Josh-the-Locksmith
25 Years Experience
Austin, TX
Male, 46
I've been a locksmith since 1998. I did automotive residential & commercial work from 1998 to 2008. From 2008 to 2018, I did some residential, but mostly commercial work. I have been project managing & estimating since 2018. I used to locksmith in the Chicago area, now the Austin area.
Sorry I’m not familiar with either of those terms in reference to key machines. Maybe it’s used on a type of key cutting machine I’ve never used before. ¯\_(?)_/¯
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Yes, it’s called a “storeroom function” lock. What you’re probably more used to seeing at your local hardware store is “entry” “closet” “bathroom” etc. you need to find one that says “storeroom”. I will say though, that they do not have a button on the inside. It’s ALWAYS locked, but the lever on the INSIDE can also always be turned to allow exiting in case of emergency. If you don’t see it at your hardware store, you can always find them online. Every brand makes them, it all depends how much you want to spend & what quality you need.
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My uncle is a locksmith. He was looking for part time help, & I was looking for a job change. I really had no interest in it otherwise. I was 20. 22 years later, here I am.
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Take some wood shims, or cut some little pieces of wood, or some wood toothpicks and put them in the screw holes. Then put the screws back in. That should allow you to tighten up your screws.
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Has anyone ever caught you surveilling them, and what happened?
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Why would someone want to do that unless they planned to steal your car? And they would also have to program the key unless your car doesn’t have a chip in it, but most do these days. That sounds very unlikely. That’s a lot of trouble to go through when they could just break a window if they were just looking to steal misc items in the car. Technically yes your remote would still work if you had superglue in your cylinders. If you ever plan on selling the car, I would highly advise against that tactic though. You might be better off going to a locksmith & asking him to break some keys off in your doors. At least that way you could get them pulled back out down the road & reuse your locks.
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Sounds like a barrel “skeleton” key. You could either have a locksmith come out and make a key, or bring that lock into a locksmith shop to get a key made. Another option is ordering a ring of “tryout keys” like one listed on this site. I’m sure you could find something else, this is what just came up in a quick google search. https://www.houseofantiquehardware.com/barrel-clock-key
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Well I haven’t had to answer the phone in over 10 years, but yes, we would get some weird random requests now & then. Seems like they just didn’t pay attention to who they were calling. One time I received a call around midnight from a girl locked out of her car at a hotel. When I told her how much it would be, since she didn’t ask & I didn’t want her to be surprised, she was shocked to find out that we charged for our service, & canceled. ???????????????
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