Remove Antique Safe Door From Hinges

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Remove antique safe door from hinges.

Laying new carpet stripping or painting a door sanding down a rubbing edge there are any number of reasons to take a door off its hinges. All of the out swing vault doors we carry add steel deadbolts behind the hinge side to prevent the door from being able to open after someone attempts to cut the hinges off. Printing on door is bad lot of it missing hinge finial s 2 measure 2 1 4 tall have base of 1 1 4 the lower part that fits into hinge is 5 8 in diameter the tops. Old safes can be truly beautiful and even practical pieces of history that are sought after by both antique collectors and safe collectors alike.

Loosen the hinge pin close the door and if you don t have a specific hinge pin removal tool just tap the hinge pins loose with a hammer and nail. The simple way to remove a door photo 1. You are offerding on very hard to find caps for antique safe these caps go on the hinge pins and are most often missing they came of a medium size fire proof door i believe the safe is a herring hall mavin safe can t be sure. The other kind of painter just slops it over any exposed metal and ruins the door s appearance.

Good painters remove or cover door hardware before they paint. Fortunately any knob escutcheon plate or hinge can easily be made to shine again without the need for noxious chemicals expensive tools or uncomfortable gear. I need to remove the door to position it and also shed some of the weight for moving it the book says in. Last week i purchased another gun safe 800 lbs it is the largest i can fit in the area it needs to be sotred in and there is ne extra room for manuvering around corners and down a hall way.