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It is important to have an education, but it is more impor-tant to use what you have learned and to be able to pass that knowledge on to others as a gift. Our Member of the Month, Tom Lewis, has accomplished just these things. It all started in the summer of 1984 while attending Inkster High School. Tom was asked by a teacher to help him with his lock business. The teacher sustained a disabling injury and needed Tom’s assistance for the summer. This launched Tom’s locksmith career taking him to several corporations, two states, and ownership of his own shop in Plymouth, Michigan. During his tenure that summer, Tom simultaneously
worked with his mentor and enrolled in the Locksmith Institute School of New Jersey. The following year he worked with the Heritage Lock & Safe Co. but had to seek other employ-ment when that company dissolved. Unlike our current times in the job market, he quickly found another job with I.D.N. Hardware Sales. This stint was short-lived (only six months) because Karl Hopfner, of Town Locksmith, offered Tom a job. For three and a half years with Karl, Tom gained locksmithing skills and business experience which was a much needed platform for his fu-ture. In 1993 a call came from …………………………………….. (continued on Page 9 )
LOCKSMITH SECURITY ASSOCIATION
LSA REPORTER VOLUME 22, NO. 7
EDITORS: William M. Lynk, CRL * Alvin Moebus
MARCH, 2009
LSA Website: http://www.LsaMichigan.org Publication Deadline: Submit items Two (2) Weeks (14 calendar days) by 5:00 p. m. prior to the next LSA meeting date.
President—Kevin Thompson, CRL (586) 716-1177 Education Chairman—Marc Dearing, CRL (810) 577-6659 Vice President—Kelvin Heath (313) 647-6275 Membership Secretary—Alvin Moebus (313) 885-9365 Secretary—Aron Boag (248) 321-2244 Public Relations—John Hubel, CML (586) 615-3969 Treasurer—John Shamass, CRL (586) 296-2438 Librarian—Larry Williams, RL, CPP (248) 917-2323 Sargent-At-Arms—Jason Snyder (313) 330-6778 Program Director—Ray Sinai (248) 543-5397 Newsletter—William M. Lynk, CRL (313) 884-9800 Board of Directors: Rob Rovinsky, CPL; Maurice Horne, CML; Newsletter—Alvin Moebus (313) 885-9365 Larry Walker, CRL; John Hubel, CML; Robert Noble, CML, CPS; Webmaster—William M. Lynk, CRL (313) 884-9800 Larry Williams, RL, CPP Photographer —Rob Rovinsky, CPL (248) 644-7939 →Please Volunteer and be part of our Group! Refreshments—Mike Smolerek (586) 337-7041
LSA MEMBER OF THE MONTH—TOM LEWIS
LSA Officers
If you don’t have a pen/paper handy and need to remember some details—use your cell phone! Most cell phones today have a built-in voice recorder. Great for remembering meas-urements or hardware details!
-Contributed by Randy Montpas
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NEXT LSA
MEETING THURSDAY,
APRIL 9TH, 2009
AT 7:30 P.M.
PRP GLOSSARY—KEEPING YOU “IN THE KNOW”
false rejection rate n.—in a biometric access control device, the number of cor-rect submissions that can be rejected as incorrect, typically expressed as a per cent, e.g., less than 0.001%
wheel pack n.—an assembly of combination wheels
Locksmith Security Association meets at 7:30 p.m., the second Thursday
of the month (Sept. to June) in the Metro Detroit Area in
southeast Michigan: UAW Hall (in Troy)
1640 Stephenson Hwy., just north of Maple (15 Mile Rd.),
on the east side of street.
TECH TIPS—LEAVE A MESSAGE……...
♦ LSA of Michigan supports all educational initiatives regardless of a specific supplier, brand, and/or manufacturer.♦
Industry Updates—by Kelvin Heath
2009 SAFETECH Convention, March 9 -14, 2009
-Kelvin Heath—Vice President, LSA
-from ALOA It’s not too late to join the top safemen in the world at the upcoming 2009 SAFETECH Convention, March 9 -14, 2009, in Myrtle Beach, SC! SAFTETECH blends, world-class education with a top-notch tradeshow to create a must-attend event essential for doing business today. Whether you are a novice or expert, there are classes to advance your skills in installation, maintenance and operation of safes and vaults. And if you want to test your skills against your peers, don’t miss out on the Harry C. Miller Manipu-lation contest beginning on Friday, March 13th.
Don’t miss out on your opportunity to view new products, tools and equipment and meet industry experts during the tradeshow from noon to 4pm on March 13th and from 10am to 3pm on March 14th. And to make it easier on your wal-let, the early bird registration rate has been extended until March 9th, 2009! So don’t delay visit www.savta.org and register today.
VOLUME 22, NO. 7
March 12, 2009 – LSA General Meeting; 7:30 pm March 28, 2009 – Advanced Master Keying [ALOA ACE Class] April 9, 2009 – LSA General Meeting; 7:30 pm May 14, 2009 – LSA General Meeting; 7:30 pm May 23, 2009 – Exit Devices & Exit Alarm Servicing [ALOA ACE Class] June 11, 2009 – LSA General Meeting; 7:30 pm
BEST MX8 - BEST has introduced a new patented SFIC called MX8. The principal is based on a slider mechanism at the back of the core which correlates to a side milling on the key. Some of the keyways in the product line are backward compatible. No housing (throw pin) modification is neces-sary, thus true interchangeability is maintained.
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“Qwik-Qwiz
Q) Positional Master Keying requires _________. A) single master pins in
certain positions B) double master pins in
certain positions C) single & double master
pins is certain positions D) no master pins
[answer on bottom of Associate Members Page]
WEB LINKS
IC Corner — William M. Lynk, CRL
CALENDAR OF LSA EVENTS—SEE WEBSITE FOR COMPREHENSIVE LIST
ALOA www.aloa.org IDN-Hardware Sales, Inc. www.IDNhardware.com LynkWeb www.LynkWeb.com LAB www.Labpins.com LSA www.LsaMichigan.org Marx Locksmith www.MarxLocksmith.com JLM Wholesale www.JLMwholesahe.com
“Education, Knowledge & Cooperation—
Caesar (& Marcus) —LSA Mascots
PUBLIC RELATIONS—JOHN HUBEL, CML
Gale Johnson from the Locksmith Ledger and Phil Aguis form Framon Mfg. will be with us for the April 9th meeting. Each has committed to sharing MANY items of interest to the locksmiths attending
the meeting. Included will be new codes, code cutting infor-mation, new machines, Genericode 2009, door frame infor-mation and tools to do the job easier, servicing information on the new Ford import truck and many other vehicles, what locksmiths in the US can expect to see in the coming months, and the list goes on and on. Needless to say, the April 9th LSA meeting will be an informational and packed meeting. This will be a meeting you cannot afford to miss! In fact, this meeting alone will be worth your dues all by itself.
Greetings Everyone! I am pleased to share with you the presenters for the March 12th LSA General Meeting: ► Our own Bob Noble will be presenting some tools to bypass the Schlage Grade 3 key- in - knob locks. ► Steve Johnston of Johnston Sales will be discussing Kaba products. Steve is the Kaba Representative ► John Bockert will come to speak to our group about CCTV.
Please read John Hubel’s PR Column to find out about our “star-studded” line up for the April 9th meeting! See you all in March,
—Kevin M. Thompson, CRL— President, LSA
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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE—KEVIN THOMPSON, CRL
Date Change: Mark your calendars the Exit Device & Exit Alarm Servicing originally scheduled for May 16th has been changed to May 23rd located at the Holiday Inn Roseville, MI. More info Call Marc Dearing 810.577.6659 Thank You to Clyde Roberson, CML, AHC, CPP, ALOA
ACE Instructor for taking time out of his very busy schedule to lead LSA’s Education Series High Security Cylinder Servicing Last month. I hope everyone who attended the class gained something they can use in the field to ether to make more money or to save them time. Don’t forget! March 28th Advanced Master Keying Class, Holiday Inn Rose-ville, MI. LSA’s own William Lynk, CRL will be Instructing. Also any one who has not received the Pre-test and would like one please email me at: [email protected] and I will send you one. —Marc A. Dearing, CRL— Education Director
EDUCATION & PRP NEWS—MARC DEARING, CRL
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ROGUE’S ROW— FEB. 12TH LSA MEETING & HS CYLINDER CLASS 2/21
LSA REPORTER
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LOOKING BACK INTO THE LOCKING PAST…RETRO #12 To follow is another page from the now defunct Locksmithing Institute of New Jersey Home Study Locksmithing Course, started by the late Leonard Singer (Master Keying Expert). The program went out of business in the early 1980s. This lesson excerpt on “Duplicating Bit Keys” is circa 1973. Some illus-trious graduates who are LSA members include: Ray Sinai, Theo Schultz, Dan Meggison, Nick Pal-ise, Tom Lewis and William Lynk.
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LET’S TALK BUSINESS
The word “serendipity” in the locksmith trade could be defined in a scenario such as this: You have just finished a job and are headed back to your shop or “home base” when you re-ceive a call from one of your biggest clients with an emergency. Your travels, at this particular moment, have put you less than a mile away from them. They excitedly tell you that they are will-ing to pay an extra $200.00 if you can arrive ASAP to open a file cabinet containing important documents that are needed im-
mediately. You arrive there in minutes, stunning the customer, and you immediately open the file cabinet. You actually do charge and collect your normal fee plus the $200.00 bonus. Now, that’s serendipity! Serendipity for me is writing this column every month! In order to gather and pass on more information, I have begun to read more books on business. I feel it has helped me enormously. I want to share a story I just read from the book “Swim with the Sharks (without being eaten alive)”. It is somewhat of an older book, written in the 1980’s by Mr. Harvey Mackay. But by no means are the lessons to be learned old fashioned or outdated! Remember the four-minute mile? People had been trying to achieve it since the days of the ancient Greeks! In fact, folklore has it that the Greeks had lions chase the runners, thinking that would make them run faster. That didn’t work too well. Nothing seemed to work. They decided that it was just impossible, the human body structure, lung capacity, wind resistance -- there were a million reasons. Now comes Roger Bannister. The year after Roger Bannister broke the four-minute mile, thirty seven other runners did it. The next year three hundred runners broke the four minute barrier. Did the human body change, no it didn’t. Did the human attitude change, yes, it did! If you believe in yourself, then, there’s nothing you can’t accomplish. So don’t quit. Don’t ever quit. It doesn’t matter if people say you can’t do it. Prove them wrong. Thank You, Mr. Harvey Mackay for this motivational story!
-by Ray Sinai—LSA Program Director
“Education, Knowledge & Cooperation—
RAY’S WAYS—SERENDIPITY
FOR SALE!!!! Ray Sinai has many, many GM keyblanks for sale. Contact him at: Ray Sinai (248) 543-5397, or see the For Sale sec-tion on the LSA Web Site [www.LsaMichigan.org] for full details!
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October: Dedicated Members of LSA November: Bockert & Associates, John Bockert December: Full Catered Holiday Dinner ►IDN-Hardware Sales, Arnie Goldman ►LAB, Jerry Roraback ►Hardware Specialist, Gene Simon January: Fellowship of Christian Locksmiths February: Ray Sinai: Ray’s Lock Works, Inc. March: U.S. Lock, Joel Talesnick: 800-925-5000, Ext 7279
April: Available May: Available June: Available Contact John Hubel, CML if interested at: (586) 615-3969
Sponsors for the LSA Pre-Meeting Dinner
Nbsdi!Nffujoh…………….. Side bar for meeting notes: “I am going to be showing a couple bypass meth-ods for the Schlage F series Knob and Lever. If anybody has a favorite trick they use that they are willing to share, please bring it to the meeting. “ — Bob Noble
Presenter: Steve Johnston of Johnston Sales will be discussing Kaba products. Steve is the Kaba Representative
Presenter:John Bockert will come to speak to our group about CCTV
A Smile to our LSA Senior Citizens:
MARK YOUR CALENDAR!
IDN-Hardware Sales Trade Show & Security Conference
DATES: March 5-8, 2009 LOCATION: Sheraton Detroit Novi Hotel CLASSES: Thursday, 3/5 thru Saturday, 3/7 TRADE SHOW: Friday Kickoff., 3/6; Saturday, 3/7 ALOA PRP Exam: Sunday, 3/8
Watch For Our Registration Flyer in Late January!
— by Al Moebus
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Member of the Month—continued
Continued from page one………….…….H.P.C., Inc. for him to work in Chicago training others. His job was to develop and refine the skills of locksmiths in the use of old and new car-opening tools. A-1 Lock & Key hired him and kept Tom working in Illinois until late 1994. Then, Tom returned to Michigan. He kept in contact with Mr. Hopfner in Plymouth, Michigan and was drawn to become a shop owner himself. Karl was retiring, so Tom bought his Town Locksmith business. Tom felt he was ready to be a mentor of a different kind……that of “Boss.” At that time, he was in his mid 30’s and had come full-circle from working for others to having others work for him. The company now has five full-time locksmiths, each with his own truck. As I ended the interview, Tom was driving home (on a hands-free cell phone!) from a productive day in the business. He arrived home to his wife, Allison, and step-daughter Marie. Tom stated: “I have no funny or amusing work stories since I have been behind the counter since 1994”! I am hoping Tom Lewis can pass along some of his business knowledge to other LSA members in the form of a class. What do you say, Tom?
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LOCKSMITH SECURITY ASSOCIATION MICHIGAN 533 Fisher Road, Grosse Pointe, MI 48230
PHONE: (313) 885-9365—CONTACT: AL MOEBUS
Associate Members of LSA
JLM Wholesale, Inc.
3095 Mullins Ct. Oxford, MI 48371
www.jlmwholesale.com
(800) 522-2940 FAX: (800) 782-1160
Wholesale Hardware
Bockert & Associates 18 Fort Monroe Industrial Parkway
Monroeville, OH 44847
(800) 321-7550 FAX: (419) 465-4216
Manufacturer Reps for:
ABUS, ASSA, DON JO, H.E.S., HPC, LOCKCRAFT, CANSEC, SECURITRON,
MERIT, TAKEX
Gene Simon Hardware Specialist
Phone: (708) 799-8783 FAX: (708) 799-4322
P.O. Box 51 Flossmoor, IL 60422
Representing: Jet Hardware Mfg. Corp. LAB Security Products
Major Manufacturing, Inc.
RITTNER/FRENCH ASSOCIATES 150 S. Elizabeth
Rochester, MI 48307
(800) 732-4773 1-800-RFA-4-SPEC FAX: (248) 651-2650
IDN-Hardware Sales, Inc. 35950 Industrial Road
P.O. Box 510624 Livonia, MI 48150
Livonia: (800) 521-0955 FAX: (800) 272-4409
http://www.idnhardware.com
Warren: (800) 468-7490 FAX: (586) 755-5145
Your Key to Security Hardware
LAB THE CHOICE OF
*Professional Locksmiths *Finest Lock Companies
www.labpins.com
700 Emmett St. Bristol, CT 06010
(800) 243-8242 FAX: (860) 583-7838
1010 Aviation Drive Lake Havasu, AZ 86404
800-537-5397
9950 Freeland Avenue Detroit, MI 48227
Phone: (313) 931-7720 FAX: (313) 931-7758
Michael Wiener ————————————— Fine Quality Key Machines,
Key Blanks, Locks, Hardware
Safe Door Systems Inc.
631 Kingston Rd. Toronto ON M4E 1R3
www.safedoorsystems.com
Toll Free: 1-866-627-7560 Telephone: 416-691-6400
Framon Manufacturing
Company., Inc. 909 Washington Ave
Alpena, MI 49707 Phone: 989-354-5623
Fax: 989-354-4238 Web: www.framon.com
LynkWeb.com -An Affordable
Lynk to the World ———————————- ♦ Websites Under $12.00 ♦ Customer Support 24/7 ♦ 500 E-mail Accounts
♦ Free Software
www.LynkWeb.com
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Download Membership Application [ Click above or on our site!]
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———————————————
William M. Lynk, CRL IC Specialist / IC Author
♦ IC Products ♦ IC Tools ♦ Key Retainer Devices
♦ Dist. For Ultra Security / Xperinetix ———————————————
Phone: (313) 884-9800 E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.ICLSglobal.com
This Ad Space
Is For You!
Contact Al Moebus (313) 885-9365
This Ad Space
Is For You!
Contact Al Moebus (313) 885-9365
Safety Technology International, Inc.
Tim Zale, Inside Sales [email protected] www.sti-usa.com (248) 673-9898
MPT Twelve Lock Lubricant is the longest lasting lubricant and penetrant available.
MPT Industries 6-B Hamilton Business Park
85 Franklin Road Dover, NJ 07801
Phone: 973-989-9220 Toll Free: 800-351-0605
Newsletter Submissions: 2 weeks PRIOR to next meeting Submit in Word.doc to: [email protected]
Contact: William M. Lynk, CRL
Qwik-Qwiz Answer:
Answer: D
