SAFE AND VAULT TECHNICAL REFERENCE

BY ED WILLIS

Volume I, II, and all Supplements

© 1991-2000 ED WILLIS, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. NO PORTION OF THIS MANUAL MAY BY REPRODUCED IN WHOLE OR IN PART BY ANY MEANS WITHOUT THE WRITTEN PERMISSION FROM THE AUTHOR.

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INCLUDED DATA AND ORGANIZATION

This database contains Volume I and II, and all supplements which have been released to date. Data will be updated immediately upon release. All Willis diagrams are categorized under each manufacturer. You may also utilize our search engine to locate information regarding a particular vendor. Data regarding all safe, vault, and lock manufacturers are incorporated within our Infobase. 

FILE NAMES

All Willis files have been named to correspond with the hard copy edition. File names contain the page number, source, and version or supplement. All file names will be coded pursuant to the following scheme:

abc1_x2

abc1 = page designation by MBA. This number identifies the manufacturer abc and 1 issue number, sheet number, or page.

x = author: (B = Bates; W = Willis)

2 = volume, version, or supplement number

GIF = gif image format, immediately viewable

ZIP = compressed data format, PCX image

DATA FORMAT

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HOW TO INTERPRET THE DRAWINGS

ALL DRAWINGS ARE FULL SIZE UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED. THEY HAVE BEEN SCANNED 1:1, HOWEVER, DUE TO DIFFERENT DISPLAY TYPES AND PRINTERS, SCALING MAY BE INACCURATE. FOR THAT REASON, A LEGEND HAS BEEN PROVIDED FOR COMPUTING ACTUAL DIMENSIONS.

TO COMPUTER PRECISE MEASUREMENT 

USE A KNOWN VALUE, SUCH AS THE SIZE OF THE LOCK CASE. THEN, COMPUTE THE KNOWN SIZE AGAINST THE DISPLAY OR PRINTED SIZE. USE THAT FRACTION AS A REFERENCE TO DETERMINE THE ACTUAL MEASUREMENT FROM POINT "A" TO POINT "B", BY SETTING UP A RATION PROPORTION.

FOR EXAMPLE, IF THE LOCK CASE ACTUALLY MEASURES 3" HORIZONTALLY, AND YOUR VIDEO DISPLAY SHOWS THE DISTANCE AS 2", AND THE MEASURED DISTANCE BETWEEN POINT "A" AND POINT "B" IS 2.5" ON YOUR DISPLAY, THEN THE VALUE OF THE DISTANCE BETWEEN "A" AND "B" IS:

(2/3) x (2.5/X) = 3.75" where 2 = measured value; 3 = known value; 2.5 = measured distance between points; and X = unknown value, to be computed.

/ = divided by

x = multiply

X = unknown

ALL OF THE SAFES HAVE A FRONT ( X - RAY ) VIEW DRAWING AND MOST HAVE A SIDE ( DEPTH ) VIEW.

IN MOST CASES, NO MEASUREMENTS ARE SHOWN ON THE DRAWINGS, SO A 6" OR 12 " ( OR METRIC ) RULER IS AN ESSENTIAL TOOL. A DIAL WITH THE KNOB CUT OUT OR A LOCKMASTERS "DRILL POINT" LOCATOR ARE HELPFUL IN DETERMINING THE LOCATION Of RELOCK DEVICES, BOLTS, ETC., FROM THE DIAL, HANDLE, OR KEYHOLE CENTER.

THE SMALL SIZE DRAWINGS OF THE FULL DOOR VIEW ARE INTENDED TO SHOW THE ARRANGEMENT OF THE BOLT WORK AND ARE NOT ACCURATELY SCALED DRAWINGS.

TERMS AND SYMBOLS:

DOOR THICKNESS: DISTANCE FROM THE DOOR FACE TO THE BACK OF THE DOOR, EXCLUDING THE BACK COVER OR PANEL.

TO LOCK CASE: DISTANCE FROM THE DOOR FACE TO THE FRONT OF THE LOCK CASE.

BEDPLATE: TOTAL THICKNESS OF THE DOOR BARRIER MATERIAL, EXCLUDING THE GLASS AND LOCK MOUNTING PLATES.

±: CENTER LINE.

END OR CUT AWAY VIEW OF AN OBJECT OR PART.
END OR CUT AWAY VIEW OF HARDPLATE IN ALL ITS VARIED FORMS AND STRENGTHS.
GLASS PLATE

SPINDLE: 5/16 X 40 (50):

• 5/16 THE DIAMETER OF THE SPINDLE IN INCHES
• 40 IS THE NUMBER OF THREADS PER INCH
• 50 IS THE NUMBER ON THE DIAL WHICH ALIGNS
  

D/I:

• THE SPINDLE SPLINE DROP- IN POINT OF THE FENCE WITH THE WHEEL GATES .