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Mech vs. electronic safe

Blckhrn
I use a touchpad phone, good thing they are cheap, as I have had to throw them out and replace them numerous times. I don't keep $5,000 worth of guns locked up in a $15 phone. There is a rotary telephone here from the 30's. It still works.

I rest my case.

Thanks for the support from the Mechanical believers, especially the fellow who has the failing number 4 at work.

I was beginning to think I was a dinosaur.

"You can build a man a fire and keep him warm for a couple hours or douse him with fuel oil and keep him warm the rest of his life"
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  • Blckhrn
    I've dropped both my touchpad and rotary phones on the carpeted floor. Like I said, the rotary one still works, as will the mechanical safe when I get around to fixing it.

    Thanks for your insight.

    "You can build a man a fire and keep him warm for a couple hours or douse him with fuel oil and keep him warm the rest of his life"
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  • Blckhrn
    I'd like to add that I have been called a renaissance man more than once, and have worked in manufacturing for about 30 years including the design of manufacturing machines and tooling. I worked for Chrysler Corp. when they tried to move in an early machining center to replace tracer lathes they had been using before that time and since before WWII. To make a long story short, that machine wound up on the junkpile and the old New Britain tracers stayed, for a while at least. My uncle used to run a set of Fay lathes from before WWI.

    Anyone who is familiar with the Davenport screw machine knows that this machine has stayed basically the same since the late 1800's when it was patented. This intricate machine is entirely mechanically driven and capable of high production quantities and close precision in capable hands. Conversely, I have had the displeasure of trying to make modern electrically controlled diecutters function and found the electronics unreliable. While the electronic drives were easier to design and cheaper to build, problems with them were difficult to diagnose and costly to repair.

    These are my reasons for my preference, I'll always take tried and true over high tech. Also, after looking at the lock and watching Court TV I know how I'd break in if I needed to.

    I really hope your batteries don't go dead on you.

    "You can build a man a fire and keep him warm for a couple hours or douse him with fuel oil and keep him warm the rest of his life"
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  • marvhucker
    Wow...What a concept...Putting $5K worth of firearms in a $15 touchpad phone. Have you tried to get them into your rotary phone? I've found that if you rotate the numbers on the dial juuuust right...you know, click, click, click... you may be able to store your guns safely, if they're small. Hope ya don't drop your guns as much as you do your phones.Marv
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