What's in the box?! 1890s Safe [Restoration]

This restoration is on the Key Combination Safe No. 40 made by the J. & E. Stevens Co. of Cromwell, Connecticut, USA in the late 1800s. The company started in 1843 and lasted about 100 years while making cast iron toys and coin banks. This specific cast iron curiosity seems to be designed for storage of some small valuable items like coins or jewelry. During my move to a new workshop, this was unfortunately left in a storage container that was not climate controlled, so the constant temperature and humidity fluctuations led to this item getting extremely rusty in a short period of time. Luckily, as we know from lesser restoration channels, short term rust does not damage the surface of the metal at very much. Concurrently, the safe was originally nickel-plated so the rust damage would have been limited. This was the first restoration where I just threw the whole thing into Evapo-Rust before taking it apart, as it would be easier to see where this thing was pinned together. The restoration itself was straight forward and the only known issue was a missing tooth on the combination dial. It was super neat to see the intricate, delicate, and beautiful castings and I was really happy to have this pass through the shop! I'd like to thank @CRCAutoUS for sponsoring this video. I've switched to a food-grade penetrating oil from them as a more safe alternative, and it as worked just as well as the usual penetrating oils I've used. You can check out the products from them used in this video in the links below: https://www.evapo-rust.com/ https://www.crcindustries.com/evapo-r... https://www.crcindustries.com/smartwa... https://www.crcindustries.com/food-gr... Wrenches, screwdrivers, and socket drivers are now for sale at https://www.handtoolrescue.com/ Watch narrated videos and help secure more tools for future videos (if you want): Patreon: handtoolrescue Instagram: Instagram: handtoolrescue Facebook Group - Share your restorations Facebook: handtoolrescue Facebook: handtoolrescue Reddit - Share your restorations Reddit: HandToolRescue Podcast (with @jimmydiresta and Andrew Alexander) - https://anchor.fm/fitzall