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Thank you, so what happens after that eventuality, no one can get in? I have read something about relockers, but they don't really explain the aftermath. Not a requirement in my case. Steve.
AED is an "anti-explosion device" aka relocker. It is a device which blocks the bolt work when safe is attacked by brute force.
First let me say thank you to all and those kind words. My knowledge of safes could be written on a postcard so the knowledge I have gained from you all has been most helpful. Safeman: I think you...
I sometimes wonder why they didn't keep the keyway to extract the key solid. That way they would have had a key retaining lock, which would have been superior. Possibly at that stage nobody had...
[QUOTE=Steve48;292 This thread will now await completion of the painting of the body, so although this could take a while, I as someone once said will be back. But I will of course respond to any...
Good find your safe there, lovely example and a fantastic restoration job
Whitfield from yesterday, single action boltwork and no curtain in the lock but externally looked very similar to the "City"
You keep a note of exactly where the AED is, or more probably where the bolts or rivets holding the AED are. This gives you a drilling point if the AED is ever fired. Your safe is just a few years...
F Whitfield "The City...