Home Made Safe ?

[goldsilverpro]

In Hong Kong, the concrete walls of our vault were reinforced with "tang bars". They are a series of twisted steel metal strips of a hard, tough metal - they come in sheets, I think. They make it very difficult to create a hole in the concrete. They are not cheap.

http://www.google.com/search?q=%22tang+bars%22+vault&sourceid=navclient-ff&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1B3GGGL_enUS259US259

 

[stihl88]

Yeah these walls had some Rio in them also, can't remember which ones.

PS: I saw the documentary on television unfortunately. It was aired on a program called "How They Do It".

 

[golddie]

I think How they do ti is on internet too

 

[peter i]

"Nothing can keep out a determined man equipped with the right tools and lots of time"

Having said that, the common thief will normally only bring the tools he can store in his pockets or a bag and the priority will be a quick job and a loot that is easy to carry and sell (and worth the trouble). A normal safe that is bolted down is unlikely to be accessible for him.

If he specifically target the safe and bring tools for the purpose, it is quite another case. And if it is a good safe, a likely method would be to beat the owner into opening it, rather than doing it himself.

I would prefer the combination of a normal safe and an alarm. The safe takes time to open, the alarm makes sure he does not have it :wink:

Oh, and a cannon ball safe:
http://antiqueguns.biz/guns/cannonball%20safe.htm
note the time lock, eliminating the possibility of forcing the banker to open it!