Thu Oct 18, 2018 9:06 am by Gabesthomas
Hey guys,
Sorry it took me so long to get back to ya'll, my life has been very fast-paced and crazy lately.
I am VERY proud to inform you guys that I am now a professional locksmith. I got hired by a locksmith shop!
One evening about a week after my initial post in this thread, I was on my way to a shop to get some blanks for impressioning. Traffic was heavy and
I didn't arrive until after they closed (only by a few minutes too), so I had to go to a different shop. The shop I arrived at had an employee working later than usual.
She was on the phone with her employer, who was watching the cameras, when I came into the shop. I saw an old mortise cylinder with a yale keyway and asked what the price was.
When I told them it was for a challenge lock build, they asked if I could re-pin and re-key and the second I said "yeah" I got a job offer on the spot.
I had practically given up on getting a job with a locksmith because I had tried at every shop. This shop is only a year and a half old so I never knew they were here.
Its crazy how just the right circumstances can change your life- being a few minutes late due to traffic, the employee who happened to be working late on that particular evening, its as if the stars aligned. I've been with them a couple weeks and I love it. Hasn't felt like work at all. How do I verify this with the forum administration?
A little background info, I've been a hobbyist since circa 2006. Earlier this year I delved back into my hobby and made a lot of progress. I started picking all types of security pins, SFIC's, tubular, disk detainer. I love it. I have a Best Padlock with Best Core that was pinned up by another local locksmith with the intention of making it difficult. It has 272737 bitting and all security drivers 3 serrated 3 spools, placed one after the other. It took me a couple days but I got it opened to control and operating. I figured when I sent the pictures to that shop that I might get a job offer, but go figure, I didn't.
BTW the old American is connected to a chain, connected to an old newspaper vending machine, tying it all to the fence so nobody could steal the machine.
I tried using bump keys and commercially made padlock shims with NO LUCK, UGHHH.
I gotta run, I'm on a shop computer and I have some lockouts to take care of.
Thanks guys,
I'm very happy to be here and to be part of the craft.