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  WTB Pancake Padlocks
  
  21-06-18, 09:38 AM
- The answer is, it depends. If the bankers dustproof timelocks are in there and unlocked you're golden. If they are frozen up in there in the locked position you are hosed. If the screw taper...
  
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  20-06-18, 11:40 PM
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  20-06-18, 02:53 PM
- Thanks. So maybe the 1960s are possible and 5" long keys might have really been necessary.
  
  Ratner 9-lever lock - powder proof!
  
  20-06-18, 06:21 AM
- How hard will it be to get this open? It’s for sale locally but I don’t want to touch it if I won’t be able to open it without significant damage. Yes - I realize it is a safe.
  
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  20-06-18, 06:19 AM
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  Ratner 9-lever lock - powder proof!
  
  19-06-18, 11:55 PM
- Normally see those with the single way keyway and thick gauge to suit stems and bits on bank strongroom doors.
  
  Ratner 9-lever lock - powder proof!
  
  19-06-18, 11:36 PM
- I normally see them on safes and strongrooms, not seen one on a ship yet, and would have thought that if it was a corrosion thing then the whole lock would be bronze. But possibly.
  
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