A Question for all you thinkers,
I am look'n to custom build a gun storage closet in my house.
I already know how I am going to do the walls, & No they won't be fireproof. I have a few ideas on that to add later. But for now, what I am looking for is a schem. or detailed drawing of the bolt lock system in vault or safe doors, I don't care which co's door as I will add or change to fit this project.
Has any one ever done anything like this ??
I know I can buy a door but would much rather build my own using 3/8 in plate.
Your thoughts please,
Dan
I already know how I am going to do the walls, & No they won't be fireproof. I have a few ideas on that to add later. But for now, what I am looking for is a schem. or detailed drawing of the bolt lock system in vault or safe doors, I don't care which co's door as I will add or change to fit this project.
Has any one ever done anything like this ??
I know I can buy a door but would much rather build my own using 3/8 in plate.
Your thoughts please,
Dan
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This site has a wealth of knowledge on what you are looking for.
http://home.howstuffworks.com/safecracking.htm0 -
It did have a lot of info on how to break into one but nothing showing how the Stainless rods or pins work on the handle.
I plan on using an elect. recq. lock on mine.
Dan0 -
To give you a better idea of what I am wanting to build, several years ago Arnold Swartzenager {I know I mis-spelled his last name}
was in a movie where they kidnapped his daughter, he went to an outside shed & in that shed was the coolest gun safe I have ever seen.
Thats what I want to build.
I don't have a copy of the movie or I would try & draw a set of plans from the short view of this gun wall / cabinet / safe
I need help on this one I think.
Thanks
Dan0 -
Well, I built explosives containers for mines in Idaho one year. Had a good contract. The specs were steel plate shell lined with # 4 2x4s on edge plus 2 layers of 5/8" CDX plywood and finally another steel plate inside.
Your door would need to be mechanically locked with the mechanism encased in multilayered alloy that takes forever to cut with a torch.
Just plate on the door with sheetrock walls around the closet is not good, and the ceiling and floor have to be considered. If the floor is on a slab, that helps, but the ceiling is super easy to go through in regular frame construction.
Of course, if real professionals hit you, they can drill a hole in plate in 30 seconds and that gets them started with a special saw that can cut out a big hole in about 15 minutes.
Welding up all that steel creates a real fire problem in a frame structure, so I guess you'll be building the shell on the slab in an insulated invironment (asbestos blankets) and then building the residential closet walls around it, to disguise it? Sounds like about a $2,000-$4,000 project if you do the labor yourself. And that for a closet that can be cut into in a few minutes anyway. I don't know, Dan.
Mayby just buy a couple of real good gun safes for that and bolt them to the floor.0 -
The movie you are talking about is Comando. It was from the late 80's and had all kinds of cool stuff that was pleantiful and cheep before the 1989 import ban [V]. I am in the process of buying a house right now and the first project is too build a gun room. I am tired of not being able to see all my guns and beating them up taking them in and out of the safes. As soon as I know exactly how much space I have to work with I was going to start asking for some ideas too. The room I will have will be at least 12' wide and it is 13' to the center support wall. I was going to go all the way across the basement but where the plumbing for the bathroom is I will only be able to use about half of the 11' on the other side of the support wall. I know the room will not be as good a safes, but it is what I want, and it will be fairly secure. I am going to go with 12" studs, 5/8 sheetrock on the walls with 3/4" plywood between the frame and the inside wall sheetrock. That should give me a reasonable fire rating and reasonable protection. I am not sure what I am going to do for a door and locking system yet either, but I am thinking some kind of steel fire door. 0 -
I'd suggest using a prefab vault door/frame. They can be had with seriously hard steel plate and rods, good quality combo locks with relockers, etc. Obtaining the hardware and cutting on the door to get things installed correctly would probably be more costly and time consuming than it's worth.
One way or another, concealment of this door is to your advantage. Do it right and you'll never have to learn if your door is stout enough.0 -
quote:No they won't be fireproof.
If you wish to make it so, You can use 3/4 Marinite refractory Looks like sheet rock .http://www.bnzmaterials.com/mari.html
I have used this building High temp furnaces (In the 1,400c 2000 F range) you can't burn this stuff, I have tried.[:D] Just another idea for ya.0 -
While I don't have one, I've heard good hings about Zanotti Safes. They're sectional. http://www.zanottiarmor.com/
Somebody, maybe Zanotti, sells doors alone. Maybe that would help your project.0 -
These two sites may be worth a look.
www.saferoom.com has the electro magnetic lock
www.stormsaferoom.com
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