machine after cutting each key so
you can safely remove the cut key
and add another blank to be cut.
That’s a first aid kit in
photo 6, which I seem to need
somewhat frequently for some
reason. Every vehicle, whether
it belongs to a locksmith or not,
should be equipped a first aid
kit of some sort.
We’re going to back away from
the safety angle now and concen-
trate a bit on saving time.
In photo 7, you see a set of
plug followers. Now, you all know
what plug followers are meant to
do, but we all also know that we
either will, or have already and
probably will again, push out a
plug or pull out a plug and not use
the follower ,and we also know it
cuts into the time we have allotted
ourselves to complete a given job.
What can I say? These are plug
followers – use them or waste
time and turn a simple job into a
more difficult job.
Finally, in photo 8 is a Lab™
pinning kit. On one of the forums
I frequent there have been several
who have been recalling the times
they have dropped or otherwise
spilled the contents of their pin-
ning kit. If you are just starting
out and have yet to drop your pinning kit, trust me, it will happen.
Now, I didn’t actually drop my
pinning kit – I just picked it up
without fastening the top down.
Fortunately, I caught it just be-
fore the lid flipped back very far,
but I was extremely careful after
that to be sure the lid was closed
and securely fastened before
even sliding it across the shelf
after that experience.
The nice thing about the
Lab™ pinning kits is the pins for
the various lock manufacturers
are the same color so that really
helps in the process of sorting
the pins out.
Stay busy and stay safe
while working.
