5 Locksmith Tools that are Essential for Your Business Though Hollywood would have us believe that a credit card and a hairpin are all that individuals will ever need to open a lock without a key, those who make their...
Construction keying is a powerful skill that can be offered to customers when their home or office is being worked on or serviced by construction, cleaning, or other short time personnel. The values of this service can be forgotten or...
Would you like plastic or paper today...or brass? It may be a question more people are asking. From the grocery store to the lock shop, do you want plastic? It can be a tough question for some locksmiths who are...
In the current era of Internet search, people are finding and advertising their businesses with search engines(SE’s) like Google, Yahoo, and Bing. Representation on these SEs can be increasingly difficult, taking time, money, and expertise. The challenge for so many...
Questions to Ask Your Customers Part 2 As discussed in our last post, there are a number of profitable questions to ask customers on the phone before arriving to the job site. One of the first questions we mentioned before...
Questions to Ask Your Customer Part 1 As a locksmith, you inevitably are going to take a lot of phone calls and will need to be ready to service your customer’s lock upon arrival. In this two part series, we...
As owners and operators of key machines know, brass shavings end up in every nook and cranny of the machine and surrounding area. These shavings have little effect on the operation of most of the key machine parts, but can...
So what puts the "HD" in the newest Ilco Key Machines? Everyone can see there is an obvious color change to the new Ilco HD key machines, but is there anything beyond cosmetic changes? In fact, there is! Ilco has...
MACS isn’t just multiple boxes of macaroni or mistyped MACK…its Max Adjacent Cut Specification! Are you generating a new key from scratch or making a master key system? Max Adjacent Cut Specification is a crucial part of this process, and understanding it...
