Locksmith Ledger presents the 2011 Know Your Distributors guide to more than 200 locksmith distributors. This detailed chart includes full contact information, plus details on...
During a recent conversation with an industry friend, he mentioned that locksmiths were going to Home Depot early in the morning to pick up supplies for jobs. He began to question...
Throughout the year, manufacturers of locks and door hardware make it easy for locksmiths to upgrade their skills and / or learn something new to help their locksmithing businesses...
Optical security media ID cards from ASSA ABLOY’s LaserCard to be issued under the Department of Homeland Security’s US Permanent Resident Card (“Green Card”) program.LaserCard...
A New York City factory fire that killed 146 garment workers a century ago was the impetus for legislation advocating for tougher labor laws as well as building codes promoting...
The ALOA Scholarship Foundation (ASF) reminds the locksmith community that the deadline for ALOA Convention scholarship applications is quickly approaching. All applications must...
Marks USA has supplied Atascadero State Hospital & Rehab Center with their Grade 1 Institutional Life Safety Locksets. Atascadero State Hospital (ASH), opened in 1954 and is an...
Door closers have a long life expectancy when both the door and the closer are properly maintained. Choosing the best door closer and installation method for a specific application...
When SHDA past presidents, Al Hoffman and Virl Mullins, spoke at the 40th anniversary annual conference of SHDA in April of 2010, few of us would have imagined that less than ...
Bondhus Corporation introduces a full line of high quality Felo insulated screwdrivers, bit drivers and pliers designed with safety in mind. Each tool is closely inspected, tested...
Continental Super-Two is an expandable intelligent access control panel system capable of supporting all access control functions for one or two doors, while its counterpart ...
SECO-LARM now has available for immediate shipment a new line of easily programmable RF receivers. The SK-910RBQ is a 1-channel receiver. The SK-910RB2Q is a 2-channel receiver...
Napco Security’s iSee Video is available with Wireless Outdoor Camera Kit. iSee Video Wi-Fi cameras install in as little as 10 minutes. The Complete Wireless Outdoor Camera kit...
Marks USA Supplies Institutional Life Safety LocksetsMarks USA has supplied Atascadero State Hospital & Rehab Center with their Grade 1 Institutional Life Safety Locksets. Atascadero...
Atkins Group To Represent Altronix In NortheastThe Atkins Group now represents the Altronix product line throughout New England, Connecticut and Upstate New York.“We’re excited...
Life safety codes require the use of exit devices in specific situations, and most codes prohibit the use of any other lock or mechanism on the door that would prevent the use...
High definition video surveillance technology may be the next big thing to come to the security industry. By utilizing the same coaxial cable used by legacy analog, but by delivering...
Norton Door Controls, a division of ASSA ABLOY, has been manufacturing door checks, the precursor of the door closer, since Lewis C. Norton founded the Norton Door Check Company...
As locksmiths, we control access. We install locks to keep people out and key those locks with different levels of security to permit only those authorized to gain entry. We install...
Having grown up in the family locksmith business, I can remember a time when the only business restriction we had was from the local police department. Our locksmith business ...
TWENTY YEARS AGOJerry Finch explained the system used to masterkey Corbin-Russwin master ring cylinders. Bill Reed commented on key blank numbering systems. T.C. Mickley wrote...
Mechanical combination safe locks have been used for over a century. The example for this article will be a Sargent and Greenleaf (S&G) safe lock, but most other brands will have...
The Arrow Revolution™ keyless entry system is now available in a retrofit kit for the Kaba Ilco L1000. For security professionals looking for a secure, cost-effective, simple ...
Delayed Egress with Latch Retraction (EExER) is designed for applications where both delayed egress and remote unlocking, remote dogging, access control or an automatic door operator...
Alarm Lock debuts its Networx™ NETPANEL Wireless Prox and/or PIN Code Keypad Series with 2-Door Controller. Extremely versatile, these are the all-new networked versions of the...