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      • Fix Your Door Cheaply with a Mag Plate!
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    • Install a Door Closer
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    • Rekey a Home or Office Building
      • Masterkey Your Building
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      • Rekey SFIC Cylinders
    • Weekend Key Duplication
      • Copy Your Car’s Transponder Key (chipped key)
    • Cut a Padlock/Bike Lock
    • Fix a Lock/Key Extraction
      • Realign Your Strike
      • Fix or Reinforce Your Door Cheaply with a Mag Plate!
      • Fix Your Mortise Lock or Unit Lock
      • Replace Your Mortise Lock
        • Replace Your Mortise Lock with Tubular or Cylindrical Locks
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You can cut through almost anything with a sawzall You can cut through almost anything with a sawzall but deadbolts take a long time. Good deadbolts have a hardened steel rod in them that will rotate with the blade! These pictures show the little steel rod outside of the bolt. #locksmithing
Did two jobs today and they had the same weird loc Did two jobs today and they had the same weird lock. One guy has broken springs, the other guy has a lock where somebody pounded the bolt back. Fortunately the bolt was made of brass and all the parts could be bent back to make an acceptably smooth working lock. Russwin. #mortiselock #locksmithing #Seattle
Customer emailed a picture of this asking why it w Customer emailed a picture of this asking why it wouldn't work. The cylinder is upside down. Posting just because Norwalk locks are aesthetically pleasing but didn't want anybody thinking i put the cylinder in upside down! #locksmithing #Seattle #mortiselock
Sometimes you see things that make you say, "huh!' Sometimes you see things that make you say, "huh!' This anomaly was somebody's attempt at installing an electronic lock into a 100 year old mortise lock. They modified the lock in numerous ways, it must have been a labor of love. The spindle was ground to work with the mortise hub for starters. The installer figured out the thread pitch of the screws that hold the back plate of the lock together and used longer screws to attach it to the door. Though it had batteries and was on when I found it it didn't lock and i couldn't get it to lock, it seemed to be in passage mode only. A sadness! I put it back on the door and installed a deadbolt above it. The double doors were too wide to shut all the way so it was impossible to lock, the owner said he would have somebody fix the doors (!) #locksmithing #Seattle
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This one manufactured by accurate to a long time t This one manufactured by accurate to a long time to fix. A handyman loosened the screws and heard springs pop out of place and promptly tightened the screws and put it back. Parts got bent and bending them back was a lot of trial and error. #mortiselock #Seattle
This little lock was so full of dirt and dead bugs This little lock was so full of dirt and dead bugs that the key broke off when the owner tried to retract the bolt. The bolt was blocked by decades of debris that came in through the keyhole. #locksmithing #mortiselock #Seattle
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How a Real Man Unlocks a Car

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I am the Seattle locksmith you've been looking for. High Quality work at a reasonable price delivered in a timely fashion. View all posts by Bjørn Madsen

Posted on 2014/01/11Author Bjørn MadsenCategories Blog

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