wrench daily, it's the wrong tool for opening a safe with anything of value inside. Someone tried that with a stolen ATM machine, burned up all the cash, and never did get inside. We call them gas wrenches and are taught, if they’re smoking, your doing something wrong. Hey....did youse guys notice that Kingston made a post??
I am MAGA.
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Welp, I shook the bastard as much as I could while I turned the key. Tried this 5 different times throughout the night and wahla, she opened up. I think a gun got in the way. Working again as normal. Still think I’ll be upgrading soon. Good! You might want to consider securing any that could do the same again with maybe some bungee cords or the like until you upgrade safes.
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Campfire 'Bwana
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I use a smoke wrench daily, it's the wrong tool for opening a safe with anything of value inside. Someone tried that with a stolen ATM machine, burned up all the cash, and never did get inside. We call them gas wrenches and are taught, if they’re smoking, your doing something wrong. Hey....did youse guys notice that Kingston made a post?? Check the classifieds. I Google “how to open a safe” and up pops WikiKellory on the 24HCF. WikiKellory needs a YouTube Channel.
If you put Taco Bell sauce in your ramen noodles it tastes just like poverty
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On those thin metal jobs - a hammer and a screwdriver - then tin snips! If it comes to that. Shakin' & twistin' save some damage, though! 
I've always been a curmudgeon - now I'm an old curmudgeon.
~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
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Campfire Kahuna
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New Flash
Campfire Update
Public Service Announcement
11 posts back, he said he finally got it open.
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New Flash
Campfire Update
Public Service Announcement
11 posts back, he said he finally got it open.
What part of Wiki do you not understand?
If you put Taco Bell sauce in your ramen noodles it tastes just like poverty
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New Flash
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11 posts back, he said he finally got it open.
That won't stop anyone that has to get the last word in. This is the Campfire after all.
Fight fire, save lives, laugh in the face of danger.
Stupid always finds a way.
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