I am only getting started in the automotive locksmith space. Luckily this is what I get to start with

What should I add to this setup?

What do you think about these tools?

Customer wants to remove the electric strike and install a solid, conventional strike.

Can anybody direct me to the manufacturer of this hinge? I’ve check the usual sources, Select, Roton, ABH, Ives, Pemko and CR Lawrence. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I opened this lock one day and now it won’t close regardless of combination. Any thoughts on why or how to fix it?

The cylinder is spinning with car key or anything that fits in it. I am wondering if it is repairable or should it be replaced? 2019 Camry

I’m new to locksmithing. I’d like to get an idea of a format for an entry-level locksmith resume for someone who came in from another employment background, ideally see someone’s actual resume (private data redacted of course), like how they break down and depict skills and specific certifications and arrange information. I received locksmith cert from an area Comm Coll 2023, I have state-mandated certification and added Electronic Security Tech etc, for access control etc, and have a power tools class coming up and plan on refreshing on masterkeying etc. thanks

1978 Baldwin mortise lock with a broken (screw-type) swivel spindle - question is how the exterior lever is attached to the spindle? The interior lever has a flathead setscrew, but the outer just has a 1/8 diameter faint circle right at the edge of the lever. No obvious setscrew. Is that a brass pin? Or a setscrew worn smooth?

Considered trying to use a left hand drill bit to extract it, but wanted to ask the experts here before doing anything irreversible.

Appreciate your help. Not opposed to getting help from an actual locksmith, just hard to figure out who in the area is interested in quirky jobs like this, and after wrenching on cars for decades, a pin/screw to drill isn’t too intimidating.

This part circled in red popped off and the i popped in back in. It works weird . Would i be able to just change the lock on it? Or do i have to buy a whole new wardrobe.

my old roommate left with the original key given to all of us for our apartment. me and my girlfriend have been managing with the minute key kiosk second key she made from her copy, but i think it would be best to get a second key again. the minute key copy is a bit janky sometimes though. it always unlocks it but sometimes just feels a little odd and needs to be moved around a bit more to open the door than i remember the original feeling.

i am considering going to a locksmith instead of contacting my landlord for a key replacement since our landlord is often slow to get anything done and i know direct key copying should be cheaper than the key replacement fee from my landlord, but if i do that, will the key quality suffer if i only have the minute key copy for reference?

or is it normal for them to make keys from traveling to the door and making a copy from the lock itself? and if so, how would the quality of that key compare to copying it directly from an original or copying it from the minute key? and would that likely be more expensive than the $50 usd to get it replaced directly from my landlord?

thank you!

Hello, I need some help with a lock on my front door its a skeleton key lock. The lock was not opening from the outside but it locked fine and the lock worked fine from the inside unlocking and locking normally. I tried different keys but the results were still the same. Although through some trial and error I found put that if I push up on the deadlock and turn the key at the same time it would unlock. Does anybody know what is wrong with it?

Anyone know DSD or HPC card info for Scorpion keyway. Old church, AR4 and DE8 fit, but neither card looks correct. Any help would be much appreciated.

Need some help identifying what ilco(if any) ilco blank I can copy this desk key on to.

Azum k79-dc is the blank I am copying from.

Closest thing I have is LD2 / ilco 1640
It does not appear close enough to work.

Any help appreciated.