One of my happy customers, at Saint Locks in Telford, bought one of the now fairly famous Doodlebug EPGs (electric pick gun) from my lock tool shop and has sent a few photos of locks he has opened. Here is the latest one, a shot of one of two of the latest British Standard Yale […]
Took delivery yesterday of a new pick for the Mauer 71111, an 8 lever key operated safe lock, which just happens to be the most commonly used safe lock in the world. Made by Jason Jones, himself an expert safe opener & toolsmith (he’s given up the cowboy crowded, low profit ‘locksmithing’ part of the
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Following some tests last weekend with the world’s fastest lock impressioner, Jos Weyers, I am now moving ahead with the development of a couple of new tools to help the everyday locksmith to master this very effective system for lock opening. More info soon. Unsure who will be the distributor yet, but currently manufacturing of
This picture is of a slightly roughly handmade cutaway cylinder. The only way to become a good locksmith is to love locks, and love, in this case, means destroying the occasional lock to see what makes that particular brand tick. This is one of the new UAP British Standard (you can see the Kitemark) euro
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Discreet Security now has both the skills and equipment to repair all your uPVC “plastic” doors and windows, from failed or jamming locks and locking strips, right through re-glazing a failed unit, to repairing both structural and cosmetic damage to both white and wood-effect PVCu windows and doors. Repairing a frame made of unplasticised PolyVinylChloride,
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There have been many people who have reviewed and tested safe combination locks, including large organisations such as Underwriters Labatory and the British Standards Institute. It is the same with door locks, and insurance grade keyed padlocks. However, when I was recently asked to provide a secure combination lock for a set of factory gates,
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A new campaign, backed by the ICL and several other organisations, aims to get the law changed, so that burglary tools such as bumpkeys, that have no legitimate uses to hobbiests or anyone other than professional locksmiths and the security forces, are restricted to those with a real need. Bumpkeys are designed to open a
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Available in limited quantities only, we are proud to announce the availability of the now infamous Doodlebug upgrade to the HPC EPG. Give your tired old HPC, with its dying batteries, the upgrade of a lifetime. Save a fortune over buying a Wendt, and get a tool that is even more powerful. And, dare we
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