On Apr 18, 7:31*am, "HeyBub" wrote:
djay wrote:
I just received a very nice fireproof safe that has no mounting
hardware. So it's fireproof etc but not thief proof. *It's about 2 X
2 X 2.
I'd like to mount the sucker down with something. *I'm thinking about
strapping it down to the floor by wrapping angle iron around up the
left side across the top and down the right side leaving ears at the
bottom. Kind of like an upside down U. *Then drill into the slab and
bolt the ears down to the floor.

It won't insure that a determined thief won't just cut off the bolts
and unstrap it but it will definitely take longer.

Welcome for all comments/ideas?

Thanks!

Djay

Simple.

Drill one or more holes in the floor of the safe then use these holes for
bolts anchored in the floor.

I made a 2x2' form from scrap 2x4s, used bits of conduit in the right place,
and filled the form with concrete. I made five of these. The bottom one had
a bolt anchored in the concrete.

I was able to attach threaded rods to the imbedded bolts and thread the
remaining four slabs on the rod. The bit of the rod stickup up from the
fifth block was used to secure the safe.

Now, instead of a safe weighing about 70 pounds, the goblins will have to
make off with a blob weighing almost 500 pounds.

Another trick. You can put a switch inside the door of the safe with hidden
wires going to your 'silent holdup alarm' circuit. This switch on the safe's
door can be disabled by another switch in a secret location. To use the safe
normally, you flip the secret switch before opening the safe. If a squint,
scrot, cut-purse, evil-doer, slope, or drippy is holding a gun to your head,
you don't flip the secret switch.

A pistol among the safe's contents has obvious uses.

Note: There are two general kinds of safes: fire safes and security safes..
Fire safes (i.e., typical 'Sentry' brand) can be opened with a hatchet.
Security safes made of tool-resistant steel are much harder for a gremlin to
open but get really hot inside.- Hide quoted text -

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So my new HD Sentry safe isnt safe? How unsafe is it against theft.