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POSTS OF THE WEEK   "Holy crap I won the silca!!!!! My birthday was the week after the drawing and this is BY FAR the best present I could have asked for. You guys really are the best I cannot...

It wasn't very long ago that you needed two separate machines, one to cut your keys, and then another to engrave them. Let's talk about why you might want to start engraving keys. A great service and upcharge you can...

PJ: Alright, so we are here in Las Vegas at the 2022 convention. You know, I'm looking forward to meeting everybody, hanging out, and even seeing new faces. MEETING SOME LOCKBOSSES AT ALOA CONVENTION 2022   Eric: My name is...

Lockbosses, open up a bottle of Topo Chico because it is an interesting week with the posts of the week, comment of the week, and the Locksmith Trivia: Round 4. POSTS OF THE WEEK   That's a good one. I...

Cam locks and keyways or keyways and cam locks? For the most part, almost everything is a Y11 keyway. However, you' will find applications and situations where you need a different keyway to fit a camlock. At that point, you...

You don't always need a removal key to take out the core of desk-type locks. Of course, there are many different ones available and of course, we do like to sell things. But what is more important than selling a...

PJ: And of course, we have the ALOA after show. Now if you look in that picture, there you can see some of our lock boss community that we got to meet. It was pretty fun here. So let me...

What is one of the best ways to see how accurate a key machine is in the real world? You might have guessed it, but one of the best ways is to cut the Best keys. Maybe that's not as...

So if you work with automotive locks and keys, it's practically impossible to avoid Honda high-security keys. Now for a bunch of different reasons, well, you're going to deal with a lot of them. There are a lot of breakages,...