This is a Lockmasters floor safe. Its an old safe that used to be made in Alton, Hampshire. The owner had inherited the safe many years ago with a small bag which contained a change key and allen key. The customer had always just used the key lock but the dial had been moved and the safe had locked. The combination, unknown. I attended and opened the safe, reset the combination to a number that the customer was happy with and re-secured all bolts (the two hinge bolts were loose, binding the door so it would not open)

Dave over at E3 locks sent me over a photo of the internals as I had nothing in my files and he had recently opened another Lockmasters safe. Cheers Dave!

This is a 4 brick Chubb wall safe. It is fitted with a lever lock that can be a problematic pick. Fortunately I have recently invested time in practicing how to pick these locks. The investment paid off as the safe was open in a few minutes. No damage and I replaced the lock so the customer could continue to use the safe. The safe was fitted high in the wall. It was pretty awkward, arms outstretched above my head. Picking in a stress position is never good!

I got called to open this SMP Economy safe. Keys had been taken by the previous occupier and the safe was needed to store valuable paperwork. These safes are fitted with a lever lock but can have a combination lock too. Fairly basic but a good solid safe.

I picked open the safe and replaced the lock supplying the customer with two new keys.

Here is a great example of a Tann bankers safe. These safes, along with SLS and older Chubb units are some of the toughest safes to crack out there. Used by companies that still trade in large volumes of cash and valuable items.

This safe is fitted with both a key lock and a mechanical combination lock. If you’ve only got one key or your starting to experience problems with the combination lock give me a call. I can service and restore your safe before the day comes when your key fails or the combination no longer works.

Here is the handle and keypad of a Sistec safe with a failed electronic Cawi lock. The Cawi digital lock is pretty reliable and user friendly, this one however had an unknown fault and refused to work. In the case of an electronic lock if it fails there is

very little you can do apart from resort to the drill. Using specialist drill bits and a technique I had seen another engineer do I managed to open this safe with no damage to the integrity of the container. The clever design of this unit is that the top lock needs to be open before the handle can move. Under this handle is another keyhole, for a secondary lock. So you have to crack on lock just to get to the next one.

Apologies for the delay! This Dudley Dudley safe was opened well over a month ago now. Business is good and its difficult to update the website!

The safe had been put on a large quantity of carpets and junk from a room clearance so it wasn’t as stable as I would have liked. I propped it up and started to pick it open.

It didn’t take too long to open so the position and movement of the safe was never an issue.

I replaced the lock and supplied the customer with two keys, the safe now ready to be put back into use.

If you have a Dudley safe and need it opening, the locks changing or even a combination change give me a call