Sinifar wrote:I really can't see how you could be taken seriously as a smith, or anyone rekeying locks with pins in a "pillbox" - it looks amateurish.
Bite the bullet, spend the $70 or so for a LAB mini kit in either .003 or .005. Just get on with it.
LAB makes tons of kits, we have a Woodie down int he shop, with pins from .115 thru .360, bottom, and top from .010 to .250. Most of the road kits are the usual type -- for quick rekeys work I use a LAB 3 in 1 kit which services Kwikset, Schlage and Weiser. The master pins sit in that top tray, and are a bit "open" - so when you open this kit be careful the master pins don't fall out. Just one idea.
Sinifar
That is very true, however I have seen people show up to do a job with all the best, nicest looking, expensive equipment, who didn't know what they were doing and their work was very amateurish. For the hobbyist, a pillbox may be ok. Most of us here are more on the hobby side of things and just want something cheap and effective that we can use in our kitchen or garage. I definitely think that if you are a professional and want to be taken seriously, showing up with your gear in pill boxes would look a little funny and not be a real confidence builder.
