day in the life of a locksmith

by **MatrixBlackRock** » 23 Jun 2016 6:23

cledry wrote:If that is NM cable, commonly known as Romex, then many of those runs are a violation of the NEC 334.24 which requires the inner edge of any bend to be no less than 5 times the diameter of the cable.

Wayne

BTW this is how electrical work (50 amp branch circuit and structures ground ring) is permitted and done properly. ;-)

http://matrixblackrock.com/web/

Wayne

by **Tyler J. Thomas** » 23 Jun 2016 6:25

Not just NFPA, but the ICC, the council behind the International Building Code and International Fire Code, does as well. And unlike the NFPA, you can do a quick Ctrl+F to find a particular passage, etc. rather than having to manually skim through.

by **Tyler J. Thomas** » 23 Jun 2016 6:27

MatrixBlackRock wrote:
cledry wrote:If that is NM cable, commonly known as Romex, then many of those runs are a violation of the NEC 334.24 which requires the inner edge of any bend to be no less than 5 times the diameter of the cable.

Wayne

BTW this is how electrical work (50 amp branch circuit and structures ground ring) is permitted and done properly.

http://matrixblackrock.com/web/

Wayne

Did you cut that plywood with a reciprocating saw or something? Lol.

by **MatrixBlackRock** » 23 Jun 2016 6:41

Confederate wrote:Did you cut that plywood with a reciprocating saw or something? Lol.

That crap was cut on a table saw, in the rain I should have used 3/4 but I cheapped out.

It's only purpose is to provide a backboard and to retain the fiberglass

by **Tyler J. Thomas** » 23 Jun 2016 6:46

MatrixBlackRock wrote:
Confederate wrote:Did you cut that plywood with a reciprocating saw or something? Lol.

That crap was cut on a table saw, in the rain I should have used 3/4 but I cheapped out.

It's only purpose is to provide a backboard and to retain the fiberglass

I know, I'm just busting your balls. Looks great.

I've got a room in my basement that my wife's going to let me turn into my shop. 20' x 10' area that's concrete on 3 sides, framed on the other. Once I finish the other 83,234,234,932 projects at home I'll have to put something together like you've got.

by **MatrixBlackRock** » 23 Jun 2016 7:06

Confederate wrote:Once I finish the other 83,234,234,932 projects at home I'll have to put something together like you've got.

Tell me about it, March 1 moved from a third world armpit with a dog eat dog population of 1.8 million known as Broward County, out to Hendry County which is larger than Broward, but with a population of only 37,400.

Between prepping the new home for a move in and now prepping the old home for sale I am working 12 hours a day 14 days a week. ;-)

But the effort is well worth the time and sweat, I went from paying a mortgage with ultra high insurance rates on 1400 sf 3/2 and neighbors who didn't speak a word of English to a fully paid for 2.5 acre lot with a 2000 sf 4/2 home and neighbors who not only speak English they are down right friendly too.

Interestingly enough, back in Broward when you heard gunshots they would be followed by police, EMS sirens and a news crew, out here when you hear gun shots they indicate it's Sunday and the neighbors are out in their back yard shooting targets with their AR's and semi auto pistols.

Wayne

by **Tyler J. Thomas** » 23 Jun 2016 7:50

MatrixBlackRock wrote:Interestingly enough, back in Broward when you heard gunshots they would be followed by police, EMS sirens and a news crew, out here when you hear gun shots they indicate it's Sunday and the neighbors are out in their back yard shooting targets with their AR's and semi auto pistols.

Wayne

Yessir, that's how it is where I live. Love it.

I rarely shoot in my backyard even though its woods because I do have neighbors fairly close but I did go out last weekend and go through a few magazines in a new ATI AR I bought. No one called the cops, no one came over and complained, no one gives me mean stares. I was talking to a neighbor once and someone did a full auto mag dump. We just laughed and joked about how they just went through a $20 bill.

Another thing I love is being able to burn outside. I bought this property last August and have been clearing out the backyard. I don't burn in the day time out of respect of my neighbors, I'm sure they don't want to deal with the smoke, but on a Friday or Saturday night a neighbor and I usually have massive bonfires going.

by **MatrixBlackRock** » 23 Jun 2016 13:25

Confederate wrote:I rarely shoot in my backyard even though its woods because I do have neighbors fairly close but I did go out last weekend and go through a few magazines in a new ATI AR I bought. No one called the cops, no one came over and complained, no one gives me mean stares.

I asked my neighbor what are the "rules" on shooting in my yard and was advised as long as I have a good backstop it is perfectly legal, now our Sherriff is very pro 2nd Amendment and holds weekly gun safety classes, so I figured I would call over to HCSO and get the real story from them, I was transferred to the person who handles the safety classes and he advised me as long as I have the room to set up a range and then he paused and asked me my address which I supplied, after which he advised we are zoned rural residential/agricultural and discharging a firearm on my property was perfectly legal as long as I had a backstop to prevent my bullets from exiting my property.

He also advised me while there are no laws pertaining to time when it comes to shooting however if I was shooting early in the AM or late in the PM and HCSO was called out on a noise complaint a deputy would stop by tell me to shut it down.

I was then advised that as a resident I am welcome to use the Sherriff's gun range on any Wednesday for no charge as long as I completed a gun safety class (any NRA safety class) or had a valid carry license which I have and being NRA instructor double qualify. ;-)

Wayne

by **MatrixBlackRock** » 23 Jun 2016 13:50

BTW on the subject of day in the life of a locksmith.

Recently had lunch with a longtime friend who is a longtime resident of Hendry and a respected Realtor and I was advised there are no longer any "locksmiths" in the county, the only real locksmith with a physical location in Hendry passed away last year.

Since he handles a lot of foreclosed properties for a few different banks he needed someone to change out locksets and deadbolts, he was working with a guy operating out of his trunk, but once the guy found out he was changing locks on foreclosed properties he refused to do anymore lock work for him citing something about the greedy banks tossing hard working people out of their homes, never minding the fact the majority of the properties have been abandoned, some for as much as a year and the Sheriff ordered the others out and off the property.

I didn't know he needed lock work and he didn't know I understood how to rekey locks and cut keys, so I think it's going to work out well for both of us and put a little extra cash in my pocket each month and he no longer will have to call out a guy from Ft Myers which is an hour or so drive from here anymore.

by **Tyler J. Thomas** » 27 Jun 2016 15:48

Been uploading some of the neat, confusing, funny things I've seen over the years to a Twitter I set up. Here are a few:

I've got about 2500 images to go through on my OneDrive.

by **MatrixBlackRock** » 27 Jun 2016 17:11

Confederate wrote:Been uploading some of the neat, confusing, funny things I've seen over the years to a Twitter I set up. Here are a few:

That photograph reminds me of a job I was on back in the 80's which was next to the old HQ of Carnival Cruse Lines, I watched a guy with a forklift carrying a pallet with about a 4' X 36" X 36" safe strapped to it.

He ran the safe to a roll-off and was trying to get the pallet off the forks, but was only succeeding in moving the roll off, I quickly walked over to him and asked what was he trying to do "like I didn't know?"

With a bit of Spanglish, he explained there where 2 of them and they needed to be put in the dumpster, I recommended he put the one he had on the forks in the bed of my pickup which he did and earned a generous tip.

It was way more then the pickup should have been loaded with but the combination was taped to the door so I got over that after getting home.

Once I got home, getting it off the pickup was a real un-thought of challenge, but one thing at a time.

Wayne

by **jeffmoss26** » 27 Jun 2016 18:24

Confederate, I followed you on Twitter...keep posting the good stuff!

by **Tyler J. Thomas** » 28 Jun 2016 5:00

Will do! Thanks!

by **Jacob Morgan** » 28 Jun 2016 6:57

Confederate wrote:Been uploading some of the neat, confusing, funny things I've seen over the years to a Twitter I set up. Here are a few:

For anyone unfamiliar with what is in the photo above, security guards who made rounds used to carry a windup clock slung over a shoulder http://www.floridatimeclock.com/ProductDetails.aspx?productID=62. At each check point there was a unique key and upon reaching that point the guard would insert and turn the key. That made a special mark on a rotating paper disc (or roll) in the clock. At the end of the shift the paper was turned into the supervisor, who could look at it and make sure that the guard had actually made his rounds, and not just sleeping in a corner. A place I used to work at that was built in the early 1960's had these scattered around, some of them were in boiler rooms--watchmen were as much about spotting problems with the mechanical systems in buildings as they were with catching intruders. Now guards mainly watch video monitors, but there is a modern version of the clocks out there: http://www.mcmaster.com/#watchmen's-clocks/=131rfh6

by **Tyler J. Thomas** » 28 Jun 2016 13:16

Some door repair in a dorm were bringing fully back online for this fall. This was something I tested out last year (pictures 1, 2, and 4). Once it endured a year of abuse I figured that was good enough to start doing on other doors (picture 3). These are mineral core doors but, surprisingly, a hefty amount of Titebond will hold them together quite well.