Had a busy day helping my locksmith Friend today.
First thing this morning I went to a vacant retail store in a strip mall.
The owner had lost the key and wanted to be able to show it to prospective tenants.
First thing I had to do was pick the lock.
Turns out that it was a Yale, Y1, 5 pin, and those are pretty tough to pick.
I had it picked in about 3 minutes.
Next, I had to remove the cylinder, a mortise,
and break it down to re-pin it to a pre-cut Y1 that I had brought with me.
I have a supply of pre-cut, random "set-up" keys for all
of the major brands, Kwikset, Schlage, Russwin, etc.
I then put the lock back together and installed it in the "storefront" door.
Then I cut the owner another copy of the key and was done.
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Then, shortly after lunch, an older fellow brought a "T- Handle" lock for a 6 cut GM camper top.
He had gotten it from the Auto Zone and I keyed it up to his existing key which fit his truck doors.
The lock was similar to this:
I got to talking to the fellow and come to find out, his folks owned some land where I go camping!
He knew exactly where I was talking about as I described my adventures.
He said the chimney from the old homestead is still standing and he occasionally goes to tend the graves.
He has a key to open a
certain "pipe gate" (that I've mentioned before, occasionally in my "Camping" thread) to get there.
I can't believe that I haven't stumbled upon the site by accident.
Of course, talk soon found it's way to metal detecting and he seemed keen on it.
I told him that I had 4 machines and I'd put one in his hand and we should go see what we could find!
The land is at Jarrard's Gap.
Jarrard Gap Trail - Hiking trip | EveryTrail
I gave him my phone number and told him to call me one fine spring day.
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Shortly after he left, a fellow came into the shop with 6 lever handle
entry sets and 6 double cylinder deadbolts.
All brand new still in the bag from Lowes.
The deadbolts were similar to this but instead of a thumb turn,
it was keyed both sides...
The lever handles were exactly like this:
If you look to the left of the key slot, you will see a little hole.
This is a patented feature of a Kwikset line called "Smart Key."
Here's a close-up of another example:
These do not have to be disassembled to re-key.
The procedure is too involved for me to go in to at the moment...
He wanted them all to use a single key.
No problem!
16 total locks cylinders to rekey.
Took me about 30-45 minutes to finish them and cut him a total of 5 keys.
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I loves them busy days!
Hope All had a Fine weekend and have a pleasant week ahead!
Best Wishes,
Scott
