Shop Tools

.: SHOP TOOLS

You will eventually need to begin acquiring specialized tools for your growing shop, whether it be a mobile van or a brick and mortar building. Since you are starting at home, and setting about to learn the business through home schooling, this process will likely span over a period of months or even years.

Shown below are just a very few of the many items Locksmiths use every day in business. Some of these items will require an investment, such as key duplicators and pinning kits (a good key duplicator does not come cheap . . . expect to pay over $350 and much more if you plan to purchase a code cutting key machine). There are quite a few shop tools, however, that are fairly inexpensive. You would do good to purchase, at the very least, the following items as you begin:

KEY GAUGE (4- or 5-in-1 model is recommended, as it will save money)
Plug follower set (the SUT-14 is highly recommended)
A small pinning kit
A pair of pin tweezers
A small bench vise
An assortment of regular and Philips screwdrivers (varying sizes)
A set of Allen wrenches
A pair of TruArc pliers (many lock cylinders use TruArc rings)

MORTISE CYLINDER WRENCH
$49.95

HPC 9120 SPEEDEX KEY DUPLICATOR
$399.00 + 8.00 shipping insurance

5-in-1 KEY GAUGE
$16.55

LAB MINI CLASSIC
UNIVERSAL PINNING KIT
$105.00

Increment

HPC PIN TWEEZERS
$24.95

NESTED PLUG FOLLOWERS
SUT-14
$39.95

HPC TRUARC
PLIERS
$42.00

TUBULAR LOCK PICKS
set of 2
7-PIN and 8-PIN PICKS
$156.00