Making a chute for cash to go into safe through wall

[Murmansk]

I need to make a chute to go through a 12cm lath and plaster wall in a Victorian house.

At the far end will be one of those cheapo small safes with a keyboard for entry of a code to open it. The safe is currently on a shelf and screwed to the wall.

The other end of the chute will be positioned behind a picture to hide it.

I guess the chute needs to be sloped downwards to discourage the bags of coins and bunches of cash from getting stuck on the way in.

This isn't a particularly high security environment so no need for spikes inside the chute to stop people trying to fish stuff out!

I'm planning to take a square of metal out of the back wall of the safe with an angle grinder where the chute joins the safe.

I reckon the chute needs to be about 6cm high and 10cm wide - not as wide as a letterbox. It probably needs to slope down at about 45 degrees.

I'm planning to cut through the first bit of plaster and laths with a multi tool and hope I'm not near one of the studs, then come through on the other side in a similar manner but further down to allow for the slope.

I'll probably have to make the chute out of MDF but can anyone suggest a suitable pre-made chute material? Maybe the kind of pipe used to vent extractor fans?

[Nick Odell]

6x10 is a standard steel box section. Your local steel fabricator has probably got some offcuts somewhere.

Nick

[Bob Minchin]

45 degrees sounds a bit aggressive. you might find plastic bagged coins bursting open when they land?

[newshound]

Could always put a layer of foam or bubble wrap in the bottom of the safe

[newshound]

+1

[Bill Wright]

Line the safe with foam.

Bill

[Brian Gaff]

The number of bank branches closing just now maybe there is a real night safe glut on the market at knock down prices? Brian

[Cynic]

You might like to take a look at you tube for how to open a digital safe. A hammer blow is all it usually takes

[Murmansk]

I can well imagine that when you buy a digital safe on Ebay for £16 including delivery it won't be very secure, but in this case it's a relatively secure location inside a locked room and relatively hidden within that locked room so it's not an issue.

It's amazing how such a heavy item can be supplied from China at such a low price - and presumably still make profits for various people in the chain