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It costs a bit of money to get a broken key out of a lock.  If you don’t know how to take your lock apart or don’t fancy the idea of procuring an old hacksaw blade and sticking it in your keyway to get junk out of there, consider inspecting your keys for hairline fractures…

Uncle Joe can fix a lot of problems with his duct tape, but the right tools for the job are often more than just duct tape and miscellaneous tools.  Sometimes it is better to just call a pro.  Like Maple Leaf Locksmith!  I don’t even have duct tape, all my repairs are done the right…

Sometimes people call me up and ask, “Is it possible to make a key from one of my locks?  I have none of my keys anymore!  I lost them in the lake/in San Diego/on the farm!” It is absolutely possible.  All that need be done to reconstruct your key is to take apart the lock…

For the third time in six months, Google has decided to suspend my listing on “Google Places for Business”.  My business is still showing up on Google search results, but it is having disastrous results for my search engine optimization which is a death knell for a business in this day and age. The last…

Did you know that criminals might be able to twist the lock right off your door in near silence, and then open your door with a screwdriver?  The way to guard against this is to use a cylinder lock guard.  This makes it hard for the criminal to get a grip on your lock cylinder…

The last week I have been called out to numerous people’s houses to fix a problem caused by a contractor who most likely was in a big rush and didn’t finish the job. The primary problem is that they didn’t tighten screws enough. One family recently hired a contractor to install some Baldwin locks on…

Today this lady was asking me about her file cabinet, and how to make it lock. She had no key. I said, “No problem!” It was actually my first time impressioning a key in the field, and my only blank was nickel, but it still didn’t take too long. Just ten minutes of filing. It…

The new Google Maps isn’t as useful.  I am sure of it now because I recently got an old Droid, an HTC EVO, with the old Google Maps.  It was awesome because you could see little dots in the map view which corresponded to places where you had to perform an action such as turn…

Months after deleting me and listening to me carp about it on their forums, and then making a new google login to make another business listing, and then calling Google multiple times to ask about it, they finally added my business back to Google Maps.  It isn’t correct because I selected the option of hiding…

You are worried about somebody breaking into your property?  Remember that criminals take the path of least resistance.  They won’t be picking the locks on your front door unless they have something serious to gain from it.  They would rather crawl in your window. One of the best ways to prevent this is to make…