World's Largest Round Vault Door

Doug MacQueen · 2013-08-10T14:59:35+00:00

Did a job there a couple of days ago and found a couple pictures I hadn’t seen before. Doug

Doug MacQueen

These pics are from the brochure. I purposely left them big for clarity. BTW there is at least one paper clip imprint in the door jamb. Doug

Adrian Weber

You are the best Doug, thanks so much for sharing 🙂

Huw Eastwood

I’ll second that- BIG thanks for sharing.

I’m amazed you had a brochure, and even more amazed to see a pic which actually shows the frame being machined!
Have to admit a smug sense of relief to see it was done on the same vertical mill as the door!
I didn’t know for sure but figured that’s how it would have been done.

Thanks to dicey as well- few pics of the door ever give a sense of it’s size- that side-on pic with the guy stood next to it is amazing and I haven’t seen it before, so thanks for sharing as i I forgot to say in the message 🙁y):

wylk

Doug, any chance you could scan and post the entire brochure?

Doug MacQueen

I only have a Xerox copy but I will post the other pictures in it.

Adrian Weber

It is amazing what we have seen so far I would say 🙁clap):

Huw Eastwood

Great thread- We’re off on hols today so before I go, here’s some better pics of the model I used as my avatar-
Will catch up in couple of weeks time 🙁hi):

Adrian Weber

WoW nice one Max! 🙂

I know that Mosler made a small working round vault door once also with a small vault room and a gate. It stands in the office of one of grand grand sons I believe in New York. Have seen the picture online once but can’t find it now…

Your model does not work or?

Doug MacQueen

Here you go. First set of pics

Doug MacQueen

And the second/

Adrian Weber

Thank you very much for sharing these Doug!

Ian D. Lewis

I would like to add a thank you to that to Doug been a really interesting thread.

wylk

For MaxVaultage, here’s another little weekend project:

Mentioned in an earlier thread, the company makes these tabletop safes using a door design inspired by the great round doors of which the CFRB’s is an extreme example. Watch out, last I checked one of these little items was around $23,000.00 as I recall.

http://www.doettling.com/en/tabletop-objects.html

Be sure to download the product information PDF for better images. (I have no affiliation, etc.).

Adrian Weber

Doettling does not produce safes themselves. I know a company in Switzerland that is producing safes for them or lets say the ground models of the safes before putting leather and other things on it. I have visited that company already and they produce some REALLY nice high end quality safes.

If anyone is interested I could probably find out which company or who produces that small one, since it is not the company in Switzerland.

wylk

Actually, if it’s not too much work, both would be interesting to know!

Adrian Weber

I will try to reach my friend in Switzerland then! It may be next week though.

Tom Gordon

Beautiful - but is the term “high security” accurate?

Dean Nickel

Only if you put in in concrete. That would almost be a crime.

Nicko50

Yes thank you Doug that was great I could almost be prepared to leave gods country to see that for myself 🙁envy):

wylk

The Cleveland Fed is briefly featured in the 2010 Modern Marvels episode “Doors” (on the History channel and/or History 2 in the US). At one point the narrator calls the episode “Entries and Exits” (I think that’s right, it could have been “Entrances and Exits”)) suggesting there was a name change at some point.

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