Since the Auburn Airport is nearby, we sometimes get calls to make keys for airplanes.
Rather than replace this old shed door, a brass “wrap-around” cover plate was used.
Locks from the 1880s are still used in Auburn, at the Masonic Hall.
One of the skeleton key mortise locks, with the Masonic symbol on the door knob. Circa 1890
Locks are like watches, except a little bigger. Lots of parts, tolerances to the .001″, tiny springs of all sizes.
Odd Jobs and Lost Keys
Keys get lost, but they’re always somewhere. One customer told me that a crow flew off with her keys. Most locksmiths have found lost car keys hanging in the passenger side door lock (maybe that’s…
Typical day for a locksmith. First, change out a combination lock on a safe and turn it into a digital safe lock. Next, use my 3′ bolt cutters to remove a padlock, replacing it with a Sesamee combination padlock….
This is a great time to recycle scrap brass. I’ve kept these obsolete Schlage plugs and cylinders for twenty years, but now it’s time to have them melted down. The current price is about $0.30 per pound. This batch…
We never know what pets or wild animals we’ll find at jobs. Here are a couple of them . . .