Wed Jun 01, 2022 7:41 am by Visitor
Thanks for your reply, attacking the hinge pin is a method I was considering but I need to open this one to remind myself what the internal lip and catch look like, it could be possible once the hinge pin is removed the door may still not open.
The main problems with hinge pin removal is if they are mounted next to each other which may mean once one is open it will have to be removed from the wall in order to attack the next one also its probable the pin won't go back in as secure and render the box pointless.
From looking at the test piece I have here I think it's probably shrunk in with a cold pin and hot box.
The idea of scoping was only for the one I have here, its not mounted and does just have the plastic card so it was only a way for me to get this one open to play with the mechanics of it, at the moment I can only play with the outside as it's locked with lost combo and I could do with seeing how various attacks affects the mechanism from the inside.
I will check to see if there's a grub screw or somthing for the hinge pin on the inside once it's open, thanks for your thoughts on this.
For speed and effort I suspect its easier to pry them off the wall rather than attacking the pin but I'll certainly look into it.
The job is to open and reset the combos so they can be used, the locks any keys would have operated have already been changed.