Safe room

[Firebrick43]

Anyone have a safe room in the shop?

Saw this on ebay.

Bank vault door

Only 160,000 clams



I just need a pile of gold to swim through like Scrooge McDuck

 

[pancho400cid]

Dang! That's pretty awesome. Sounds like it's been removed from a building already?

Text from the E-bay ad:


"Mosler Antique Vault Door. Originally installed in 1960

Professionally removed from a bank in Los Angeles and transported to our shop in Ozark, Missouri. We have all trim pieces, including rod style fencing and day gate, time locks and hardware.

This door is 24 inches thick and scaled at 49,000 pounds with the custom built frame. Scale on the crane registered 46,000 pounds, just for the door.

The owner (a bank in Kansas) originally planned to install this in a new facility, but later changed their focus to mergers and acquisitions.

The door is in excellent condition. We also have a book from the bank, giving their history which includes the purchase of this doors including picture from the date of installation.

The extraction of this door was filmed in a time lapse format, over three days, which can be made available to seriously interested parties only.

Buyer must make arrangements to ship from our shop. We have sources available.

Payment to be wire transfer directly to owner."

...

 

[MikeC55]

That would be pretty cool to have as the entrance to your man cave!

 

[smackey05]

Look at those hinges.... How would you support that much weight in a house?

Otherwise, that would be awesome to have in my mancave!

 

[Holt]

At my old job we got to tour a new site and it had a vault door just like this which was the entrance to an arcade. Turns out the building was a old bank and the cost to remove the vault was ridiculously expensive so they incorporated it into the new build.

 

[NUTTSGT]

"Payment to be wire transfer directly to owner"

That would be the bank in Kansas...an enterprising fellow would wait for a Nigerian prince scam to arise and use the bank's wire transaction numbers to send to the prince.

 

[shoot summ]

There is one like that in an old bank basement downtown. It's an office building now so it just sits there open all of the time. Apparently when it was installed it was brought it on temporary rail tracks.

 

[niget2002]

I have a hard enough time lining up a hinge on a kitchen cabinet... Ain't no way I'm going to try to install that on my shop.

 

[Milton Shaw]

I would hate to live in a neighborhood that required that much security for your shop. Think what would be required to secure the house and cars. Sounds like some area's of Detroit would need it from what I have heard though.

 

[mike93lx]

Look at those hinges.... How would you support that much weight in a house?

Otherwise, that would be awesome to have in my mancave!

A 6x6 would get it done, no problem

 

[bassJAM]

The first floor of my office used to be a bank, and down in the basement my department's storage is inside the old vault.

Door is maybe half as thick as in OP's picture, but the vault door was from the 1920's. It's like a dungeon to get to but pretty cool to see.

There's an old safe inside that probably weights 1+ ton, it's missing all the lockwork or I'd try to buy it and use it as a gun safe.

 

[adrenalinejeeper]

"This is the Lock Picking Lawyer, and today...."

 

[ar2stp48]

"....old safe inside .... missing all the lockwork or I'd try to buy it and use it as a gun safe...." Got a picture? If only the lock pack has been removed for safety, it may be inside the safe
Likely the lock can be replaced with current S&G #6730 and be fully functional. Same lock as better gun safes on market today

 

[Walkers]

I am just waiting for someone to say “yeah, but with my Milwaukee cordless impact I could have that top pivot off in about 30 seconds…”

 

[mike93lx]

I am just waiting for someone to say “yeah, but with my Milwaukee cordless impact I could have that top pivot off in about 30 seconds…”

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[tez929rr]

When I bought my gun safe (Browning) some years ago is when I first realized you could buy big safe doors to put on your home gun room. Too late now but if I was building a new home it would be a nice addition.

 

[Worsedog]

I am just waiting for someone to say “yeah, but with my Milwaukee cordless impact I could have that top pivot off in about 30 seconds…”

Wonder what their answer would be to "Then what ya gonna do?"

 

[bradpac]

Impressive vault door. I have a relative that works for Mosler and has had to fix these doors. When they're shut and can't be opened, you go through the vault wall, not the door.

 

[slow]

absolutely beautiful vault door! While I would never have any reason to own something like that, it would be a very cool conversation piece.

 

[Walkers]

Wonder what their answer would be to "Then what ya gonna do?"

Ya know, just lift the door out of there!

 

[Worsedog]

Ya know, just lift the door out of there!

Perhaps we should request a demonstration? The entertainment factor should be quite high.

 

[Walkers]

Perhaps we should request a demonstration? The entertainment factor should be quite high.

Well thank the Lord I don’t own a Milwaukee impact, as my back couldn’t tolerate that lift.

 

[niget2002]

Ya know, just lift the door out of there!

With enough leverage, anything is possible.

 

[FMB4]

Yep, that's just what I need... A $160K safe room to store <$20K of stuff. But hey, that vintage vault would look great in a '60s James Bond movie.

 

[NUTTSGT]

Where's Pat at ? Of all the guys here, I think he would be the one that could actually pull it off.

 

[IBEME]

With my luck I'd get it off the hinge and then it would drop on my foot.

 

[Walkers]

With my luck I'd get it off the hinge and then it would drop on my foot.

Pretty sure that would squash your foot so flat that you wouldn’t even feel it.

 

[sixty4]

On my bucket list if I win Powerball!

 

[matt_i]

Very impressive, I think large sums would be also spent at big time architects, professional engineers, industrial construction contractors, millwrights, riggers and crane operators.

I would enjoy admiring the inner workings...so many machined parts all behind glass

 

[mike93lx]

Yep, that's just what I need... A $160K safe room to store <$20K of stuff. But hey, that vintage vault would look great in a '60s James Bond movie.

Sounds like a problem that you need to solve with more ****. Machine guns are a great cost-dense approach

 

[Sumboodie]

I would hate to live in a neighborhood that required that much security for your shop. Think what would be required to secure the house and cars. Sounds like some area's of Detroit would need it from what I have heard though.

No kidding.

I don't even know where the keys to my house doors are. Been years since I've needed them.

 

[4 FN 27]

Where's Pat at ? Of all the guys here, I think he would be the one that could actually pull it off.

LOL Nutts...$160K? There are a few things other than that I would invest in equipment wise. Sherman Tank is one of them.

It is very cool. When we built the Shop I did look for an old Bank Vault Door. Located one in northern MN but it was a double door and not that beefy. It looked cool but I wanted a single door...round would be a bonus.

Settled for a Graffunder Vault Door. Only 2625 lbs...and not nearly as cool as the one above.

 

[nh_yota]

Impressive vault door. I have a relative that works for Mosler and has had to fix these doors. When they're shut and can't be opened, you go through the vault wall, not the door.

How are vault walls constructed? Reinforced concrete with steel lining?

 

[bradpac]

How are vault walls constructed? Reinforced concrete with steel lining?

Generally yes, some don't have a steel liner. I have seen some that are rock walls where they drill the rock and reinforce with rebar. You also see that done with CMU where it is filled and rebar added.

 

[minke]

I always wanted a hobbit garage door.

 

[Max]

How are vault walls constructed? Reinforced concrete with steel lining?

Roughly yes. But its a very high PSI concrete, and it has lots of carbide etc mixed in to make it harder to saw through. Note that it has to be very resistant to gas powered concrete saws to be effective…

 

[rlitman]

Pretty sure that would squash your foot so flat that you wouldn’t even feel it.

Roughly yes. But its a very high PSI concrete, and it has lots of carbide etc mixed in to make it harder to saw through. Note that it has to be very resistant to gas powered concrete saws to be effective…

They'll often add scrap carbide and drill bits into the mix. Way back in the day, glass ampules of toxic or sometimes just smelly chemicals would also be added as a fun surprise.

As for a steel liner, stainless is more often employed, because it is more torch resistant than steel.

 

[Rich M.]

Years ago, I was assisting in the designing of scenario law enforcement trading rooms. The site included a bar, bank, two-bedroom apartment and a convenient store. My job was to find all of the furniture and equipment to fill the various rooms. A lot of big companies stepped forward with donations. One company donate the inside of an abandoned bank. I needed everything so that is what I took - everything. Well, except that pesky vault door. I really wanted it. I went over in my mind how to get it off the current wall, out the door, onto the truck and how to install it at its new home.

In the end, It just did not make sense to use all the needed resources just because I wanted it. With that being said, it would have looked great in the training room.