Billygoat, have you considered making the parts for your damaged and attacked safes to reinstate them closer to original?
All your work making the housing sleeve and welds looks great, just seems a lot of time and effort to fit a rim cylinder which then reduces the safes security down to a door lock.
When doors are badly damaged under the dial you can utilise a similar type of welded sleeve to what you’ve done to take the combination spindle, and then source an antique or vintage combination lock to suit. Modifying the boltwork to fit and making a conversion mount plate for whatever lock is simple plate work.
Or, even better you could utilise the old dial front onto a modern S&G spindle (turn up an adapter sleeve and pin it) and convert the inside over to take a modern S&G 6730 or 31. That way it’d all look original externally with the advantage of modern security and reliability on the inside.
And, most importantl of all -you still get to play with the lathes, mill and welder, and have a safe with a combination lock fully protected by the door, for a similar outlay in time and works.
