by Jacob Morgan » 12 Jan 2017 22:04
Professional Locksmith Training Continuing Education Studies Skills 41-51, by Foley Belsaw, no copyright date (written in the 2010's ?), no ISBN, 204 pages 8 1/2" X 11"
This book is not part of the Foley-Belsaw correspondence course. It is not even a course per se, it is just a book with some self-quizes. The idea was apparently to make a book up the topics that people wished was part of the Foley-Belsaw course. A person who is already skilled at picking, can rekey locks, etc., might find this book useful to get up to speed on other locksmithing topics.
Contents:
1. Schlage Primus
2. Key Bumping
3. Profile Cylinders
4. Auto Lockouts
5. Air Bags
6. Schlage Wafer Locks
7. Dimple Locks
8. Door Closers
9. Panic Bars and Exit Devices
10. Electric Strikes
11. Transponder, Electric, and VATS car keys
The book is well-written and illustrated. Each chapter is not just high-level descriptions, they have concrete details, e.g, on Schlage Primus it goes over how to rekey them.
The bumping chapter goes over Ilco bump-halt kits and the Master Lock BumpStop locks. It had some pointers on bumping that I had not seen before.
Profile cylinders was likewise in depth, with some weakness of the locks listed (would count as advanced on this site), along with detailed instructions on rekeying them even if they did not use top-loaded pins.
Auto lockouts went over under the window, in the door, and long reach tools--it seemed to be detailed enough to get one started. The airbag chapter was not too great, it went over airbags in a lot of detail, but the take away seemed to be to just be careful when jabbing metal objects into door cavities.
The oddity in the book is the chapter on Schlage Wafer Locks. It is in depth, with how to make the first key and even how to master key the systems. It is just an odd thing to include when they went out of production during the Jimmy Carter administration. But if someone needs to get up to speed on them, here it is. Have the feeling that they thought the book needed to be longer and this unit had probably been dropped from their correspondence course some years ago.
Dimple locks goes over how they are put together, a couple of paragraphs on how to pick them, and has a couple of paragraphs on how to duplicate them.
Door closers is very thorough. How to size them, install them, adjust them, ADA issues, etc. Exit devices is thorough. It goes over life safety codes (both American and Canadian), ADA, etc. Electric Strikes is detailed. It includes troubleshooting, installation, and such. Up-to-date enough to talk about PoE (power-over-ethernet) options.
Transponder, Electric, and VATS Keys is an introduction to duplicating keys for modern cars. For someone who knows how to cut cylinder keys and wonders what it would take to copy car keys, this chapter would get them up to speed on where to get started. It can only go into so much depth in 7 pages, and this will likely be the first chapter to become dated, but I think it is good at what it does.
Overall, a good book at teaching some real-world subjects that may be lacking in most locksmithing books and courses. It does not have filler (except maybe the chapter on the Schlage Wafer Locks), it is all to the point. It is available from Foley-Belsaw, I got my copy when it went on sale a few months ago. Sign up for their catalog and maybe it will go on sale again sometime. Many of their items are more expensive than other suppliers, but there are a few items there that are competitive. Without an ISBN number it is unlikely to show up used on Amazon (Amazon has made it harder to list items without a UPC or ISDN), but it could show up used on eBay.
