Customer: “It’s a Lock brand lock.” Me: “Yea OK buddy sure.” Gets to job “Oh”3yr ⋅ FuckingMermaids ⋅ r/Locksmith
Here is my Pops on his last day as the Disneyland locksmith. It was very early hours, where him and his coworker drove around and took pictures in front of most of rides. Shortly after this he started his own company, which is celebrating 40 years this year.1yr ⋅ LexWojo ⋅ r/Locksmith
I am not a locksmith but I'm curious - how often do you see this sort of thing?2yr ⋅ astral_kelly ⋅ r/Locksmith
I upgraded my higher mileage Chevy Express by putting Cadillac seats in it. Everyone at the shop loved it so I decided to share1yr ⋅ Minty_Moose ⋅ r/Locksmith
Lmao I was called out to open a safe, the combo was literally my first guess1yr ⋅ AndrewWix ⋅ r/Locksmith
Watched Queen's Gambit. Wife wants chess board. Looked at price of chess boards. 3 days later...3yr ⋅ pie_eating_contest ⋅ r/Locksmith
You can find some interesting stuff in the bottom of a junk box at an auction.1yr ⋅ AuctionSilver ⋅ r/Locksmith
Me: “Do you mean a vertical ‘rod’ device?” Them: “I’ll just send you some pictures”2yr ⋅ PingPongJedi ⋅ r/Locksmith
After years of searching, I finally found it. I present to you, the “guy sitting down and taking a shit” keyway.2yr ⋅ Stoneman1979 ⋅ r/Locksmith
Customer says quote is to expensive and they’ll do it themselves...3mo ⋅ Theguyintheotherroom ⋅ r/Locksmith
Shout-out to American Key Supply for sending this with an order. It's invaluable to our sanity1yr ⋅ Skirion ⋅ r/Locksmith
Can this key be duplicated? got quoted 50 dollars for a copy at ace hardware8mo ⋅ Trimgod ⋅ r/Locksmith
I apologize for posting a meme, but this is pretty close to being true.1yr ⋅ BuzzardBait44 ⋅ r/Locksmith
Here's my mobile setup until I find an investor. Come hell or high water this company will succeed.3yr ⋅ Lockeys25 ⋅ r/Locksmith
I thought some of you might appreciate the mortise display that my hardware guys put together.1yr ⋅ hippohardware ⋅ r/Locksmith
Another post about my dad. This is from 1999 when he replaced all the hinges and locks on the cell doors in the local county jail. He's been in business over 30 years and plans on retiring in about 5 more years.1yr ⋅ ReReMac17 ⋅ r/Locksmith
POV: you just drove eight hours to a site after the PM told you all the doors have been installed, can you start working? Handover is in 30 days1yr ⋅ Maria_Invicta ⋅ r/Locksmith
How customers sleep at night after calling a locksmith knowing full damn well they have covid and cough in their face for 20 minutes straight.1yr ⋅ NicNac_PattyMac ⋅ r/Locksmith
perfectly sums up how customers can be. found in the deep recesses of our back room computer's pictures directory5mo ⋅ bedtime4bonzo25 ⋅ r/Locksmith
Customer hired “locksmith” to open her safe. This is what we arrived to after he couldn’t get it open & he charged her $500.1yr ⋅ LaptopTheft ⋅ r/Locksmith
Nothing too big here, I just successfully achieved my personal hallmark of a real locksmith and impressioned a pin tumbler lock first try. I'm as surprised as my boss probably is.3yr ⋅ letmehittheatm ⋅ r/Locksmith
Customer said their door wasn't locking, Asked for pics and was what they sent back.2yr ⋅ Yewbert ⋅ r/Locksmith
How to repair hydraulic door closers book I found under a pile of stuff at the shop. How neat is that?1yr ⋅ Dakota360ci ⋅ r/Locksmith
Customer couldn’t get the lock off the door and didn’t want to pay a service charge so here’s what he brought in....3yr ⋅ n1ght-hawk ⋅ r/Locksmith
Took these out of a new ALX53 from Schlage. That definitely got rekeyed.2mo ⋅ firefighter1241 ⋅ r/Locksmith
I can’t stop staring at this pretty little setup we found in the shop today!2yr ⋅ hippohardware ⋅ r/Locksmith
Got called to remove this one. Customer has it opened by “locksmith”1yr ⋅ SeaworthinessOver141 ⋅ r/Locksmith
Customer brought me this key (left) he got cut at Home Depot. He let me keep it for giggles4yr ⋅ shuumai ⋅ r/Locksmith
Yesterday I put a padlock cylinder in the wrong way and closed the shackle. This is how I fixed my mistake (regular key for reference)1yr ⋅ P15T0L_WH1PP3D ⋅ r/Locksmith
have this handle how do I change this to a knob PlEaSe DoN't sAy cAlL a LoCksMiTh1wk ⋅ Wait_Dont_Run01 ⋅ r/Locksmith
When you hear something fall off the workbench in the back of the van and realize you left the Best SFIC kit open back there3yr ⋅ brassmagnetism ⋅ r/Locksmith
From a suggested post on FB. Which one of you is responsible for this?1mo ⋅ flunderbuster ⋅ r/Locksmith
There’s always so much negativity in this sub. So I thought I would share my experience with a wooden door company that managed to factory-prep 30+ doors absolutely perfectly. Oddly satisfying to look at, after having to spend the last year fixing the preps on every door our HM supplier sends us.2yr ⋅ tazzico ⋅ r/Locksmith
Saw this gentleman showing another man how to drill out deadbolts in a parking lot9mo ⋅ Orlandogameschool ⋅ r/Locksmith
Saw this and thought it was a great idea. Lock to help the elderly insert their keys.2yr ⋅ Cantteachcommonsense ⋅ r/Locksmith
Old First National Bank safe. No combo, dial and handle both broken off. Going to open and repair.3yr ⋅ madsc1 ⋅ r/Locksmith
