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  1. 07-05-09 07:15 PM #11
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    Default Re: ratner safe lock

    In olden days Ratners and Milners were drilled open using templates aligned with the keyhole and which gave the exact positions of the six fixing screws which passed through the hard plate and were only half an inch from the surface of the door.

    This technique only applied to the List 1 as the grades above had hardened door surfaces.

    Perhaps this illustration will allow you to make a template although it is a much later lock. i.e. 1914.
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  2. 08-05-09 10:24 AM #12
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    This might be a daft question, but should we have a thread with safe drill points out in the open? As far as I can tell, the only requirement to see this thread is to be a registered member?

    Yes, it is an old safe, but even so!
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    Default Re: ratner safe lock

    Quote Originally Posted by NKT
    This might be a daft question, but should we have a thread with safe drill points out in the open? As far as I can tell, the only requirement to see this thread is to be a registered member?

    Yes, it is an old safe, but even so!
    I have removed the 'in clear' drill point, but as you will appreciate there is more to opening safes than knowing the drill point ! Also safes of this vintage really should not be in use today, and there are far easier & more destructive ways to open them than drilling. Drilling does also require specialist equipment for penetrating the hardplate and once the hole is drilled (if it's in the right place) you need to know what to do from there :mrgreen:
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    I agree with what you say. Not having the drill point does make it that bit harder, though. :-)
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    Default Re: ratner safe lock

    Hi Paul

    In Feb you made a remark "Note when drilling you need to thread the levers before applying tension". What do you mean "thread the levers"?
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    would this lock body come from a ratner bankers engineers safe
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    Ratner made a huge range of safes, with this lock used (amongst others). Do you have any further information on the safe ? IE size, quality, number of locks etc.
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    Last one of these I drilled I went for the bolt strapping and ate that away so as not to damage the lock
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