How would you open a safe with conventional tools?

It will be open within the hour, just wondering what creative things others can come up with. Drill and cutter seems to have worked really well so far, if a lil slow.
 
dowie said:
but I'm not suggesting melting all the way through with it - I've already pointed out that would burn the contents :confused:

if you're hammering away at the top you could weaken the top too with it
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I don't understand how the thermite would help at all if it isnt to be used to melt through the steel layers. Steel conducts heat too well to use it, i just suggested it for the sake of entertainment. The first layer was just done by drill and saw, concrete was a few wacks of a hammer and chissel. Last layer is the hardest. We dont know how thick it is, so drill and saw might not work
 
Avenged7Fold said:
I don't understand how the thermite would help at all if it isnt to be used to melt through the steel layers. Steel conducts heat too well to use it, i just suggested it for the sake of entertainment. The first layer was just done by drill and saw, concrete was a few wacks of a hammer and chissel. Last layer is the hardest. We dont know how thick it is, so drill and saw might not work
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it could weaken the concrete too

and yes it would be entertaining
 
So instead of heat with thermite, how much liquid nitrogen would £278 buy ? I'm thinking get the metal really cold and brittle then hit with a sledgehammer.
 
peterwalkley said:
So instead of heat with thermite, how much liquid nitrogen would £278 buy ? I'm thinking get the metal really cold and brittle then hit with a sledgehammer.
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Enough to cool it down but it wouldn't break before it heats back to room temperature.

As for lock picking...

The lock is silly and the key which pushes the pins down is three dimensional rather than a flat toothed thing which you twist.


Safe is open now btw. My mate started at 11am and only just finished. Pictures to follow and the £278 was recovered :D
 
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ask somewhere with a plasma cutter? would that work?

if not an accurate swift karate chop to 1 16th above the middle and 2 17th's to the right will bust it right open
 
panyan said:
angle grinder with cutting disc

find the thinnest panel and cut a hole
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Yep, that's my thought too. A decent angle grinder would get through the top layer of steel and then the concrete, leaving the final layer of steel protecting the contents from sparks. I'd then groove the last bit of steel with the angle grinder and use a drill and hacksaw for that.
 
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