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by mikeskywalker » 18 May 2007 10:53
i need to get a pinning kit .003 who should i order from i've been looking all over pricing them who is the best in your openions
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by Schuyler » 18 May 2007 10:58
ebay, or squelchtone. He accidentally purchased 2, might be willing to let one go affordably
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by mikeskywalker » 18 May 2007 12:57
is that a member on this site ?
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by UWSDWF » 18 May 2007 13:03
yes and his name is squelchtone
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by boggers » 18 May 2007 21:35
I have had outstanding service with CLK Supplies in Hayden Lake, Idaho.
While I have never purchased a complete kit, I have replenished several of my kits by specific lock brand and by length. My last purchase was for the eight different length bottom pins, top pins, spool drivers and springs for American and Master padlocks. Cost was nominally $1.95 per 100 pins. My total cost for every pin (and two bags of security pins) needed to repin a Master or American padlock plus ten M1 key blanks was $29.10 including $5.95 for priority mail shipping. Received them the second day after I placed the internet order but then I'm only a six hour drive away from them.
They also have a short selection of key blanks.
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by Squelchtone » 18 May 2007 22:14
Schuyler wrote:ebay, or squelchtone. He accidentally purchased 2, might be willing to let one go affordably
its like accidentally walking into your girlfriend's mom's bedroom when she's getting changed..
"accidentally"

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by zeke79 » 18 May 2007 22:47
Squelchtone can set you up I'd say.
I too must say that I have had great service from CLK supplies too.
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by whiteknight38 » 26 May 2007 18:37
Are you planning on doing field work?
If so, I'd pay the extra bucks and get the Durex-pro upgrade, which is pretty much the same as Squelchtone's model, but with a drawer underneath the pins.
It gives instant access to followers, shim supply and blank keys, cap and clip removers, and a ton of other stuff. Believe me, it's really handy to have all that junk immediately at hand.
The clips are kind of dodgey... I'm always worried that they'll open up on me in transit, but it makes a rekey job very simple. You can walk up the stairs with tool box in one hand and pin kit in the other, or sometimes, if you know exactly what your'e going to find, just the pin kit and your electric screwdriver.
One other question, why an .03?
I have the .03 Durex pro, that I won for a submission a Locksmith magazine a bunch of years ago.
It's a nicer kit than the one I used to use, so I switched over from .05 to .03.
I'm not 100 percent sure, but I think there are more guys are on .05 than .03 out there in the world. One supplier I use, doesn't even stock .03 pins.
The preponderance of guys in my region are evidently on .05, and this makes working on master systems kind of a pain. Schlage numbers aren't affected, but some others are.
The .03 is a bit more flexible, having more numbers in total, but sometimes I wish I'd won an .05 instead.
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