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Need help with privacy lock

I have a customer trying to find privacy lever locks without the coin slot in the outside handle. They want the kind wi...
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posted by laurenslock
6 comments posted 21yrs posted by laurenslock

Opening a J & J Taylor Safe

I have an empty antique J&J Taylor Safe that was used by my in-laws. They provided me with the combination (3 digits)....
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posted by WNorkle
3 comments posted 21yrs posted by WNorkle

STAR Key Blanks

Is STAR still in business?
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posted by paul7177
1 comments posted 21yrs posted by paul7177

Portable cutting cart for your vehicle?

I'm looking for a tall vehicle, but the thought of making keys to an auto in a parking garage worries me. I thought tha...
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posted by tronno22556
9 comments posted 21yrs posted by tronno22556

Magnetic locks with biometric handling

Anybody know of a supplier of magnetic doorlocks that can be mangaged through biometric devices? Georg Lavik __________...
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posted by hamreren
1 comments posted 21yrs posted by hamreren

Best service vehicle besides a van

I saw a locksmith today in a small foreign car he had set up as a work vehicle. It looked like he removed all the seats...
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posted by laurenslock
21 comments posted 21yrs posted by laurenslock

Need Keys

Hey any Automoblie locksmith in the need for TRANSPONDER KEYS or VATS KEYS drop an email @ Sales @ KeyGirl.biz We have...
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posted by KeyGirl77
1 comments posted 21yrs posted by KeyGirl77

Re: Amateur Pickers and Mushroom Pins

Well, I've been routinely making up Abus and Almont locks (SC keyway) with 3, 4 or 5 mushroom pins, going on the assump...
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posted by pumperhinkle
10 comments posted 21yrs posted by pumperhinkle

Milwaukee area theft by carting safe away

The attached article is about a theft from a Milwaukee area store. The thieves picked up the safe and carried it away,...
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posted by news
5 comments posted 21yrs posted by news

Impressioning Hon Lock

I have tried the pull-out method and the jiggle method. I just cant see the marks. I have heard of two approaches....po...
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posted by marshalljones
4 comments posted 21yrs posted by marshalljones

Looking for HON 333E file cabinet replacement key

I don't know if you guys can do this, but is there a code for cutting a HON 333E file cablinet replacement key. I have b...
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posted by marshalljones
4 comments posted 21yrs posted by marshalljones

TNL new site

Is it me or has the pop up ad traffic on that site tripled. It takes me ten minutes to get in now. I would have posted...
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posted by laurenslock
6 comments posted 21yrs posted by laurenslock

Pick Gun

Years ago I saw a patent for a device for opening locks that operated on a different principle from the common pick gun...
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posted by polrick
4 comments posted 21yrs posted by polrick

Is a combination padlock safe?

I have an abus 165/30 combination padlock that I use for luggage locker when I travel, and I wonder how easy it is to o...
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posted by sverker12
4 comments posted 21yrs posted by sverker12