tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309343947989447242011-11-22T10:09:23.553+11:00Locksmith - Apprentice. Female.LockChickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06799852207566059912noreply@blogger.comBlogger201100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-230934394798944724.post-67754949791007338152011-02-24T01:53:00.003+11:002011-02-24T02:13:56.016+11:00

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LockChickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06799852207566059912noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-230934394798944724.post-21585007093435744972010-09-20T21:27:00.003+10:002010-09-20T21:37:13.636+10:00

These arrived today, courtesy of my new membership to a Locksmith forum and therefore being allowed to buy from businesses doing trade only with my industry.I don't think I'll take these to work - have to play a bit first to see what they are like, but I have become rather very attached to my initial set of picks, they serve me well and I am getting excellent mileage out of the auto picks now

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The new set of Auto picks - man, totally worth it. Has picked many an ignition on my bench now, absolutely totally worth it. Cup of coffee - also mandatory.An ignition on my bench awaiting picking in order to make keys to it - these people who bring in ignitions without keys and expect them to be turned around in under an hour - seriously? How's the old porn star t-shirt (hand wiping cloth) for

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A quick hello and thank you to Eric at the Locksmith Trader forum for the personal welcome! It's nice to be welcome. Man this is all a far cry from the bollocks of trying to work in the industry in England! Also, if you appreciate old locks, keys and the like - see Restraints Blog for some eye candy of said items, particularly padlocks - this guy sure knows how to find em.

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I am also hoping to buy this book on eBay as it's damned near impossible to findI didn't realise it's a Shire Classic - ha ha.This is the book that started it all, that fateful day I spent lazing at my friend's place, suckin down beers on the balcony in the shade on a 32 degree summer's day, having just picked my first padlock. I flicked through this simply illustrated book and was truly (I mean

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So.Bid for and "won" this item on eBay. I wanted the whole thing, case and all - I liked the idea of having a display case, even though I don't have anywhere to put anything at the moment - maybe that's why the display case appealed, so it *wouldn't* be in a box under my bed...Then after talking it over with a friend, decide to opt out of the display case to save on postage. I had a very relieved

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The diversity of my few months as an indentured apprentice.... In pictures.A range of stuff on my bench one morning, lined up for the day.Pinning red Abus 83/50s to the NMB key, a Mazda lock with customer's key (common request "Make this lock work with my key" = take it all apart and rekey it), a customer's Holden key.The Post Box - retired, like it's owner I think. SunSafe in foreground awaiting

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I went to the Glebe Antique Fair today and after that back to Justin's place for some serious ogling at his impressive collection of locks, keys and other interesting things of similar nature. Can anyone tell me if they've seen a key like this before? I can't imagine quite how the sides having different cuts on them would actually function in a lock, but there is no question this in authentic

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Rush tidy up of blog due to new link from Restraints Blog - Thank you for the mention!I bought this flat key for only a couple of dollars at one of my local antique and bric-a-brac shops on the weekend.I bought it because it actually has a profile/broach rather than being a straight flat key - and it has cuts on the underside of the length of it too, something a bit different for this type of

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For my birthday this year I received a little Slaymaker combination padlock (combination unknown, I'm working on it) from my dear friend Justin, and two tools to remove circlips with. Circlips - we are still not friends.Here's the padlock.More later.

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Wow it's been a long time since I was happy. Now I'm back in Australia, I have a job in the industry and I am grateful for the roof over my head. I miss everything I left behind to move to England with my husband, I miss my husband. But I am getting on with things, a man known for his teaching and patience, a community man of standing, owner of a long-running Locksmith business has picked me up

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So, whilst I have (plenty) of time to do so, I will tell you about the last hurrah of locksmithing in Cambridge, which was offered to me by Terry Wade, the man I've talked about so much - the safe specialist, the man who (being dyslexic) was also bullied out of Dents 20 or so years ago and is now the most successful professional Master Locksmith in town...It was Wednesday last week (7th Oct) when

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I don't work anymore. The C*ntsSo, I saw the Doctor saw me on an emergency basis.This was not to treat the extreme pain in my tailbone when I slipped flat on my back at Del's place on their waxed tiles in my 6" stilettos... although she did give me a script for Diclofenac, otherwise known to you Aussies as Voltaren. God it's good shit exactly for this kind of pain - the bruising is

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I went to Mul-T-Lock's introductory course last week and thoroughly enjoyed it.Now I'd love the opportunity to use it before I lose it.Oh yes, and today I saw/heard of what's known as a RADAR w/c key. It's a universal Disabled Toilet Access key in the event of emergency.This is itAlso, currently I want to save up enough to buy a set of these....Tubular Radial Lock Picks. I believe only one man

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So. My laptop is officially dying - this is not good. It fails to recognise I have a battery installed and is therefore running only on the power adapter. This is fine so long as the power adapter option does not fail also, or using it only on the power adapter has some kind of negative impact on the computer that I am unaware of.I do have an extended warranty on this computer (I believe it is

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Soo.. whilst it was a L - O - N - G week, with a few surprising twists, there is not much to report.... well there is, but it is in the way I report it I suppose.I've been this putting this blog off since about Wednesday last week. Then the week turned from boring to very average and from very average to sour. From sour it went to bitter then back to sour. I left work at 7pm on Friday night,

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Testing. Working.Sleeping.

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