akgriffin
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i would look up liberty safes. Its american made, which is the biggest reason for me to look.
Sounds like you're describing a Graffunder
Don't get me wrong, they're are real nice safes, but for the price of a B or C rated Graffunder you could buy a TL-30 or a used TL-30x6. And you could upgrade a Sturdy to B rated for half the price.
I don't know if it was this forum or not, but I calculated that the steel used in a recently purchased Graffunder E rate would have cost me around $5,000 for the plate alone, not counting the labor to assemble it, nor any of the other parts, finish, or interior.
Based on what I just paid for some steel plate, just the steel outer shell of your safe would have cost me $5,600.
Like how I asked the OP a question about the safe he started this thread about in the first place an now we got two pages of six different "B" rated safes an everything else. Nice job!
I didn't know that Sturdy offered 1/4" bodies and 1/2" doors, but if they do, I'm assuming the price will go up accordingly to match the cost of the materials.
5) a1abdj knows best, because he's just smarter then everybody. And we're not only talking safes.
A word to the wise. When safe salesmen tell you they're going to sell you 1/4" worth of steel in the body, 1/2" worth of steel in the door make sure they're not adding the inner liner to the outer shell to come up with a cumulative number.
5 gauge body (0.2188 )plus 7 gauge (0.1875) reinforcement =.4063
That's much thicker the the .25 wall of a B rated safe.
Door 5/16 inch (.3125) plus 7 gauge (0.1875) = .5
So overall that's thicker steel then a B Rate Graffunder. And if you add up the price it will be around half, give or take, when you include delivery for the Graffunder.
As I mentioned before Graffunders are really nice safes, it's just good to know your options.
It took a while but I found that thread again. I have the engineer's name and number from UL and I will give him a call Monday (although I'm sure he has better things to do.)
The Fat Boy I looked at, sure looked to have a heavier door gauge than 7, looked to me to be thicker than 1/2 anyway, closer to 3/4" , plus the door backing that was affixed to the inside of the door.