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Home Made gunsafe

Postby Stradawhovious on Fri Nov 27, 2009 11:37 am

I am outgrowing the current safe I have, an I'm thinking of building my own to accomodate. I realize that there are some things a storebought safe would offer that a home made one might not, but the thousands of dollars in cost difference might sway me. I'm thinking along the lines of an add-on reinforced closet. has anyone else done something similar to this?
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Re: Home Made gunsafe

Postby hammAR on Fri Nov 27, 2009 11:46 am

You might get some ideas and parts from these two sites:

http://www.safeathomeusa.com/default.as ... %20ROnGvM=

http://www.rhinovault.com/

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Re: Home Made gunsafe

Postby Stradawhovious on Fri Nov 27, 2009 11:55 am

Good links Gunny, unfortunately, one of those doors would cost more than my house. :lol: Good info though, and good food for thought. Thanks!
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Re: Home Made gunsafe

Postby Widge on Fri Nov 27, 2009 11:59 am

I don't know if you need to go all 'Fort Knox' in your own home unless you are storing some really high end hardware. I would imagine sticking a metal external door and metal frame on an existing closet with some substantial fixing hardware and some reinforcing of the walls inside would probably be plenty to deter or prevent the common opportunistic burglar type. Someone who breaks in specifically to get your guns and/or other swag is going to come prepared to get into anything he/she may encounter and it would cost big $$$ to prevent that. Ask any Bank.
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Re: Home Made gunsafe

Postby DeanC on Fri Nov 27, 2009 12:01 pm

Those metal doors you get at Menard's etc. are not worth it either. They are just thin steel skins over styrofoam. You'd be better off with a solid oak door and a reinforced frame with some good locks and internal hinges.
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Re: Home Made gunsafe

Postby Stradawhovious on Fri Nov 27, 2009 12:05 pm

Widge wrote:I don't know if you need to go all 'Fort Knox' in your own home unless you are storing some really high end hardware.


yeah, pretty much what I was thinking. Like you suggested, I was thinking more along the lines of solid wood/metal door, metal frame, and 3/4"ply under sheetrock on both inside and outside walls. It's more to prevent little hands from getting into things they shouldn't and preventing the "smash and grab" type home theft than naything else. I don't have the "high end" or high volume of forearms necessary to construct a hollywood style panic room.
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Re: Home Made gunsafe

Postby jgalt on Fri Nov 27, 2009 12:24 pm

I've been thinking about doing something similar for the extra basement room my guns (and some other 'valuables'...) are stored in, so I'd definitely be interested in at least reading a description of whatever you come up with, or arranging an 'on-site' visit ... if you don't mind of course. 8-)
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Re: Home Made gunsafe

Postby Stradawhovious on Fri Nov 27, 2009 12:27 pm

jgalt wrote:I've been thinking about doing something similar for the extra basement room my guns (and some other 'valuables'...) are stored in, so I'd definitely be interested in at least reading a description of whatever you come up with, or arranging an 'on-site' visit ... if you don't mind of course. 8-)



I would love to give you a "tour". How versed are you with a framing nailer and a scew gun? :lol:
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Re: Home Made gunsafe

Postby westberg on Fri Nov 27, 2009 1:26 pm

I have used the external door openers with the key pad, I paid about $130 for them, they may not be strong enough for what your thinking. They do keep kids and the curious visitor out of the gun rooms.
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Re: Home Made gunsafe

Postby FJ540 on Fri Nov 27, 2009 1:55 pm

If you want some custom hardware, let me know. I've got a full machine shop.
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Re: Home Made gunsafe

Postby Stradawhovious on Fri Nov 27, 2009 2:01 pm

FJ540 wrote:If you want some custom hardware, let me know. I've got a full machine shop.


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Re: Home Made gunsafe

Postby David on Fri Nov 27, 2009 3:34 pm

It always amazes me when people go nuts on a good door with locks and do nothing to the sheetrock walls (which can be kicked through in seconds without tools of any kind), so it's good that you're thinking of using wood to reinforce the walls a bit.

I know you aren't trying to keep professional thieves out, but is there enough space to use cinderblocks? They aren't that hard to build with, and if you fill them with cement, you are pretty secure from theft, and a bit more resistant to fire as well. For extra fire protection, consider screwing a piece of sheet steel to the ceiling joists, too.
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Re: Home Made gunsafe

Postby Stradawhovious on Fri Nov 27, 2009 4:14 pm

David wrote:It always amazes me when people go nuts on a good door with locks and do nothing to the sheetrock walls (which can be kicked through in seconds without tools of any kind), so it's good that you're thinking of using wood to reinforce the walls a bit.


Yeah, 3/4" ply isn't going to stop people forever, but it will give them a hell of a challenge if they left the sawsall at home. :lol: I think the cinderblock would be a bit heavy for the application I had in mind, but it is a really good idea for a safe room, or storm shelter if you have a nice rock solid foundation to start with.

I used to work on a framing crew to kill time on my days off. It had always amazed me that the only things keeping a bad guy out of your home in a new construction house is 1/16" of vinyl siding, a sheet of builtrite, a roll of insulation and some sheet rock. Any person with the average intellegence of a swamp rat could get through all of these in a matter of moments using nothing more than a box cutter.

My house is stucco on brick. 8-)
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Re: Home Made gunsafe

Postby mnxd9 on Fri Nov 27, 2009 4:22 pm

There was a pretty long an involved thread back on TCC forum, all I really remember is getting flamed in that thread... but I think there was some good info.
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Re: Home Made gunsafe

Postby Stradawhovious on Fri Nov 27, 2009 4:25 pm

mnxd9 wrote: all I really remember is getting flamed in that thread...


Really? Naaaahhhhhhhhh.... Doesn't sound like TCC. Must have been somewhere else. :lol:
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