Seattle's Maple Leaf Locksmith LLC – (206)335-4559

Author: Bjørn Madsen

  • How to Fix BE469NX When It Makes Grinding Noises

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    Schlage is being dragged into 2015’s market for the residential networked electronic lock.  August, Kwikset, Yale, and even Samsung all have viable entries in this market so no doubt there was pressure on Schlage to innovate.  Schlage’s update to the BE365 is the BE469NX.  The BE469NX has a few advantages and a few disadvantages when…

  • The Schlage BE468NX/BE469NX

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    These locks are pretty cool.  If you want to be able to lock or unlock your door remotely, these are a great deal for the money.  You have to know how to set up an automated system using something like a Nest controller because I don’t offer that service, too many bugs right now and…

  • Miracle A9: cut any key by code, but don’t get rid of your blitz.

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    I am testing out my Miracle A9.  I am on my way to paying it off; I have cut multiple laser keys successfully with no problems reported by my customers, so I invested in Miracle’s conventional sidecut key clamp, which at $250 you hope will work (you probably have to cut well over 100 keys…

  • Schlage Keyless Entry Without a Subscription

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    A lot of people are asking me about how they can get a lock they can remotely change the combination to.  A lot of them want to be running AirBNB or rentals.  I have answers for you! My favorite lock for an AirBNB situation is the Schlage be469nx.  Schlage wants you to pay them $9…

  • Keep People From Forcing Their Way In

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    I have been getting a few calls recently from homeowner’s associations and commercial property owners who have experienced break-ins after criminals forced a door open.  They did so in two cases by merely pushing a commercial lever down really hard.  You would think that door hardware manufacturers would design their levers to fail secure, that…

  • Slide-Co Patio Locks: Problems

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    Today a customer asked me to put a lock cylinder in a sliding glass door so I got out a Slide-Co SC1 cylinder I had bought for the purpose.   Had to rekey the cylinder so I started unscrewing the cap and discovered that the cylinder turned without even having a key in it.  When I…

  • Key in Knob Cylinders for Sale

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    Sport lockpickers have had to resort to going to garage sales to get their locks inexpensively.  They had to learn to rekey their locks, requiring that they buy more equipment.  No longer!  I now sell cylinders customized to order for people to practice with keyed to their specifications.  There are many options to choose from. …

  • High Security Car Keys…Soon

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    Maple Leaf Locksmith LLC now has the capacity to clone high security transponder-enabled car keys that are milled.  If your key looks like one below, I can probably clone it.  I am working on a javascript selector so that the end user can find out if I can clone their key before they call.

  • A Norwalk Mortise Lock as Art

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  • Thieves Are Probably Hacking Keyless Cars Right Now

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    Interesting developments in the game of leapfrog between security researchers and criminals.  Looks like the criminals figured something out before the white-hats this time.  The prevailing theory on the matter is that thieves have figured out how to open cars that use fobs (plastic bits that replace the need for a key; the driver can…