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SAFES
Graham Polly beats a Mosler key lock
with Jack Coober’s guidance.
There is a mixture of high security
banker’s safes to commercial and
domestic units. The majority of the
units have three and four wheel
mechanical combination locks while
the older commercial units often have
a combination lock and or a key lock.
Combination manipulation lever lock
picking and bypass methods are the
methods used on Friday. There is lot
of informal instruction between the
locksmiths.
It is a very supportive and friendly event
with lots of social interaction as well as
learning and networking opportunities.
Jim McAvoy teaching Steve Arias
how to set up a dialler
have three members others 10. Some
participants are learning to manipulate,
others learning drill sharpening and
others opening safes.
GOOD OLD GREG!
By about 10am two or three safe have
been opened and others have thrown
up problems. This is when it gets really
interesting!The hole may be off a bit, they
may have hit some really hard material
or as happened this year the (borrowed)
flexible scope got jammed between the
body and door frame. The team working
on the safe had all but given up on getting
the scope out. Greg from PNG noticed
their problem. He had done the very same
thing recently on a job. After 10 minutes of
fiddling by Greg the scope was out. I think
that was the biggest cheer of three days or was it a big sigh of relief?
John McCarter gets close and personal
with a tricky old key lock safe. He made a
couple of visits in between other openings
and picked it open on Saturday afternoon.
Towards the end of Friday when a few
units have been defeated plans are set
for the next day. It is a bit like a gold rush!
Safes are claimed and tools made ready
for the Saturday.
On Saturday we start at around 8.30am.
It is a flurry of activity. Safes are discussed,
drill points marked out and checked, a
bit of consultation with the directors and
they are into it. The groups have broken
down completely by now and it what you
are interested in that counts. Some groups
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Scoping and old CM Manifiol
Aaron Smith was just a bit happy
after opening the Chubb A class!
‘The final safes are opened
around lunch time and the
participants start to make
their way home. It is three
days of learning, laughing
and an occasional drink’
After lunch the openings come thick
and fast. Of the 20 units at least 16will be
opened by the end of the day. We chase
everyone out at about 5pm.
Sunday morning is a bit of a slow start;
everyone is a bit weary from the Saturday
night which always finishes very late.
Lots of coffee is needed to kick start the
locksmiths on Sunday, but it soon get
them going and the happy sound of drills
can be heard again in Albury. Sunday is
the most relaxed day. The safes that have
been opened are made secure and some
are repaired. We are able to do hot repairs
because we are in a factory. The safe that
are not repaired have the combination
reset and the bolt work checked to
ensure that we do have any lockouts on
the trip back to their owners. The final
safes are opened around lunch time and
the participants start to make their way
home.
It is three days of learning, laughing and
an occasional drink.
For more information about Crackers
2015 contact Eric Higgs at Locksmith
Trader at www.locksmithtrader.com.au
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