Beginning manipulation
Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2017 7:37 pm
This summer I got my first chance to crack a safe. A local museum where I volunteer put me in touch with a lady who had a safe she couldn't open. This being my first experience with manipulation I had low expectations of succeeding but told her I would give it a try. To my surprise it opened in an hour and a half! Here are the pics I took, sorry for the low detail.
Interesting thing about the lock: the outer dial is some sort of standard S & G dial, but the innards look like the J & J Taylor locks from the early 1900's. Given the hack job on the bolt lever (it's held in place by a bent nail) I'm guessing someone either broke or decided they didn't like the old dial, so the replaced the whole dial assembly. The spline key/spindle look new to me.
Anyway, now I'm hooked on manipulation! Just bought 2 locks off ebay, hoping to get better at this.
-Tyler
Interesting thing about the lock: the outer dial is some sort of standard S & G dial, but the innards look like the J & J Taylor locks from the early 1900's. Given the hack job on the bolt lever (it's held in place by a bent nail) I'm guessing someone either broke or decided they didn't like the old dial, so the replaced the whole dial assembly. The spline key/spindle look new to me.
Anyway, now I'm hooked on manipulation! Just bought 2 locks off ebay, hoping to get better at this.
-Tyler