Category: Blog
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When It’s Snowing, Don’t Lock Yourself Out!
Snow seems to throw people for a loop because it interrupts their well-practiced routines. When it gets really cold and starts snowing and icing, people do silly things that result in getting locked out of their houses and more often their cars. They turn the car on to get warm while they scrape the snow…
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Get a Padlock that Uses the Same Key as Your House
What if I told you that you can get a padlock for your toolshed or gate that used the same key as your front door? I know, I know: “Get out of town, you weaver of tales!” you will say. And yet, it is true! The Abus 83 series is rekeyable. I can sell you…
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Whether Or Not to Change Your Locks
When you move into a new house, you may consider rekeying it. If you want to have it rekeyed, call me. If you don’t, please consider the following reasons why you should have it rekeyed: 1. You don’t think your house needs to be rekeyed because the house was just built/is new. This boils down…
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Replace the Cylinder in Your Lock!
Most deadbolts allow you to swap out the cylinder so you don’t have to buy a new lock to change the keyway. Did I lose you there? Ok, imagine you want all of your locks to work with one key but some of the locks work with a different kind of key. Any quality deadbolt…
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Which Deadbolt is Right For You?
So, you would like to increase your home’s security? Most people don’t think deeply about this problem and put a band-aid on it: they buy a more expensive lock. Unfortunately, that will rarely make your home more secure. To figure out what you need to do to increase your home’s security, first we must identify…
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Are your car keys in bad shape? All is not lost!
If you have a car made in the last twenty years and sold in North America or Europe, your keys probably have transponder chips in them. That is why everybody wants so much money to copy them! It isn’t cutting the key, it is programming the chip inside that requires very expensive equipment that is…
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Great Discussion on DIY security
I have always wondered about the feasibility of setting up my own security system using off the shelf parts. Wireless security cameras are everywhere and they are cheap! I have plenty of experience setting up hardware and software systems. There are drawbacks to doing this, though. Apparently insurance companies essentially enforce ADP’s market dominance by…
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Cut Your Own Keys For Cheap!
Right now there is a big DIY crowd harnessing the latest in technology and coupling it with the opensource movement, meaning people are sharing their discoveries for free. Frequently they use tools which you can build yourself and are documented well by the same people. Hackaday.com is always interesting but today one project caught my…
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Happy New Year From Maple Leaf Locksmith
What will 2014 bring? For me, it will be lots of locks, keys and lube to make them work with each other. Along with these hopefully will be many laughs. What is in your year’s future? I hope that everybody has a good year in 2014. Also, let nobody have to carry more than one…