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A Home Depot drill is not going through the walls of any good safe. Not to mention, just randomly drilling holes in a safe is a pretty bad idea, as it might co

by q3k 7y ago

A Home Depot drill is not going through the walls of any good safe. Not to mention, just randomly drilling holes in a safe is a pretty bad idea, as it might contain a glass relocker, or any other relocker you might accidentally trigger.

Intermernet 7y ago
Angle grinder and a shit load of disks will usually be sufficient. Takes a while, but unless they have James Bond style poison gas / acid / explosives etc embedded in the safe enclosure you will eventually make it through.
- froindt 7y ago
  Safety tip: wear safety glasses and a face shield. If the disk breaks off, it can get nasty. Examples: Sewn up - https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3319119/man-carves-open-throat-with-angle-grinder-diy-accident/ https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3319119/man-carves-open-throat... Grinding wheel still in the face - https://www.reddit.com/r/Welding/comments/1sq6v7/wear_your_faceshields_folks_theres_no_reason_that/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Welding/comments/1sq6v7/wear_your_f...
- mrguyorama 7y ago
  Safes are rated in amount of time it takes to destructively open, usually with power tools. Anywhere from like 20 minutes to a few hours can be expected IIRC
npongratz 7y ago
> ... it might contain a glass relocker, or any other relocker ... Explosives?
tghw 7y ago
You vastly overestimate the security of safes. It might take a while and you might kill a few drill bits in the process, but you could definitely drill through most safes, especially in home installations. As far as relockers go, you've already resorted to destructive methods. If you find that it's worth opening after drilling, then you'll find a way in.
jandrese 7y ago
This is an abandoned safe in a residential installation. It doesn't have any of that shit. In the extremely small chance that the safe contains anything at all and it has a relocker mechanism, well it doesn't really matter because you had to cut through the safe to get inside in the first place.

by q3k 7y ago

Intermernet 7y ago

Angle grinder and a shit load of disks will usually be sufficient. Takes a while, but unless they have James Bond style poison gas / acid / explosives etc embedded in the safe enclosure you will eventually make it through.

froindt 7y ago
Safety tip: wear safety glasses and a face shield. If the disk breaks off, it can get nasty. Examples: Sewn up - https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3319119/man-carves-open-throat-with-angle-grinder-diy-accident/ https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3319119/man-carves-open-throat... Grinding wheel still in the face - https://www.reddit.com/r/Welding/comments/1sq6v7/wear_your_faceshields_folks_theres_no_reason_that/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Welding/comments/1sq6v7/wear_your_f...
mrguyorama 7y ago
Safes are rated in amount of time it takes to destructively open, usually with power tools. Anywhere from like 20 minutes to a few hours can be expected IIRC

npongratz 7y ago

> ... it might contain a glass relocker, or any other relocker ... Explosives?

tghw 7y ago

You vastly overestimate the security of safes. It might take a while and you might kill a few drill bits in the process, but you could definitely drill through most safes, especially in home installations. As far as relockers go, you've already resorted to destructive methods. If you find that it's worth opening after drilling, then you'll find a way in.

jandrese 7y ago

This is an abandoned safe in a residential installation. It doesn't have any of that shit. In the extremely small chance that the safe contains anything at all and it has a relocker mechanism, well it doesn't really matter because you had to cut through the safe to get inside in the first place.