Lockmaster Institute in KY

[wa1ker00]

Does anybody have any experience with their training programs? They are pricy but they are recognized by the major trade organizations and distributors, which in my mind lends them more credit and value than the 'do it yourself at home' programs like Foley Belsaw/Ashworth/Penn Foster.

[mfitz]

I can't speak from experience, but I did notice that Deviant Ollam (http://deviating.net/) was recently over there, so you might reach out to him to ask his opinion. Still, I bet if you hang on a few days, someone might answer here.

[deception]

I've been there, ask away.

[cledry]

Took the safe manipulation course as a correspondence course many years ago. It was thorough and well done. For me they are the only serious locksmith training company.

[Raymond]

They also have one of the best displays of antique locks I have ever seen. If you are ever near Nicholasville, KY it is worth scheduling at least two hours just to walk around.

I also took the safe manipulation course by mail in 1973 and I think it was very well presented.

Also check out their competition, MBAUSA in the same town. This general area also has the S&G factory, Alpha Safes, and a couple of others whose names just dont come to mind right now.

[Squelchtone]

They also have one of the best displays of antique locks I have ever seen. If you are ever near Nicholasville, KY it is worth scheduling at least two hours just to walk around.

I also took the safe manipulation course by mail in 1973 and I think it was very well presented.

Also check out their competition, MBAUSA in the same town. This general area also has the S&G factory, Alpha Safes, and a couple of others whose names just dont come to mind right now.

I think we should have a locksport conference there. The Harry C Miller lock museum is like a candy store for locksmiths and lock pickers alike.

http://www.lsieducation.com/museum/index.html


Squelchtone

[deception]

I've got a bunch of pictures from there when I went, if your interested Squelchtone.

[camelgd]

I took the safe lock servicing course, as well as the safe lock manipulation course via correspondence, back in 89-90, and both were top notch courses. I had been manipulating for several years, but it was good to take something structured to see where my deficiencies were. Lockmasters and Mark Bates are all good people.
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[Squelchtone]

I've got a bunch of pictures from there when I went, if your interested Squelchtone.

so YOURE the one who registered the domain lock.xxx this morning =) cuz that museum is nothing but lock porn...


and yes, I would love to see some of those pics
Squelchtone

[Tyler J. Thomas]

I took their PUREAUTO courses last year in the Lexington. Best classes I've ever been to and I've been to a lot.

[wa1ker00]

I took their PUREAUTO courses last year in the Lexington. Best classes I've ever been to and I've been to a lot.

I'm sad that it doesn't appear that they will be offering that class this year. I called them and they cited 'lack of interest and admissions' for the course.

[mh]

I think we should have a locksport conference there. The Harry C Miller lock museum is like a candy store for locksmiths and lock pickers alike.

Yeah. You might get lucky, cf. e.g. http://lockwiki.com/index.php/Lockwiki:Current_events

Cheers
mh

[Tyler J. Thomas]

I took their PUREAUTO courses last year in the Lexington. Best classes I've ever been to and I've been to a lot.

I'm sad that it doesn't appear that they will be offering that class this year. I called them and they cited 'lack of interest and admissions' for the course.

They don't offer PUREAUTO at LSI. They have them at satellite locations. PUREAUTO will be at Orlando in March and Lexington in April.

[Von Zwietracht]

Hey, I was thinking about doing the lockmasters courses myself pretty soon, and I do recognize that they have some clout as being a top notch school, but something's been itching in the back of my mind ever since I started looking into the whole thing.

I'm wanting to take their "professional locksmithing", their 4 hour auto lockout course and their access control technician course, but when I looked into it, the courses are only 10 days long a piece (except for auto lockout...which is a meager 4 hours). Alot of people here have this whole moniker about short courses like this not being worth their weight...especially consitering that lockmasters costs nearly $3000 per course.

I'm not trying to troll or play devils advocate here, but is this course really worth it, consitering the bad rap that short courses like this usually get?

[Anavaree]

I happen to live only a few miles from lockmasters. I met up with Raymond when he was down here getting his training. If anybody ends up coming out this way let me know. I really enjoy meeting up with fellow enthusiasts. I can also help with local questions/entertainment.
- Jesse