day in the life of a locksmith

[Tyler J. Thomas]

As Cledry and I mentioned a few posts back, one of the perks to the job is that you end up with a lot of cool stuff. I don't make an effort to ask for used hardware at jobs; in fact, I tell the customer to hold on to their old hardware as an insurance policy. That said, there are jobs where I am instructed to remove and dispose of hardware. Had a few of those this week:

[bitbuster]

nice hand-me-downs you have there confederate.

[Tyler J. Thomas]

nice hand-me-downs you have there confederate.

Bittersweet, though. I have no keys and no combos. The LG's I can hard reset but I'm fairly screwed with the Auditcon. Still can salvage parts from it. Still haven't decided what I'll do with the ASSA's. Either sell or make a project out of them.

[billdeserthills]

I love those Auditcon locks, but I don't know much about them. I have the earlier, discontinued similar looking Auditcon on
one of my safes and they are so great, never need to worry about batteries, unlike my S&G 6120

[jeffmoss26]

NICE!
One of our guys did a job where they replaced Keso with Medeco Keymark...was hoping to get the cylinders but the customer wanted to keep them.

[Tyler J. Thomas]

Reset the LG's. I might make an article out of the process. Not quite sure on the morality of it, what say you?

My thoughts are that it isn't technically a bypass or anything secretive, you need access to the lock itself (which means the safe is open). I try to tote a fine line on not sharing secrets because I don't want to deal with any disparaged locksmith (I am a member of just about every alphabet organization out there).

[cledry]

Reset the LG's. I might make an article out of the process. Not quite sure on the morality of it, what say you?

My thoughts are that it isn't technically a bypass or anything secretive, you need access to the lock itself (which means the safe is open). I try to tote a fine line on not sharing secrets because I don't want to deal with any disparaged locksmith (I am a member of just about every alphabet organization out there).

Doesn't that only work on older units?

[Tyler J. Thomas]

I don't think so? The two units I have were both manufactured in 2013. Works on any LG running 3801/3802 firmware and they're still selling them as far as I know.

[shutterstuff]

Reset the LG's. I might make an article out of the process. Not quite sure on the morality of it, what say you?

My thoughts are that it isn't technically a bypass or anything secretive, you need access to the lock itself (which means the safe is open). I try to tote a fine line on not sharing secrets because I don't want to deal with any disparaged locksmith (I am a member of just about every alphabet organization out there).

Better for the Advanced section here or over at NSO?

[billdeserthills]

Reset the LG's. I might make an article out of the process. Not quite sure on the morality of it, what say you?

My thoughts are that it isn't technically a bypass or anything secretive, you need access to the lock itself (which means the safe is open). I try to tote a fine line on not sharing secrets because I don't want to deal with any disparaged locksmith (I am a member of just about every alphabet organization out there).

Better for the Advanced section here or over at NSO?

If this is a vote I say Here

[Tyler J. Thomas]

Reset the LG's. I might make an article out of the process. Not quite sure on the morality of it, what say you?

My thoughts are that it isn't technically a bypass or anything secretive, you need access to the lock itself (which means the safe is open). I try to tote a fine line on not sharing secrets because I don't want to deal with any disparaged locksmith (I am a member of just about every alphabet organization out there).

Better for the Advanced section here or over at NSO?

Oh this is probably elementary stuff for most of the guys at the NSO. And if they don't know this method then I'm sure they have a reset box in their arsenal.

I just did a search and Squelchtone has discussed this method, kinda, in the public area in the past so I'll just post it here. Now that I think about it, there's nothing risque about this information. It's no different than telling someone how to reset an DL2700 or a Kwikset KEVO. It's not like it can be done from the outside of a safe while it's locked.

[shutterstuff]

Reset the LG's. I might make an article out of the process. Not quite sure on the morality of it, what say you?

My thoughts are that it isn't technically a bypass or anything secretive, you need access to the lock itself (which means the safe is open). I try to tote a fine line on not sharing secrets because I don't want to deal with any disparaged locksmith (I am a member of just about every alphabet organization out there).

Better for the Advanced section here or over at NSO?

Oh this is probably elementary stuff for most of the guys at the NSO. And if they don't know this method then I'm sure they have a reset box in their arsenal.

I just did a search and Squelchtone has discussed this method, kinda, in the public area in the past so I'll just post it here. Now that I think about it, there's nothing risque about this information. It's no different than telling someone how to reset an DL2700 or a Kwikset KEVO. It's not like it can be done from the outside of a safe while it's locked.

I am still a newbie with safe work. I just joined the NSO and am still learning. I went to one of Dave's pen parties last year and will be going again this year. Fun stuff!!!

[billdeserthills]

I had a customer bring in his 2006 Dodge ignition lock, his complaint was the key would pull out of the lock in any position.
I took it apart and replaced the tumblers and I was very surprised to find the original tumblers were made out of aluminum!
My replacement tumblers were all brass

[Tyler J. Thomas]

I had a customer bring in his 2006 Dodge ignition lock, his complaint was the key would pull out of the lock in any position.
I took it apart and replaced the tumblers and I was very surprised to find the original tumblers were made out of aluminum!
My replacement tumblers were all brass

I despise automotive, about the only automotive job I enjoyed was making keys for ignitions locks or rekeying them. That was, of course, only if they were brought in. We didn't pull them for you. I used to be REALLY good at sight reading. I mean REALLY good. Once I had it figured out, I never had to impression keys. Shout out to LOCKMASTERS, haha.

On this side of the continental US, I've been doing a lot of bank work lately. Some safe work but mostly safe deposit work. Enough that I am seriously considering buying a LeFebure 7700 and Diebold 175-70 pick because I am tired of pulling doors and punching bolts.

Also finishing up a job we were subcontracted to do. Installing electrified hardware that's being wired by the company hiring us. I love, love, love, love these jobs. I've pulled enough wire and tied in enough panels; I've had my fill. Let someone else do it and I'll gladly quote and install electrified hardware. And that door loop is mounted so high on the frame to cover an existing REX button cut out. I promise I'm competent enough to mount door loops at the same height! Promise!

[Tyler J. Thomas]

Went ahead and wrote it: http://asecured.life/resetting-the-la-g ... -firmware/