Safe Engineers: Keyways: Isolator ================================================================================ Team on 05/05/2010 13:02:00 The following article was written by Simon Griffiths - the editor of the MLA magazine, Keyways. They have kindly allowed us to reproduce the article here as it appeared in Keyways - our thanks go to them for this. Copyright, Keyways Feb 2010, reproduced by kind permission of the MLA Opening Method for Churchill 'Ruby' Grade 2 underfloor safe door. Key or Com ================================================================================ Team on 29/03/2010 14:25:00 This involves an angle-drilling technique, to avoid all the hard-areas. Measurements are taken from the corner of the handle block looking in the locking direction (large bit of keyhole) this is the RH post. Measure 12mm towards the centre of the door edge, measure 25mm towards the door-centre. Aim the drill to end up 25mm back from the edge of the door and 20mm from the door centre-point, this will end up missing the Main Lock bolt lathe-grooves and end up with the Mauer lock bolt in view. Assembly of the Rosengrens (Gunnebo) RKL-10 lock ================================================================================ Team on 15/03/2010 10:33:00 This is a description on how I assemble the RKL-10 lock made by Rosengrens (Gunnebo). I must point out that Rosengrens is in no way involved in, nor have contributed to this paper. It is only a description on how I do it and should it turn out that any action described in here will cause any problem in the lock with time the fault is mine and mine alone. Also the part names are the names I use and I do not know what their proper names might be. The need to take apart and re-assemble can arise if you want to clean the lock or if you should have a lock with no keys. Please read through the entire instruction once before you start. When assembled like this the lock will be in position to be set to a new key. This instruction, and illustrations are of the 9-cut design lock but it can be used to help assembling the early 8-cut version as well. Chatwood’s Safe Company - Part 2. (1) The Final Years at Bolton. ================================================================================ Team on 19/01/2010 09:51:00 In Mike Fincher’s 1st Part of this article we dealt with the first 50 years of Samuel Chatwood’s Safe Company (1858 to 1908). This brief historical account picks up on what happened afterwards. Firstly in this Issue, with the period leading to the firm deciding to move away from Bolton, to Shrewsbury. Biography of Samuel Chatwood ================================================================================ The Lock Collector Magazine on 19/01/2010 08:43:00 Select Biographies of Lockmakers: Samuel Chatwood - the first 50 years of Chatwood’s Safe Company. The Modern Burglar and The Story of Treasure (part 2) ================================================================================ Team on 07/01/2010 15:23:00 To the Inventor, as to the Man of Science, achievement is but another milestone on the highway of Progress. The end of the journey lies every beyond. Published by The Chatwood Safe Co. Ltd. Bolton, England. The Modern Burglar and The Story of Treasure (part 1) ================================================================================ Tom Gordon on 05/01/2010 09:24:00 To the Inventor, as to the Man of Science, achievement is but another milestone on the highway of Progress. The end of the journey lies every beyond. Published by The Chatwood Safe Co. Ltd. Bolton, England. Churchill Euro Banker Grade 3 ================================================================================ Mark.Addison on 12/12/2009 12:54:00 Here is an article by Mark Addison with plenty of pictures of the Churchill grade 3 Euro Banker underfloor safe. The article aslo has a couple of drawings complete with measurements which may be very handy to anyone having to fault find and open one of these safes. Just when you thought all the good ideas were taken ================================================================================ Team on 08/07/2009 22:39:00 Please View the attached gallery to see all the images. SMP Community 3, keylock & Smartgard Opening ================================================================================ Chris Hewitt on 25/06/2009 17:02:00 Hi all, thought it time I try and make a contribution to the safe engineer’s articles although for lots of you this may not be anything new! On many occasions now I have come across the SMP Com 3 with the combination of smart guard swing bolt digi and 9 lever curtain lock without key or code (usually ex travel agents) and until as recently as last week I did not own a pick for this lock.