Post Office Box Door - Resetting the Combination

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  • Опубліковано 7 лис 2011
  • How to reset the combination for one version of antique brass PO box doors. Will provide a sense of the level of difficulty of all other variations.
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  • @danbreyfogle8486
    @danbreyfogle8486 Рік тому

    Thank you, I just picked up three sections of a early 1900's post office set-up (from a general store) and am building three cabinets to house each section. These have the single dial so you video gave me a thought on how to change the combinations since none of the extended family were aware of the combinations.

  • @Nytshaed
    @Nytshaed 11 років тому

    Thanks for the great video! I had a bit harder of a time changing my combination because the door was already mounted in the safe, so having it shut wouldn't work for the combo change. I did manage to change the combo enough so that it's not the old one thanks to you.

  • @markj5766
    @markj5766 3 роки тому

    Thanks for this video. I hope you are still making these boxes. They aren't very common at the craft shows anymore here in California, well not counting this year!

  • @Christophersanchez1326
    @Christophersanchez1326 10 років тому +1

    Oh question..are there replacement parts for those 2 dial doors? I have one like that door and the thumb stud is bent preventing the door to open.. The door is off a frame and I can see the meck. Need advice on this.. I have a idea how to fix it.

  • @elfstacy
    @elfstacy 11 років тому

    May I ask how to do the single dial ones? Is there a right left right combination? Is the process the same? Thanks for posting this!

  • @jeffsarles6419
    @jeffsarles6419 3 роки тому

    Any ideas where I can buy the middle gear or have one fabricated? I have the top right and left gears, but no middle gear in my son's safe like the above.

  • @traviscrawford1647
    @traviscrawford1647 3 роки тому +1

    I fu*kin' love UA-cam. Thanks Brotha!!!

  • @pukesan2746
    @pukesan2746 4 роки тому +1

    But how do you open it? I cant reset the combination because its locked i dontknow what the notches mean or how it works to get it open i mean i have the combination its letter k + 1 notches and letter o + # notches how does it work

  • @kenhoward8082
    @kenhoward8082 10 років тому

    How do you reset combo for a single dial PO box

  • @benjaminroot6270
    @benjaminroot6270 Рік тому

    Dag nabbit. I have a 2-dial one made into a coin bank. (It came with a house I bought.) I swear I can accurately read the combo written on the back in pencil, but I still can't get it to open (I've tried variations in case I was reading it wrong). There's a hole in a the back, so I shined a light down through the coin slot to see if I could visually line up the notches by looking in the hole, but there seems to be a cover over the mechanism. Any clue as to how to reverse engineer the combo without breaking open the box? I wonder if I can unscrew the mechanism cover by putting a screwdriver through the hole...and then see the gear alignment. It's really frustrating since the combo seems to be written right on it, but it still wont open.

  • @Manmann-bz4wo
    @Manmann-bz4wo 4 роки тому +1

    I dont have the lock combination on mine i bought at a yard sale. Help i want it for a present!

  • @alabamaarrowhead
    @alabamaarrowhead 5 років тому

    Thanks

  • @lu844
    @lu844 Рік тому

    I have a single dial one and it's been made into a bank. how do you figure out the combination to open it when you can't see it?

  • @mosleyhouse1060
    @mosleyhouse1060 6 років тому

    I just pick up one for a 1. Love it and I change the combination to🙄🙄🙄. If you can look inside or use a paperclip to line up the dials for the combination.

  • @jackygonzales6284
    @jackygonzales6284 3 роки тому

    How do u reset a single wheel combination

  • @juleswins3
    @juleswins3 4 роки тому +1

    I have a double dial Eagle box that has been made into a bank. I have the combo(s) but I don’t know how to work them. The combo I was given is C,D and M,N. No RLR or LRL, just those letters. Can you help?

    • @zhurong948
      @zhurong948 4 роки тому

      jules wins you put it in between the letters

  • @wm005
    @wm005 7 років тому

    I have two of these double combo banks and do not have the combination for either of them. Is there any way to figure out the combination without destroying the wood box they are mounted in?

    • @wortheffort
      @wortheffort  7 років тому

      +Wayne McDaniel break the glass to see the tumblers since the glass is just square or use a forstner bit in back to make a clean hole you can plug or take it to a locksmith.

    • @wm005
      @wm005 7 років тому

      Thanks

    • @lenilopez5719
      @lenilopez5719 6 років тому

      The way to open stick a hanger through the coin slot then try and hook the latch and pull gently. Once it’s opened align the tumblers so that door latch opens the lock then look at the front for the combination .

  • @wortheffort
    @wortheffort  10 років тому

    Unscrew the cover over gears as in video and it'll be self evident.

  • @1runnynose
    @1runnynose 10 років тому

    I bought my PO Box safe @ a local auction. But it's locked, and I have no clue how to open it. It's a double lock like yours. Any idea how I can figure out how to open it?

    • @PUPPYBONZ
      @PUPPYBONZ 9 років тому

      Did you open it yet?

    • @Manmann-bz4wo
      @Manmann-bz4wo 4 роки тому

      Yea did you open it i got the same problem!!

  • @MattJasa
    @MattJasa 7 років тому

    Theres a train museum in my town that has a bank of 30 of these. Their offering a years free admission if you can figure out how to open one. I'll have to go back and give it a try. Process of elimination.

    • @wortheffort
      @wortheffort  7 років тому

      try pushing and pulling the knobs while turning. sometimes you can feel the indentations.

  • @user-tv1hh9sg9q
    @user-tv1hh9sg9q 7 років тому

    Hi, I have a similar box and I do have the combo but what I have written down I can't decipher. I found this bank in my dads estate. Can you figure this out for me? There are no numbers on either dials. Here is the combo: C-K-1 C-U 2 I think the one and two numbers mean dial one and dial two but not sure. Thank you.

    • @wortheffort
      @wortheffort  7 років тому

      Sorry, my safe cracking abilities don't extend thru the internet.

    • @user-tv1hh9sg9q
      @user-tv1hh9sg9q 7 років тому

      Thank you anyway for your time.

    • @MattJasa
      @MattJasa 7 років тому

      The numbers could be the safe number. So safe 1 is dial 1 = c dial 2 = k. Safe 2 dial 1 = c dial 2 = u

    • @tashagill7800
      @tashagill7800 5 років тому

      ?

  • @genecarris8833
    @genecarris8833 8 років тому

    I have a single dial type that my uncle made and I don't have the combination anymore; can you tell me a simple way to crack it?

    • @wortheffort
      @wortheffort  8 років тому

      +Gene Carris I'd take it apart and reset it. They're pretty obvious when you get em apart.

    • @genecarris8833
      @genecarris8833 8 років тому

      thanks

  • @brianhannan1388
    @brianhannan1388 Рік тому

    How do you CRACK one open if you dont know the combination ?????

    • @wortheffort
      @wortheffort  Рік тому

      Asking the same question won’t change the answer.

  • @renx99
    @renx99 12 років тому

    Where did you find the PO box doors? Online?

    • @keithfoster9022
      @keithfoster9022 7 років тому

      Rene Lopez got one for sale its from new york apt.with combo.great shape.easy to open and lock.

  • @brianhannan1388
    @brianhannan1388 Рік тому

    How do you Crack one open in the first place ?

  • @wortheffort
    @wortheffort  12 років тому

    Ebay

  • @ninastephens6809
    @ninastephens6809 4 роки тому

    I have one I have never opened it and I'm 13