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VOLUME 22, NO.2 LOCKSMITH SECURITYASSOCIATION OCTOBER, 2008 LSA REPORTER EDITORS: William M. Lynk, CRL * Alvin Moebus Publication Deadline: Submit items Two (2) Weeks (14 calendar days) by 5:00 p. m. prior to the next LSA meeting date. LSA Website: http://www.LsaMichigan.org LSA MEMBERS SPOKE UP! We started September meeting of LSA with a packed house! There were several good speakers and a lot of interaction among the members. We had the largest sign-up for a new year since I have been associated with the organization. I talked with a few mem- bers at the end of the meeting, and received phone calls over the next few days, all with a variety of comments; so, I am dedicat- ing this month’s column to those individuals who spoke up. Concerning the Speakers, comments included: – “Rob (Rittner) opened my eyes to more things for my business.” – “I am impressed with the Association.” – “I did not know Rittner/French had that many products.” – “I hope next month will be as informative.” – “As a new member, I gained much information.” – “Very informative.” – “I am overwhelmed, but eager to learn more so I can increase – “I didn’t know there was that much to learn, but I am my business.” ready.” – “I was able to solve a problem in my classroom after speaking with William (Trout).” – “I need an application to join so I can accelerate my knowledge.” Comments about the Business Meeting: – “It was managed well.” – “This Association has many talented members whom I can glean from.” – “My time was well spent.” – “WOW! The time flew by.” – “I hope we can have fruit during break at the next meeting.” (There will be!) I hope all the meetings will be this productive. We have an exciting agenda of speakers for October. Clint Griffin, who is from Canada will demonstrate his Safe Door Systems products. Come ready to try to kick some doors down! The other speaker is Jay- son Malusky (please see page 5 for details). But also we have a variety of members who will present interesting information. See you in October. -by Al Moebus LSA President—Kevin Thompson (586) 716-1177 Education Chairman—Marc Dearing, CRL (810) 244-4038 Officers Vice President—Kelvin Heath (313) 647-6275 Membership Secretary—Alvin Moebus (313) 885-9365 Secretary—Bryan Guerin (810) 656-5221 Public Relations—John Hubel, CML (586) 615-3969 Treasurer—John Shamass (586) 296-2438 Librarian—Larry Williams, RL, CPP (248) 917-2323 Sargent-At-Arms—Jason Snyder (313) 330-6778 Board of Directors: Newsletter—William M. Lynk, CRL (313) 884-9800 Rob Rovinsky, CPL; Maurice Horne, CML; Larry Walker, CRL; Newsletter—Alvin Moebus (313) 885-9365 John Hubel, CML; Robert Noble, CML, CPS; Larry Williams, RL, CPP Webmaster—William M. Lynk, CRL (313) 884-9800 VOLUME 22, NO.2 PAGE 2 LSA REPORTER ♦ LSA of Michigan supports all educational initiatives regardless of a specific supplier, brand, and/or manufacturer.♦ Newsletter Submissions Any member of LSA can submit items, articles, columns or trivia for the LSA Newsletter. You don’t have to be a writer to do so! All we ask is that you submit to us via e-mail as a Word.doc attachment to: [email protected] by:→ 2 weeks prior to the next LSA Meeting, 5p.m. deadline That means, at least 14 days prior to the next meeting, by 5:00 p.m. (EST). That way, you are assured of getting into the Newsletter. Earlier submissions are greatly appreciated so that we can plan space requirements. This deadline applies to Board Members, Chair Per- sons, Sponsors, and General Members. Submissions are accepted ONLY by e-mail (no FAXs, phone or snail mail submissions, sorry). RECEIVED Indication Procedure: Whenever a Member, Board Member or Chair e-mails me something for the Newsletter, I will immediately hit my REPLY button and respond ONLY with “received”. It’s not meant as a formal e-mail. This is intended only as an indication for you that I have successfully received your e-mail. It does not indi- cate that I have yet read, analyzed, edited, downloaded or worked with the information. It’s just an: “I got it!” confirmation for your knowledge. Thanks to all of our excellent LSA volunteers and we look forward to your submissions! TECH TIPS—HOLDING THOSE NUTS, BOLTS & SCREWS NEXT We are sure all of you have had those pesky American Padlock or Master Padlock cylinders to open and rekey. Of course there is no working key available. With the cylinder out of the lock, my usual LSA option would be picking or shimming. When picking fails, try to shim the cylinder. MEETING When you Shim a cylinder, the Master/American serrated pins can prove to be quite a challenge but THURSDAY, I have a little trick I have used successfully. Take a DEPTH key and “laser” cut it to an all ONE depth, no peaks, NOV. 13TH AT and run the cut out to the very tip. Do this with each depth. You end up with a set of depth keys that will raise 7:30 P.M. the bottom pin to the shear line. One you get the tip pin shimmed, start the process over again with the next pin and so on and so forth. Using the depth keys will effectively bypass the serrations on the pins. I use this on the padlock cylinders but it will work on any lock where you are sure the depths are to manufacturer’s standards. Locksmith Security Association meets at 7:30 p.m., the second Thursday PRP GLOSSARY—KEEPING YOU “IN THE KNOW” of the month (Sept. to June) in the Metro Detroit Area in parity)—n. the property of being either even or odd, as the depth number of a bit- southeast Michigan: ting in a combination, or the possible progressives in a given position of a two UAW Hall (in Troy) step progression 1640 Stephenson Hwy., just north of Maple (15 Mile Rd.), ASIS—abb. American Society for Industrial Security on the east side of street. VOLUME 22, NO.2 PAGE 3 PUBLIC RELATIONS—JOHN HUBEL, CML LOCKSMITH RELATIONS What is your role in locksmithing? LSA is composed of a diverse group of locksmiths. Some members are shop own- ers and have been for many years. There are locksmiths who maintain a one-person operation and have no intention of doing anything different. There are many at every place in “Qwik-Qwiz between. Still another group is the second career locksmith Q): Temporary magnet- who wants to scale down on the amount of time he spends ism, that can be turned locksmithing. Then comes along what one can consider a relatively new group. on and off, is This group is what we will call the “niche filler”. This locksmith does not want to called____________. be bogged down with the day-to-day operations of running a business, nor does A) gravity this locksmith wish to be obligated to working for just one company. He has cer- B) electromagnetism tain specialties that he does very well and would like to do his specialty for any C) Ohm’s Law D) alternating current locksmith without taking away the other locksmith’s business. [answer on page 8] This niche filling locksmith can easily……... (continued, bottom of Page 7 ) IC CORNER—WILLIAM M. LYNK, CRL Decoding for the CTRL Key-In SFIC systems, it is always prudent to measure ALL pins when decoding for the control key. If the system is A2, and your core is combi- nated based on accepted industry standards, then the fol- lowing formula is a quick and to the point way to determine the control cuts: 13—Top Pin = CTRL Cut However, the Conventional Formula will work, regardless of the depths of the top pins, as shown below: Caesar (& Marcus) (Build Up Pin – 10*) + Plug Total = CTRL Cut LSA Mascots *A2 (10 ); A3 (7); A4 (6) — WEB LINKS CALENDAR OF LSA EVENTS—SEE WEBSITE FOR COMPREHENSIVE LIST ALOA www.aloa.org October 9 – LSA meeting 7:30 pm IDN-Hardware Sales, Inc. November 8 – Complete Door Hardware & Door Closers www.idnhardware.com November 13 – LSA meeting 7:30 pm ClearStar Security Network www.clearstar.com December 11 – LSA meeting 7:30 pm PRP Sitting 8:30 am LAB January 10, 2009 – www.labpins.com April / May, 2009 – Exit Devices & Exit Alarms LSA www.LsaMichigan.org “Education, Knowledge & Cooperation— VOLUME 22, NO.2 PAGE 4 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE—KEVIN THOMPSON, CRL Hello Everyone, I want to thank everyone who made comments to me on how well the last meeting went. I do appreciate your input. We have more great speakers slotted for the October meeting, as well as more great give- aways and raffles. I hope to see everyone there. On another note, we were talking at previous meetings about how to increase your sales. I was recently talking to a friend who is a State Farm agent about some of the better ways to secure a home. I was always under the assump- tion that your homeowners insurance gave you a break for having deadbolts installed. My agent friend informed me that State Farm actually requires deadbolts to be installed on a home, not an option. I'm not sure about other companies’ policies, but it’s a good suggestion to a homeowner that their items may not be covered if their home is broken into…and they don't have deadbolts on their doors. -Kevin M. Thompson, CRL— President, LSA EDUCATION & PRP NEWS—MARC DEARING, CRL Changes & Notes - Education Department Location Change for the November Class LSA will be relocating the Complete Door Hardware & Door Closers Class from the Holiday Inn Roseville to Woodside Bible Church 27300 Hoover Rd, Warren, MI 48093 on November 8th If students are will- ing, after the class is finished they will have an opportunity to install new Door Closers at the church (it is volunteer only).