Just signed up for Foley-Belsaw locksmithing school...

by **Romstar** » 3 Feb 2005 3:23

, and some more.

Another one of my "tricks" up in smoke! :wink:

Oh well,
Romstar

by **raimundo** » 3 Feb 2005 11:08

cabinetmakers shops have the best hardwood scraps. but never very big pieces. Ask a cabinet maker, he may have an indoor scrap barrel with oak, maple even cherry and will probably give you a good deal, since these are all cutoffs from projects already paid for where the customer bought the wood.

by **bigbike** » 3 Feb 2005 12:06

Varjeal wrote:bigbike: If you're looking for good lumber scraps..try your local building hardware store. Quite often they have bins for their "scrap" pieces. Just recently I paid a visit to Totem, and upon inquiring for some very short pieces, got escorted to the back where they showed me the scrap bin and said, "take what ya need." Nice, clean wood, and all I wanted.

The local "lumber yards" here all put their scraps in the compactor in the back room. I have tried. :cry:

But I will keep looking around for scrap when the snow melts and the builders around here all get busy again :lol:

by **HowieJL** » 3 Feb 2005 12:17

I just got lessons 1-5 today and I'm going to lock myself in my office till I get them done.. Should be interesting :shock:

Bigbike. nope going to finally get to HD in 2 weeks when tax money comes in and I can afford to get some extras.. :roll:

by **kehveli** » 3 Feb 2005 12:22

HowieJL wrote:I'm going to lock myself in my office till I get them done..

What's the point of locking yourself in some place when you are actually learning to pick locks.

by **Eschatos** » 3 Feb 2005 13:01

Maybe he uses my technique:

A toolbox with three padlocks on it. I have to pick them all to get to the tools I want, as I left the keys in my hometown. Inside, I like to pick a few more before I actually get what I was looking for. I have a similar setup on my key case at home, but I haven't really had any chance to pick into that lately.

by **HowieJL** » 3 Feb 2005 18:28

What's the point of locking yourself in some place when you are actually learning to pick locks.

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If I lock myself in, my wife and sons won't beable to get in and bug me

by **bigbike** » 5 Feb 2005 0:58

nope going to finally get to HD in 2 weeks when tax money comes in and I can afford to get some extras.. :roll:

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I got the "lock bargain box" from Foley in the mail the other day, for the $89. it is worth it. Contains 3 types of ignition as well as door and padlock and other stuff. It is worth at least 2X that if the stuff was purchased locally. If you can afford it, then buy your practice locks thru Foley.

I also got the "surprise package" deal. They sent me volume 12 of the Reed code book as well as 2 books on car opening technics and a tubular lock. Can't beat it. I like to live a little dangerous and willl take advantage of "surprise packs" occassionally from different places (although you do have to watch out for those sent by the adult movie industry :oops:

)!

by **MrB** » 5 Feb 2005 4:05

bigbike wrote:(although you do have to watch out for those sent by the adult movie industry )

I can't help thinking that the contents of a surprise pack from the adult movie industry would be entirely unsurprising, unless it happened to contain only PG rated material...

(By the way, how do you arrange to get sent surprise packs by the adult movie industry? :lol:

)

by **Eschatos** » 7 Feb 2005 16:17

Just got my student ID card in the mail today, went over all the information they included and called my department office to see if I got any packages =)

Hope to see my first 10 (or so) lessons soon. Wish me luck!

by **bigbike** » 7 Feb 2005 17:12

Cool that you got your stuff, good luck with your course, I am taking it slow as I am having some difficulty with manually picking the darn lock they sent with lesson 11. I have the entire lesson done except picking that darn lock.

by **bigbike** » 9 Feb 2005 20:22

Well it has been over 2 weeks since I sent my second set of tests in to be graded (and even received the results back), but still have not received the next set of instructions! Am gonna call the school tomorrow and see whats up. I just finished with lessons 11-15 today as I had a bugger of a time with picking the darn lock with the sliding bolt in, (once I removed the sliding bolt I could pick it with all 5 tumblers in like 20 seconds), but the bolt seems to be binding the locking mechanism. Oh well this is the 2nd one of these little locks that is not functioning well. Anyhow I hope that everybody elses lessons are going well.

B-T-W the picking board I built is working very well for me. I have car locks, door locks and padlocks of many different types on it and can take stuff on and off very easily to see how it functions.

by **subtlevoice** » 13 Feb 2005 20:25

They offered me the pick gun if I sign up within 14 days.. but the cost is 55/mo ( 948 US) or 769 dollars upfront..

If I wait will they sweeten the deal?

by **Buggs41** » 13 Feb 2005 20:58

Wait a couple of weeks. They will lower thier price.

If you can't wait, phone them and ask what thier bottom line price is.

by **subtlevoice** » 13 Feb 2005 21:15

Can I still jack them for the pick gun? Is it "within the next 14 days" or within the next 14 days?

Just signed up for Foley-Belsaw locksmithing school...

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