milners curiosity or not ?

[stephane]

thanks men for all details. very interesting. i am fascinated by these story and technique to open this kind of old safe by outside. for this one i broken my impact driver and this is not a cheap one ! so i don't promote the safe cracking but i am "admiring" when i compare some difficult i have with a full access ! just incredible.

[Chubby]

I wish I had a pound for every tool I have broken on safes!

An acquaintance of mine was a school teacher and, frankly, a prat. He had a safe where something wasn't quite aligned properly and it was awkward to get the key in and out. I offered to sort it for him, but he decided to enlarge the keyway by drilling it, including through the hardened plate. So he hit it with his black & decker at about 1,800 RPM. It was amazing to see the chips and swarf coming out. Needless to say the keyway was the same size and he had destroyed his bit. Of course being a teacher he wasn't wrong.