Local architectural salvage yard has locks...

[Bob Jim Bob]

So I stopped by to see what they might have and I found a large selection of regular door knobs that lock, a bunch of deadbolts with cylinders and a bin of sargent and greenleaf commercial door handle sets with the lock in the door, not in the handle. Most have keys.

All used, and it shows.

Any suggestions as to what to buy, what else to look for, and what to pay? I'm just starting so I still want easy locks but I'll pass some along to members here if there's good ones I should look for.

[unjust]

in minneapolis most pin tumblers that are either deadbolt or in knob sell for $2 w.o key, or $5 with key at the reuse center kinda places. other sorts vary depending on how useful they seem. e.g. i got a few boring padlocks for free with a bigger purchase because they didn't have keys, and at a (now closed place) they had a *really* pretty antique mortise lever set for (iirc) $75 which was sadly out of my budget at the time.

[Violaetor]

I'd grab those Sargent (I don't thing they would be S&G, they are 2 separately owned companies) they should be IC format and re-keyable. They are most likely already pinned for 6 stacks.

[cledry]

I probably threw away about 300 pounds of locks today alone. They don't have much scrap value which is a shame. A lot of these were Sargent IC core in odd keyways like CA. If they aren't pretty pristine looking in the trash they go. We've been tossing lots of electronic locks, as well lately.

[unjust]

@ celdry while they may not have significant scrap value, if they're in salable condition you can deduct the fair retail value if you donate them to a charity like habitat for humanity to sell at their retail reuse store. e.g. if you've got 30 cores w/ keys you've got a $150+ tax deduction for the waste you'd be tossing over the income of a few bucks at a scrap yard. now, if they're of interest to locksport, you could say donate them to somewhere like www.tcmaker.org, (or another non-profit that does locksport, there may be a hacker/makerspace that's local to you) including shipping cost for their fair market collectible value, which could be significantly higher.

now, you'd want to talk to a tax accountant, but if you can use scrap from a job as a tax write off at say 25% of retail value, a) it supports students of locksport but b) doesn't bite for your bottom line.

[cledry]

@ cledry while they may not have significant scrap value, if they're in salable condition you can deduct the fair retail value if you donate them to a charity like habitat for humanity to sell at their retail reuse store. e.g. if you've got 30 cores w/ keys you've got a $150+ tax deduction for the waste you'd be tossing over the income of a few bucks at a scrap yard. now, if they're of interest to locksport, you could say donate them to somewhere like http://www.tcmaker.org, (or another non-profit that does locksport, there may be a hacker/makerspace that's local to you) including shipping cost for their fair market collectible value, which could be significantly higher.

now, you'd want to talk to a tax accountant, but if you can use scrap from a job as a tax write off at say 25% of retail value, a) it supports students of locksport but b) doesn't bite for your bottom line.

I don't think Habitat would be interested in bits and pieces of commercial locks. Even if they were complete it usually means us paying a man to reassemble the locks as they are usually returned to the shop as they came off a door. I do however have perhaps 40 Dorma deadbolts new in the box that I might look into donating.

Thanks for the tip.

The only things I have that the picking community might be remotely interested in is some Medeco cylinders, we don't pull and toss many high security cylinders. Most of the time we are yanking off ordinary cylinders and replacing with high security or key control. Most IC cores we pull are drilled for control lug, so not much use except as brass.

[Bob Jim Bob]

The replies I see make me wonder if the experienced lock pickers and locksmiths on this board each have piles of basic locks that are no longer needed. Could we have a "pay it forward" type thread where the new members could get beginner locks for the cost of shipping?

Comments?

[keysman]

The replies I see make me wonder if the experienced lock pickers and locksmiths on this board each have piles of basic locks that are no longer needed. Could we have a "pay it forward" type thread where the new members could get beginner locks for the cost of shipping?

Comments?

Sure Why not? Go ahead and start a new thread. lets see what happens.