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Start here if you want to handle the locks on your own place. You work on real hardware, on the bench and on doors, and you do every step yourself.
- Workshops
- 3 in this group, booked one at a time
- How long
- 4.5 hours
- Price
- $315 to $325 each
- Format
- One-on-one. You're the only student.
- Where
- My shop in Colorado Springs
- Experience
- None needed
- Included
- Tools and materials while you train
Taught by me, Nick Brown, a working locksmith in Colorado Springs. About me
Coming from out of state? Travel and lodging.
The workshops in this group
Locks and keys
4.5 hours · $325
How a pin tumbler lock is built and why one key turns it and another doesn't. The tools, the common knobs, levers and deadbolts, and hands-on rekeying so an old key stops working.
Install and fix
4.5 hours · $325
Replacing a lock, installing on a new door, and the door, strike and alignment problems that get blamed on the lock. Getting back into your own place when you're locked out.
Smart and specialty locks
4.5 hours · $315
Smart and electronic locks, and specialty hardware for the home.
You'll leave able to
- Rekey a lock so the old key stops working
- Replace and install common home hardware
- Tell whether a "broken lock" is the lock, the door or the strike
Good fit for
- People who want to take care of the locks on their own home
- People who like fixing things themselves and want to understand how a lock works
- Anyone who wants to be the one friends and family call
Each of these is booked on its own. No order, no prerequisite, nothing to finish first.
Want to book one of these?
Message the Page or call me. Tell me what you already know and what days work for you.