Hands-on lock and key workshops in Colorado Springs
Learn the same skills
a locksmith uses.
On your own home and car.
One-on-one, on real hardware, one workshop at a time.
Pick any workshop you like. There's no order, nothing to finish first, and no experience needed.
- One-on-one
- You'll be the only student
- At my shop
- In Colorado Springs
- 4.5 or 9 hours
- A half day or a full day
- Pick any workshop
- No order, nothing to finish first
- Tools provided
- Try the equipment before you buy any
- Taught by Nick
- A working locksmith, not a franchise
The workshops
Six groups of subjects. Take one workshop or come back for another.
Home locks and keys
The locks on your own house, and what to do when one stops working.
3 workshops, $315 to $325 each
COMMERCIALCommercial locks and hardware
The heavier hardware on business doors, and how master keying works.
3 workshops, $375 each
ACCESS CONTROLAccess control
Keypads, readers, strikes and mag locks, and what happens when the power drops.
2 workshops, $375 each
CAR KEYSCar keys: cutting, electronics and programming
How car keys work, how they're cut, and what happens between the key and the car.
6 workshops, $375 to $895 each
AUTO ELECTRONICSAuto electronics and module repair
Board level work: diagnostics, soldering, and reading and writing module memory.
3 workshops, $375 to $595 each
SAFESSafes
How safe locks work, changing a combination, and opening one by feel.
3 workshops, $375 to $795 each
TUNINGAutomotive performance tuning
HP Tuners, datalogging and calibration.
2 workshops
Not sure where to start? Here's the whole list
Guides
How it all works, in plain English.
How a pin tumbler lock works
How one key turns a lock and another doesn't, and why rekeying works.
CAR KEYSWhat a transponder key is
Why a key that's only been cut can turn in the ignition and still not start the car.
CAR KEYSCan you program your own car key?
Sometimes. What decides it, and what to check before you buy a key online.
Who's teaching
I'm a working locksmith in Colorado Springs, 15 years in the trade.
You learn the same way I did, with somebody watching your hands and telling you what you just did wrong.
Nick Brown, working locksmith in Colorado Springs
What a workshop costs
Half a day (4.5 hours) runs $315 to $375. A full day (9 hours) is $595. The European car key days and safe manipulation cost more because of the equipment.
You book them one at a time.
How it works
Tell me which workshop you want and what you already know. We pick a day, and you work one-on-one at my shop on real equipment.
Work in the trade?
Mechanics and working locksmiths have their own sessions, priced for shop work.
Not near Colorado Springs?
Fly in for a workshop, or book a remote hour, one-on-one by video call.
Tell me what you want to learn.
Message the Page, or call me. It's just me, and I'll answer whatever you want to ask first.