Adding steel to gun safe? - Page 2

True · 04-25-2012, 06:12 PM

Check out american security safes, thick steel, cement reinforced, about your price range too

MAC702 · 04-25-2012, 06:24 PM

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Originally Posted by SundevilSG

...I am getting more comfortable with the idea of adding 3/16" heat treated A36 on the top and side.....

Having my own full-service welding truck/shop, I have about a plate and a half of 3/16" A36 in stock, but not heat treated. I'm sure if you gave me the dimensions you needed, I will cut them for a good deal, and you won't have to worry about having extra plate laying around.

I don't do heat-treating, though, so you may be able to get it from someone else that does it all. I just wanted to throw that out there for you.

SundevilSG · 04-25-2012, 08:56 PM

I guess my last post didnt submit properly. Great idea about the concrete backerboard! Sure wont be pretty but it would take masonry tools to get through even remotely quickly. It also wont be moving any time soon...

True, I looked into AMSEC's and the only ones I found in my price range were 12ga. It floors me that some of these safes are in the 4-5k range and they are getting away with 10ga steel. Of course, shipping isnt cheap...

Thanks MAC, I'll send you a PM. I was thinking about just torch cutting it at my shop and foregoing the heat treat. Do you have a plasma table?

Gullwing · 04-26-2012, 12:50 AM

Anyone look into getting a Fort Knox safe through Front Sight?

I haven't, so I don't know their prices, but the guy did say they would work with you on payments... "yeah just send in $40 a month or what you can afford and when it is paid off we will deliver" So until it is paid off in five years you still don't have a safe.

MAC702 · 04-26-2012, 04:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SundevilSG

...Thanks MAC, I'll send you a PM. I was thinking about just torch cutting it at my shop and foregoing the heat treat. Do you have a plasma table?

Not anymore. But I have straightedges designed for torches. If I forego my coffee, you might do okay...

cpy911 · 09-13-2012, 07:45 PM

Did this project get finished?
I am curious as to why more people are not doing this as the Manufacturers are really skimping on the steel thickness these days. You have to spend like 2K and then you are looking at 10ga!!!!

Sundevil, I sent you a PM

04-26-2012, 12:50 AM	#14
Gullwing Is right behind you Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: NLV Posts: 3,202 Mentioned: 6 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	Anyone look into getting a Fort Knox safe through Front Sight? I haven't, so I don't know their prices, but the guy did say they would work with you on payments... "yeah just send in $40 a month or what you can afford and when it is paid off we will deliver" So until it is paid off in five years you still don't have a safe. __________________ Give a man a fire, he will be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, he will be warm for the rest of his life!

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cpy911 uber n00b Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 1 Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Project status? Did this project get finished? I am curious as to why more people are not doing this as the Manufacturers are really skimping on the steel thickness these days. You have to spend like 2K and then you are looking at 10ga!!!! Sundevil, I sent you a PM

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04-25-2012, 06:12 PM	#11
True uber Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 237 Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Check out american security safes, thick steel, cement reinforced, about your price range too

04-25-2012, 08:56 PM	#13
SundevilSG Minute of Barn Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: NW Vegas Posts: 1,148 Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I guess my last post didnt submit properly. Great idea about the concrete backerboard! Sure wont be pretty but it would take masonry tools to get through even remotely quickly. It also wont be moving any time soon... True, I looked into AMSEC's and the only ones I found in my price range were 12ga. It floors me that some of these safes are in the 4-5k range and they are getting away with 10ga steel. Of course, shipping isnt cheap... Thanks MAC, I'll send you a PM. I was thinking about just torch cutting it at my shop and foregoing the heat treat. Do you have a plasma table?