York Ely-Norris cannonball safe with pie timelock

[Matts]

These were called "fire jacketed" cannonball safes...here is a photo of Mosler's version of one I recently restored.

Matt
Nahum 1:7

Some time ago I found this image of an advertisement for Ely-Norris safes inside York safes. It is supposedly from 1918 and shows the working relationship that Ely-Norris had with York at the time. What I also find interesting is that the ad mis-spells the name of the company, at the bottom, as "Eli-Norris".



The image is from http://www.officemuseum.com/filing_equipment_safes.htm and in particular http://www.officemuseum.com/1918_Yor...Co_York_PA.jpg.

[Texaschilli]

I just purchased and now have an Ely Norris cannonball safe. It has Yale? triple timelocks and Yale dual combination lock on the outside of the door.

I know nothing about how to go about cleaning the safe up to repaint it. The timelock works and I have a change key to reset combinations for the outside locks that are set on "50".

Could anyone give me some pointer on restoring a cannonball? Can I take the door off to get the body sandblasted or beadblasted? Or at least take out the timelock so it does not get broken? Is that difficult?

Thanks

[Doug MacQueen]

Well I wasn' t trying be rude, only emphasizing the point of hiring someone with the skills. However, I see now that I did answer your question in your original post and you didn't even know it. It seems you are under the impression that you can reach the outer door lock through the rear of the door, which you cannot do as there is no access to the front. So it pays to be a little more tolerant it determining intent when you are ignorant on a subject.

[1977Vega]

Ignorant to the subject, sure. But aren't we all at some point in time? That's the reason for joining a forum board, to talk to people who have learned a thing or two because they were once "ignorant to the subject". So Doug, you're saying they're is no mechanical way to the that day lock? Drilling or manipulation is the only methods?