Re: Gardex GX1 Fire safe....
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MartinHewitt wrote:The W2@R93 is about +25 from the highest point, but besides two points in past graphs which were 1/4th under 99:8 everything else is 99:8 or higher. And it is quite a lot at 99:8. The mountain around W2@R70 is hovering above like a mountain tip over the clouds.
I feel like I have been wrong from the get go.
MartinHewitt wrote:I feel like I have been wrong from the get go.
Sometimes it looks like time has been wasted without any advance, but it is all part of the path to the open safe and a lot is learned even when the effort appears wasted.
Yup. I have to say this indeed looks like a Center Mfg. #100 dial. The Center Mfg. #100 is apparently just a relabeled S&G 6709. So there is not that much difference for someone who just resells stuff. What is the distance of dial center to handle center? Perhaps a bit more than 4 1/2"? (Not sure how accurate my measurement is, so let's say "roughly 4 1/2"".)
I think it makes sense to really do a W1+W2@L21, W3 around R (or if you can mange better a W1+W2@L21, W around L, i.e. 4 times left, then about 2 times right (1. time to move drive cam to W3, 2. time to move W3 to nearly or barely touch W2) and then one turn left to pick up W3 again in the left direction and do a scan there). A scan of W3 doesn't take that much time, a misattribution of the gate would explain the graphs and if there was an error on the Hi/Lo test it might happen again.
So that you do not have to wait for a response to continue dialing: In case you indeed find a new gate for W3, find the proper center. Then do a W1+W2 around right for the area around 21 to see how this gate shifts. Then a Hi/Lo test as an additional way to really locate it to W2. And finally hopefully a scan of W1 around left which opens the safe.
MartinHewitt wrote:So that you do not have to wait for a response to continue dialing: In case you indeed find a new gate for W3, find the proper center. Then do a W1+W2 around right for the area around 21 to see how this gate shifts. Then a Hi/Lo test as an additional way to really locate it to W2. And finally hopefully a scan of W1 around left which opens the safe.
mattinbc wrote:Ok guys, I am officially confused now.
How do I find "Proper center"? Is that the proper center of the first gate?
If I did a High Low test with @L22 would that do the trick?
Sorry guys, just brand new at this and its a lot of info all at once. Kinda getting it a bit mixed up.
Also wanna try and run the combos out with wheel 2 @R45 as its 25 numbers south of my mountain at 70. As Jaakko suggested.
High low with L22 first.
Ok. So the high/low test with W3 @L22 yeilded the same results as the high low test @L21.
And for the record Martin, All the wheel packs feel good and pick up at the same point every time.
You gain about 0.5 of an increment every time you go around the opposite direction. so if wheel 1 was set at L5, once around right would stop at 4.5, and twice around at 4. Hope that makes sense. Things feel as they should for the most part.
I have not wore it out yet. but I will be thinking about changing it once we open it.
thanks.
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