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Monthly Archives: February 2010

Our services are proving a hit in Carlisle!

Last week (on our return from Spain), was a short week as we remained closed on Monday because my wife Jennie and I had travelled back from Spain during the night and didn’t get back until about 6am!  We had been up roughly 24 hours straight! However, despite the short week, last week was the busiest [...]
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Day 5 – Auto-locksmithing Course

So the final day of the course was yesterday.  We spent time practicing picking various locks and looking at different entry tools as well as looking at the tools that can be used – and made!  Finally, we discussed the various suppliers and equipment needed. At the end of the course I went and spent an [...]
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Day 4 – Auto-locksmithing Course

Well, today was interesting!  We spent time looking at Japanese & French vehicle systems.  In particular we dismantled a Peugeot door ignition lock down to it’s component parts and cut a key both by hand and also using a cut to code machine to fit the lock.  Immensely satisfying to come away today with the [...]
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Day 3 – Auto-Locksmithing Course

Vauxhall & Rover were the order of the day today.  Learning the various lock types and the similarities between the two!  It was fascinating to learn how to dismantle the locks and put them back together and learning how to overcome the problems of keys broken in the locks and how to pick the lock if [...]
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Day 2 – Auto-locksmithing Course

Today was all about Ford.  We got the opportunity to study the various types of locks used on Ford and then strip the locks down, repair faulty tumblers and rebuild the lock.  We also got the opportunityto learn entry techniques by picking and decoding the locks using a three different tools.  There were also tips [...]
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Day 1 – Auto-locksmithing Course

We made it to Spain!  Arrived at the hotel 12:30am!  Finished first day of the course at about 2:30pm today.  The location of the training is outside an old-time spanish village, untouched by tourism.  Had lunch before the traditional siesta.  This was an experience!  Barely able to speak a word of Spanish other than hello, [...]
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Keyishoes-nearly auto-locksmiths?

Well we are now in Stansted airport waiting for our flight to Seville.  I’m going to keep adding to our Facebook to let you know how the course is going.  So if you have not done so already sign into facebook and become a fan of keyishoes!  In the meantime, I wish I hadn’t watched [...]
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Keyishoes – Auto-Locksmiths?

Excitement is building for my journey to the village of Zafra in Spain not too far from Seville where I will be attending a 5 day auto-locksmithing course!  The course is ideal, with a small class of just four meaning plenty of one to one training. This particular course came highly recommeded by other auto-locksmiths and the [...]
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