Thread: Diebold Full Automatic Bankers Safe

Very nice indeed, I am allways very impressed by the sheer quality of these. Is there a timelock on the inner coffer ?

No timelock on the inner chest but there is a trapdoor for extra storage in the floor. Safe is fully functional and retracts the bolts as it should and I have the bolt motor winding handle. The first time I tried it (with the door open for good reason) the bolts did not fully retract and I found a screw blocking one of the lower bolts and I had to disassemble the bolt work to get it out. After that it works perfectly.

Beautiful. Two questions:

1 - It looks like you made, or found, a custom slot in the wall for it. What's the story?

2 - There appears to be a catalog page for the safe attached to its front. Would you mind scanning and posting this for us to see?

Thanks in advance.

Jim

This safe is sitting in my office on the second floor. When we built this new building they drywalled around some ducting and it turned out to be just the right size for the safe so I put a 1/2" plate down on the floor and moved the safe onto the plate before the laid the tile and after they painted. I used a reach lift and stuck it through the second story window. before I set it up I moved that electrical outlet up so it would be above the safe so I could use it if I wanted to. The scanned catalog page isn't for an automatic but it is close. This safe weighs 2950 lbs.
Jacob

Jacob, I just bought an old safe very similar to yours and am having it reighted it to me. Mine is beautifuk, but nowhere near as restored as yours is. Did you do any cleaning/polishing/restoration work on it, or is that how you got it? Also, since I have no idea what I'm doing with mine in terms of how it works, would it be okay to e-mail you to pick your brain with any question regarding how to wind this safe, etc? I promise not to be a pain and abuse it, it would just be nice to check in with someone who knows about this thing. I'll send you pics of mine when I get it if you'd like, it's got a two clock timer instead of your three, and mine is 27x28x46, but other than that they look pretty close to the same. Thx, your safe is truly gorgeous!

David Litt
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David.... don't be shy! Post a pic of your find! Please!