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If the safe can be sprung open by a simple jarring.... | 227 comments | Create New Account
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If the safe can be sprung open by a simple jarring....
Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, August 04 2012 @ 01:23 PM EDT

What does bolting them to the wall do to prevent you triggering the jarring vibration by hitting the side of the safe with your hand?

RAS

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Unsafe Gun Safes Can Be Opened By A Three-Year-Old
Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, August 04 2012 @ 08:00 PM EDT
"Blowing" an old style safe (a real one, not a "gun safe")
used to depend on a similar method. The explosion didn't blow the door off.
Instead it simply jarred the catches loose so the handle could be turned (by
hanging a weight on it). Modern safes (real ones) have a mechanism installed
which specifically prevents this. This is a design problem which is very well
known in the security industry.

P.S. I worked on designing some machinery for making automobile door handles.
The door mechanism had to be designed so that the doors would not be jarred open
by impact shock in a collision. This is basic engineering!

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