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LSA REPORTER
VOLUME 30, NO. 10
EDITORS: William M. Lynk, CML, CPS, ICML, CMIL, CAI, M.Ed.
JUNE 2017
LSA Website: http://www.LSAmichigan.org
Ray Sinai, CML & Alvin Moebus, CPL Publication Deadline: Submit items Two (2) Weeks [14 calendar days] by 5:00 p.m. AFTER the last LSA meeting.
President—Jeremy M. Ameen, CML (810) 629-6883 Education Coordinator—Noel Jones (734) 787-0575 Vice President—Jim Whidden, CML (586) 757-7742 Membership Secretary—Alvin Moebus, CPL (313) 885-9365 Secretary/Newsletter—Steve Smiddy (248) 894-2327 Public Relations—John Hubel, CML, ICML (586) 254-7233 Treasurer—Alvin Moebus, CPL (313) 885-9365 Librarian—Larry Williams, RL, CPP (248) 917-2323 Sargent-At-Arms—Noel Jones (734) 787-0575 Refreshments—Aron Boag (586) 899-9586 Newsletter—William M. Lynk, CML, CPS, ICML (313) 884-9800 IT Support—William Trout (248) 350-0027 Newsletter—Alvin Moebus, CPL (313) 885-9365 Board of Directors: Jeremy Ameen, President,
Webmaster—William M. Lynk, CML, CPS, ICML (313) 884-9800 John Hubel, CML; ICML, Rob Rovinsky, CPL; ,Ray Sinai, CML,
Photographer—Rob Rovinsky, CPL (248) 644-7939 Maurice Horne, CML, CML, Kevin Thompson, CRL
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LSA
Officers
The Locksmith Security Association of Michigan
It is hard to believe were are almost half way through this year. Where has the time gone? This will be our last meeting before we take a break for the summer months. I really appreciate Jim Whidden, taking the last meeting since I was out on a medical issue. I am happy to report I am just now getting back on my feet and working full time again. I am healing quite well and am back to normal. This certainly as not planned, but it has worked out as good as it could. I am excited to look forward to our LSA 40th Anniversary Tiger Game Party! Please plan to join us at Comerica Park on Sunday, August 13, 2017. We have reserved the Chevrolet Pavilion, and they will be serving us a picnic style dinner during the game! LSA will be covering half of the expense for this event. The cost is $37.00 per person. Please plan to come and pay to reserve your tickets! [Flyer in this newsletter] We are opening this up to your family and friends as well. So this will be on a first come basis! Also, a huge thank you to Bullseye Safe Deposit locks for their generous support to LSA. We appreciate your help with educating our members! We had an excellent meeting last month learning about safe deposit locks. See you in June and August!
Jeremy Ameen, CML
LSA President
PRESIDENTIAL PENNINGS—JEREMY AMEEN, CML
Michigan Picture!
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PRP GLOSSARY—KNOW IT & USE IT!
A Study in ”D””…”
DHI—Door and Hardware Institute
dial—1. the typically rotatable member of a combination lock that may be used to differentiate locations on the combination wheels and cause operation of the lock, 2. the act of turning or rotating a dial
dial insert lock—a key operated cylinder used to lock the dial on a combination lock
dial ring—an escutcheon for a combination lock dial
dialer—1. a device which automatically places a telephone call to a pre-set number when activated, 2. an electro-mechanical device which systematically tries different combinations on a dial operated combination lock
diamond back—pertaining to a rim cabinet lock whose mounting flanges and case forms the general shape of a diamond
NEXT
MONTH’S
LSA
MEETING THURSDAY ,
SEPTEMBER 14TH,
2017
AT
7:00 P .M .
Locksmith Security
Association meets at 7:00 p.m., the second
Thursday of the month (Sept. to June) in the Metro Detroit Area in
southeast Michigan at:
Troy Community Center
3179 Livernois Troy, MI 48083 (248) 524-3484
Please join us on Thursday, June 8th at 7:00 pm for our Season Finale General LSA Meeting! As always, it will be filled with educational presentations, hands-on opportunities, networking, camaraderie, free items and food. To the right are your admission tickets— >
EDITOR’S NOTE: A kind quote on Clearstar from ClearStar member, former ALOA Board Member and good friend, Tom Gillingham, CML, CPS, CIL - Nashville, TN. On May
6th, Tom said: “I've always been of the opinion that LSA is what all regional associations
should strive to emulate.”
Thank you, Tom! LSA truly appreciates your encouraging words & support!
Can You Identify These V.I.P. LSA Members? (answers on last page of this issue)
#1 #2
Next LSA General Meeting....
2016-2017 LSA Season
June LSA General Meeting—Thursday, 06/08/17
August LSA 40th Anniversary—Sunday, 08/13/17 at Comerica Park; 1:00 p.m.
September LSA General Meeting—Thursday, 09/14/17
September 16th & 17th—Two “Safe Classes” (Sat. & Sun.)
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“Qwik-Qwiz”
Classic Schlage Primus &
Everest Primus are ___.
A) obsolete
B) .135” diameter
pin chambers
C) both mechanically
the same
D) 7-pin compatible
E) None of these
[Answer on Last Page ]
WEB LINKS
CALENDAR OF LSA EVENTS—SEE WEBSITE FOR COMPREHENSIVE LIST
ALOA
www.aloa.org
IDN-Hardware Sales, Inc.
www.IDNhardware.com
LynkWeb—Hosting & Domains
www.LynkWeb.com
LAB-Pins &Tools
www.labpins.com
LSA-Premiere Association
www.LSAmichigan.org
www.TheLockman.com
ICLS—Key Retainers & Tools
www.ICLSglobal.com
“Education, Knowledge & Cooperation—LSA”
Marcus & Tanner
LSA Mascots
The ”Claim to Fame” by Falcon Locks of South Gate, California back in the early 1960s was the first SFIC to use the slide cover instead of the individually capped chambers as Ar-row & BEST were using. They were also the first to use the C-clip to hold the plug in place as opposed to a bradded-on backplate. The core was not otherwise unusual, except for the fact that the keyway was often stamped onto the face of the plug...UGH!! The exploded view here shows the updated core of the early 1990s with no keyway stamp and a changeover to a bradded-on backplate.
-by William M. Lynk, CML, CPS, ICML, M.Ed. Interchangeable Core Specialist
Caesar Lynk Feb. 18, 2002—Feb. 1, 2016
IC Corner
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ROGUE’S ROW — MAY LSA MEETING PIX ROB ROVINSKY, CPL - OFFICIAL LSA PHOTOGRAPHER
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ROGUE’S ROW — MAY LSA MEETING PIX ROB ROVINSKY, CPL - OFFICIAL LSA PHOTOGRAPHER
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Are YOU a Member of LSA? You can download the form from: http://www.lsamichigan.org/Docs/Application%20Form%2012%
20022612.pdf
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Why not be a Corporate/Business Sponsor for LSA!?! You can download form from: http://www.lsamichigan.org/Docs/Application%20Assoc%20Mem%20Form%2012%20022612.pdf
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Ray’s Ways — “Let’s Talk Pricing”
-by Ray Sinai, CML
LSA Newsletter Editor; Past LSA President
It wasn’t until one of our members, Aron Boag, mentioned something at our Locksmith Security Asso-ciation (LSA) meeting that I really took notice. Aron mentioned the annual article in the Locksmith Ledger Magazine regarding the National Average Price Survey. He also mentioned raising some of his pricing imme-diately after reading the article. Shortly thereafter, I took a look at the National Average Price Survey that was printed in the Locksmith Ledger Magazine in January of 2017. You too, can go to www.locksmithledger.com Look up the national average price survey. The magazine polls their subscribers for answers to a number of pricing questions. The Locksmith Ledger makes a disclaimer statement that this survey "is only an indicator of pricing trends and is not a scientific poll.”
As you can imagine, some locksmiths in some areas didn’t respond and there could be some responses that were not quite truthful. In any event, the re-sponses obtained should assist you in an educated method of restructuring your prices. Perhaps you are completely satisfied with your current pricing and you have no plan to make any changes. I respond by saying that you should, at the very least, consider what average pricing is in our industry. Take five minutes to look over the price list. As stated in the article, pricing will vary by many factors. I remember at
one ALOA convention I attended, a locksmith from Manhattan mentioned that he spends hundreds of dollars per week on parking fines. Double parking and parking illegally is a must in a crowded city environment. The cost of living, the distance traveled to jobs, the local competition, your particular area of expertise, and other factors may determine pricing as well. In the days when we used Yellow Pages advertising as the standard, I remember mentioning to my Yel-
low Pages representative that the prices seemed to go up every year. His response at the time was “if you are
not raising your pricing every 12 to 18 months, you are behind the times.” With the exception of the price of gasoline (and possibly a few other commodities) what prices stay the same or go down? Another very recent change (for my company) in my pricing structure has been a flat fee versus the hourly rate. I will summarize by saying that if you are very proficient at a particular job and you can accom-plish it in a shorter amount of time, should you be held “captive” by an hourly rate. If I can install a piece of door hardware faster because I have installed it many times, it becomes more profitable to charge a flat fee rather than the hourly rate. It is a lot easier to invoice a customer for a flat fee than to present a customer an in-voice for 4 hours of labor when you finished the job in 3 ½ hours. Yes, they are paying attention. I personally want to thank Aron Boag for bringing up that article at our meeting. I have since raised some of my pricing and plan on more changes in the near future. Consider looking at your pricing, be more profitable. I don’t know anyone with too much money! Regards, Ray Sinai
ROGUE’S ROW — MAY LSA MEETING PIX
JOHN HUBEL, CML, ICML, M.ED.—GUEST PHOTOGRAPHER
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ALOA Rosemont/Chicago—2017 Classes
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ALOA Rosemont/Chicago—2017 Classes
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ALOA Rosemont/Chicago—2017 GENERAL
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A Laugh A Day.............. (Courtesy of Jesse Lopez, ClearStar)
The Locksmith Security Association of Michigan
BUSINESS LOCK TERMS -by William M. Lynk, CML, CPS, ICML, M.Ed.
Have fun!
[Solution next issue]
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To follow is another page from the now defunct Locksmithing Institute of New Jersey Home Study Lock-
smithing Course, started by the late Leonard Singer (Master Keying Expert). The program went out of busi-ness in the early 1980s. This lesson excerpt is circa 1973 . Some illustrious graduates who are LSA members
include: Ray Sinai, Theo Schultz, Dan Meggison, Nick Palise, Tom Lewis and William Lynk, as well as
the notable Billy B. Edwards, Casey Camper and inventor John Ulaszek.
LOOKING BACK INTO THE LOCKING PAST…RETRO #60
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Last Issue’s Puzzle SOLUTION: “Electronics”
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Safety Technology
International, Inc.
Tim Zale, Inside Sales
www.sti-usa.com
(248) 673-9898
Securitech Group 54-45 44th Street
Maspeth, NY 11378
(800) 622-5625
www.securitech.com
1100 Killian Road Akron, OH 44312
1-(800) 321-9602
Associate Members/Sponsors of LSA
Zipf Lock Company 830 Harmon Ave.
Columbus, Ohio 43223
Call: (800) 848-1577 Fax: (800) 228-6320
http://www.zipflockco.com
National Wholesale Distributor of
Commercial & Residential Door Hardware and
Locksmith Supplies since 1908.
♦John Hubel, CML
♦(586) 254-7233
P.O. Box 610 Mackinaw City, MI 49701
Kristy McFarland, Managing Director
The Locksmith Security Association of Michigan
S. J. Schilling
& Associates, Inc.
Representing:
American Lock, Cal Royal,
Emtek, Master Lock
Steve Schilling
Office: (740) 929-2933
Cell: (614) 496-4387
E-mail: [email protected]
77 Rodeo Drive
Brentwood, NY 11717
Marshall Brooks, Technical Support Specialist
(631) 492-1711 [email protected]
www.USLock.com
LSA Dinner Sponsors If you are interested in sponsoring Dinner for a future LSA meeting, contact President Jeremy Ameen, CML (810) 629-6883 or our Refreshment Chairperson, Aron Boag, CRL (586) 899-9586. All of our members are appreciative of your time, funds and effort. Thank you.
September—LSA of Michigan October—Golling Chrysler, Tim Hague & Rich Honoway November—Secure Marketing Solutions, Brian Fournier December—LSA of Michigan January— Bockert & Associates, Bryan Bittner February—Clark Security Products, Jenifer Truhn March—LSA of Michigan April—MPT Industries, Michael Truba May— LSA of Michigan June—LSA of Michigan
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(586) 254-7233
FOR MEMBERSHIP INFO. , CONTACT: AL MOEBUS, CPL—MEMBERSHIP CHAIR
533 FISHER ROAD, GROSSE POINTE, MI 48230
(313) 885-9365
Associate Members/Sponsors 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: ABH, ACSI, Cansec Systems, Detex, Don Jo, Mul-T-Lock Firelands Hardware, GMS,
Olympus, Raco; Trillium, Triplett
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
THE CHOICE OF
*Professional Locksmiths
*Finest Lock Companies
www.labpins.com
700 Emmett St.
Bristol, CT 06010
(800) 243-8242
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
LynkWeb.com -An Affordable Lynk to the World
———————————-
♦ Websites Under $12.00 ♦ Customer Support 24/7 ♦ 500 E-mail Accounts
♦ Free Software ♦ William Lynk, CML, CPS-Owner
www.LynkWeb.com
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Download Membership Application http://www.lsamichigan.org/LSA%20Membership%20Application.pdf
[ Click above or on our web site!]
William M. Lynk, CML, CPS
www.ICLSglobal.com [email protected]
(313) 884-9800
Framon Manufacturing Company., Inc.
909 Washington Ave Alpena, MI 49707
Phone: 989-354-5623 Fax: 989-354-4238
Web: www.framon.com
Publication Deadline: Submit items Two (2) Weeks (14 calen-
dar days) by 5:00 p.m. AFTER the last LSA meeting. TO: [email protected]
Qwik-Qwiz Answer:
Answer: C
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
#1 = Aron Boag, CRL; #2 = Mark Bickmann, CRL
WHO ARE THEY?
Credit Card Processing
(888) 228-1011, ext. 115
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