Help with Milners Safe please

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22-03-18, 05:45 PM
Mark1

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Help with Milners Safe please

This Milners Safe is one of three Safes I recently acquired from a local demolition site, They kindly let me have them for scrap value, although they are worth a lot more to me.

The Mlners Safe sadly has no keys. The numbers on the top door hinge are as follows 13457 and underneath are the numbers and letters AH634. I will attach some pictures as I am not 100% sure I've got them right? Many thanks in advance for any help/information you can give me about this Safe.
22-03-18, 07:40 PM
Cepasaccus

Is it "no keys, open" or "no keys, closed"? The later is probably more fun. Is the asbestos warning real?
22-03-18, 07:41 PM
Chubby

The asbestos warning is probably just in case.
22-03-18, 07:56 PM
Mark1

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Originally Posted by Cepasaccus

Is it "no keys, open" or "no keys, closed"? The later is probably more fun. Is the asbestos warning real?

Good Evening, Unfortunately for me it's no keys closed! As for the Asbestos warning to be honest I'm not sure? It hasn't been drilled so I think they must have presumed or know for sure. It was from a Factory demolition and apparently they took six months to remove all the asbestos before they could start the demolition.
22-03-18, 08:30 PM
Cepasaccus

So maybe it is just a (possible) asbestos contamination from the building.
22-03-18, 08:44 PM
Chubby

Without prejudice, I would be surprised if there were any asbestos in it.
22-03-18, 10:12 PM
Mark1

Hopefully

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Originally Posted by Cepasaccus

So maybe it is just a (possible) asbestos contamination from the building.

Hopefully, But regardless I don't intend to break into the body of the Safe, so hopefully if there is any in there it will stay sealed inside.
24-03-18, 08:27 AM
Chubby

Let sleeping dogs lie. Other than a hand hole or similar attack by a criminal it is rare to see the side of a safe opened. There are just much better ways of getting in.
24-03-18, 01:48 PM
Mark1

Definately

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Originally Posted by Chubby

Let sleeping dogs lie. Other than a hand hole or similar attack by a criminal it is rare to see the side of a safe opened. There are just much better ways of getting in.

Yes, I totally agree Chubby
24-03-18, 04:15 PM
safeman

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Originally Posted by Mark1

This Milners Safe is one of three Safes I recently acquired from a local demolition site, They kindly let me have them for scrap value, although they are worth a lot more to me.

The Mlners Safe sadly has no keys. The numbers on the top door hinge are as follows 13457 and underneath are the numbers and letters AH634. I will attach some pictures as I am not 100% sure I've got them right? Many thanks in advance for any help/information you can give me about this Safe.

Mark, the safe code prefix AH refers to a manufacture date of 1902 and I attach a copy of the relevant leaflet.
Attachment 19750The body thickness will be 3/16ths of an inch (4.764 mm). The door plate will be ⅜" thickened to ⅝" at the edges by 2¼"x 2¼"x ¼" angle forming lockcase. There will be a ⅜" ply-steel drill-resisting plate over the lock area.
24-03-18, 09:45 PM
Mark1

Many thanks Safeman.

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Originally Posted by safeman

Mark, the safe code prefix AH refers to a manufacture date of 1902 and I attach a copy of the relevant leaflet.
Attachment 19750The body thickness will be 3/16ths of an inch (4.764 mm). The door plate will be ⅜" thickened to ⅝" at the edges by 2¼"x 2¼"x ¼" angle forming lockcase. There will be a ⅜" ply-steel drill-resisting plate over the lock area.

Thank you very much for all the help you have given me with my Safes it is very much appreciated. You are a mine of very useful and interesting information. Thanks again.
24-03-18, 10:04 PM
Chubby

I suppose "useful" is a relative term.