How to get free locks

[steve0527]

Today I worked at my local locksmith shop for free cleaning up and stuff like that. A few days ago I offered to do some work cleaning for free if they would show me how the company works. So I cleaned for like 30min than he started to show me stuff and he took me out for a lockout job. After we made some keys and picked a bunch of locks I only picked a few because my finger is in a splint. I spent about 5 hours there learning and picking it was a lot of fun. At the end of the day he gave me a box full of locks and told me I could have them I almost S#$T my self. When I got home I found 6 Medeco's and 2 mul-t-locks, bunch of ABUS padlocks and a bunch of random locks like Master, Gaurd. I took a picture of the 6 medeco locks. So if you want free locks you should offer to clean up at your local locksmith shop you never no what you will find for only a few hours of your time.

[datagram]

Nice find. Always a good idea to make friends with local locksmiths. Unfortunately, most of the ones around my area aren't terribly friendly : / I've had to resort to asking friends to dig about their garage, which has provided a good number of locks, but usually just low-grade masterlocks and the like.

[steve0527]

Nice find. Always a good idea to make friends with local locksmiths. Unfortunately, most of the ones around my area aren't terribly friendly : / I've had to resort to asking friends to dig about their garage, which has provided a good number of locks, but usually just low-grade masterlocks and the like.

I find that most of them are not friendly to but if you offer to work for free to learn about there job they dont mind.

[ToolyMcgee]

Is that a biaxial medeco with a Chubb cylinder...

Kids; pride is for jerks. Pick up a broom and get 'er done. An intern IS a gofor. Just sitting in silence picking locks with an experienced tradesman is golden. I'm jealous...

Curiousity is forcing me to ask which finger you busted up. I may have a pick you can comfortably use Steve0527.

T'Mcgee

[steve0527]

Is that a biaxial medeco with a Chubb cylinder...

Kids; pride is for jerks. Pick up a broom and get 'er done. An intern IS a gofor. Just sitting in silence picking locks with an experienced tradesman is golden. I'm jealous...

Curiousity is forcing me to ask which finger you busted up. I may have a pick you can comfortably use Steve0527.

T'Mcgee

Im right handed and its the finger beside the thumb on my right hand the finger I use to move the pick up and down

I have 2 With the Chubb cylinder one of them you can use the key to remove the cylinder

[ToolyMcgee]

I had an incident where my index finger and thumb on my pick hand were out of the game for 3 weeks, but it didn't stop me. I'll post my crummy solution in your other thread when I get some daylight for photos.

[Legacy712]

Might be a good time to try picking with your left hand, too.

[MacGnG1]

aww man thats a nice score!!!

[raimundo]

sweeping for 30 min and then learning for hours, I think this is a locksmith who wants someone to talk to, Locksmiths have some issues with trust, about whom they can share things with. Looks like sweeping for half an hour was what it took to get through that. Also, every locksmith probably has a story about how he came to the trade, whether by interest, or by the chances that life throws up at us. I have no doubt that this locksmith would like to have someone he could trust to do such things as help on two man jobs, and take after hours callouts and that sort of thing. I think he want you to come back next week and sweep the floor again. Ask him how he got his start, it may be similiar to how hes treating you now.

[steve0527]

sweeping for 30 min and then learning for hours, I think this is a locksmith who wants someone to talk to, Locksmiths have some issues with trust, about whom they can share things with. Looks like sweeping for half an hour was what it took to get through that. Also, every locksmith probably has a story about how he came to the trade, whether by interest, or by the chances that life throws up at us. I have no doubt that this locksmith would like to have someone he could trust to do such things as help on two man jobs, and take after hours callouts and that sort of thing. I think he want you to come back next week and sweep the floor again. Ask him how he got his start, it may be similiar to how hes treating you now.

Im working part time for him for a few weeks There are 5 people working for him so I dont think he needs someone to talk to. I'm also taking over his job at Habitat for humanity. I dont get paid its volunteer but I get to rekey, clean, pick and even keep some of the locks. I started last saturday you should see all the locks they dont sell. They only keep mostly the locks for your house and throw away the rest. The cool thing is that most of the locks come from commercial/ industrial buildings so they dont want them. That means lots and lots of Medecos so he said. I got 15 different locks last week from HFH and one was a mul-t-lock it looks brand new. I highly suggest people volunteer at HFH they need all the help they can get.