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Jolivesfree

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I have a MasterLock 6' cable that I want to mount around a safe in my home. Someone for the master code for the safe and so I want add the cable with the lock for added security. What is the best epoxy glue for this task?
 
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I have a MasterLock 6' cable that I want to mount around a safe in my home. Someone for the master code for the safe and so I want add the cable with the lock for added security. What is the best epoxy glue for this task?

JB weld? Might have to chip the paint off the safe.

No offense, but if this is your added security, go buy a better safe! :shocking:
 

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I think that duct tape would help more than epoxy for this use.

On a more realistic approach, if you put a lock hasp on the safe door, you could use a tamper evident seal on it.
 

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I think that duct tape would help more than epoxy for this use.

On a more realistic approach, if you put a lock hasp on the safe door, you could use a tamper evident seal on it.

wouldnt you just un-tape it and slide it up off a safe?
 
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I am a single mother trying to make due with what I have right now until I can upgrade. I didn't ask for smart comments. I'll just figure it out myself. Thanks for all the help.
 
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Look, if the person with the key or combination to the safe cannot be trusted with that, gluing a cable lock to the safe isn't going to add any security. You're barking up the wrong tree.
 

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I am a single mother trying to make due with what I have right now until I can upgrade. I didn't ask for smart comments. I'll just figure it out myself. Thanks for all the help.

I'd suggest you take a look at Master Lock's Python locks (or something similar). It's a cable lock, with 3 settings: unlock, cinch and lock. You run the cable around an object and then set the lock to cinch...tighten down the cable (pull on it hard), and then lock it. I can get mine tight enough that you couldn't wiggle it off of a metal safe if you tried.

It can be defeated with a cutoff wheel or large bolt cutters, but it's a measure of safety. I'm not sure how you could effectively epoxy a cable lock to a safe. Perhaps you could attach the cable lock to the safe so it couldn't be removed, with some mechanical means (depending on safe construction, maybe drill a hole in it, run an eye-bolt into the hole, and run cable through the eye bolt). But the python should work well, without modification.

Good luck.
 

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I am a single mother trying to make due with what I have right now until I can upgrade. I didn't ask for smart comments. I'll just figure it out myself. Thanks for all the help.

Not sure where you see any smart comments. I suggested JB weld, but also suggested a more secure safe.
I then noted that duct tape would not work. Maybe he or she was making a joke, but in all reality, you need a mechanical connection. Even epoxy that is not bonded well could be very brittle and easily defeated with a hammer.

Have a good life.
 
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