LeFebure door
This door came off a night deposit safe at a local bank and was scrounged up by a worker during a remodeling project. The rest of the safe was scrapped. Upon initial inspection I was unimpressed. The dial was loose and turned rough, the crappy textured paint to hide poor workmanship was laughable, and the overall construction reeked of cost cutting measures. The lock itself is a La Gard 3330 group 2 and the combination was easily discovered.
The handle for the bolt work is keyed but the key is missing. It is stamped Yale 48LF0. Can anyone cut a key? How about you, Bitbuster?
Upon removing the restrict-a-vision dial I found the dial ring held on with only one screw. Not sure if there is supposed to be a plastic bushing in the ring to support the dial? The dial really had a lot of play and the outer edge would rub when turning.
Removing the dial ring showed why one screw was missing. The door had been drilled at one point. Hmmm... A new lock was put on so I'm not sure if this door originally had a La Gard. Note that the safe was painted after the unit was assembled. Not the way I would build a safe.
To fix the sloppy dial, I machined a brass bushing on the lathe and with a tight fit it was installed into the dial ring. While one screw will be sufficient for the future life of this door I may make a brass plug for the drilled hole to add the second screw.
Assembled with some synthetic grease, the dial now spins slicker than cat shit on a banana peel. So what am I gonna do with just a door? I wondered the same thing. I thought about just mounting the lock but have decided to make a simple steel frame and mount the door in it (it has the hinges) and make an operating wall hanging out of it. It will get a custom paint job probably in a hot rod theme. We'll see. I need something to do while I continue to wait for the artwork for the National bank safe.