How about a drop-in floor safe?
Rex Burkheimer
Marketing Director
WM Automotive Warehouse
Fort Worth TX rex@wmautomotive.com
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From: <jniolon@uss.com>
To: <shop-talk@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, July 21, 2000 10:23 AM
Subject: Re: hot safe
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> Richard,
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> what size safe were you going to buy ??? would it be feasible to build a
> steel box.... say 1/4 or 3/8 plate...three or so inches larger than the
> safe... insert the safe with adequate standoffs and pour concrete or some
> other fire rated material around it... thereby doubling (at lease) the
fire
> rating ??? ...couldn't be that expensive if the size isn't gonna kill you
> just a thought
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> I bought an old safe (50+ years) approx 30" square with an inside
> dimensions of about 18 d x 24h x 18w ...got no idea how it's rated but I
> plan on putting it in the garage just to hold important papers... think
the
> heat would be less out there with fewer combustibles.. less the
automobiles
> of course...
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> john
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> Richard George <rkg@teleport.com> on 07/21/2000 10:53:25 AM
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> Please respond to Richard George <rkg@teleport.com>
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> To: shop-talk <shop-talk@autox.team.net>
> cc: (bcc: John Niolon/Fairfield/USX)
> Subject: hot safe
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> Hi,
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> I was considering the purchase of a fireproof safe, but I find that most
of
> the more reasonably priced
> ones have inadequate fire ratings (a lot of them gloat about a 1/2 hour
> rating, but I found that the
> average fire in my area burns at heat for 45 minutes, at a temperature
> higher than a lot of them are
> rated for).
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> It was suggested that one could simply purchase one of these safes and add
> additional lining to
> increase their fire rating.
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> I was wondering if there are any "safe gurus" out there who might have
some
> input on doing
> such a thing. I've seen a lot of safe sites online, but there doesn't
seem
> to be much out there
> on safe construction - does anybody have any good pointers to information
> on this topic?
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> As an aside, somebody pointed out that my concerns about a potential thief
> using my plasma
> cutter or torch to get into the safe can be greatly reduced by putting the
> plasma cutter consumables
> and cutting torch tips in the safe....
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> Thanks in advance,
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> rkg
> (Richard George)
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