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    Default The most comprehensive book you'll ever find on making your own keys.

    I finished my 3rd edition:http://www.blurb.com/b/6377556-the-e...lock-collector

    There's more to just collecting old padlocks. Try making your own keys.

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    Can you please give the full name and full author name. The link is broken and can break even if it did work. Easy to do a search.

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    That is cool Lauren,
    I haven't seen you on the forum lately, did you get mad at them?

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    No Bill, not yet.

    Here's the newest link to the book by Lauren Arndt: http://www.blurb.com/b/6391209-the-e...lock-collector

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    Looks beautiful, did you tell Robert Dix yet?

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    Quote Originally Posted by billdeserthills View Post
    Looks beautiful, did you tell Robert Dix yet?
    Ha ha. Very funny Bill. You come out with the best one-liners. I don't make my tools out of brass and nails. So, there's nothing to tell.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lauren View Post
    Ha ha. Very funny Bill. You come out with the best one-liners. I don't make my tools out of brass and nails. So, there's nothing to tell.


    Make him eat his heart out!

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    I doubt Bob Dix could care less, he's a master craftsman when it comes to rebuilding antique and one of a kind rare padlocks. When Bob is done, you would be hard pressed to tell it had ever been tampered with. The keys he makes for the locks are period correct as well, not some new looking shinny piece of brass. Bob's wealth of knowledge on antique padlocks is something that will be surely missed in the future, hopefully he can pass it all on along.
    Mark A. Billesbach

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    I'm sure that most everyone knows that any shiny brass key can quickly and easily be 'aged' so it won't be so shiny looking.
    The fact is many folks like the look of an old time lock that has had it's patina buffed off (made shiny)
    I have made keys to old, obsolete padlocks for many years, and I have many of them hanging from the ceiling in my shop


    I was just joking about Bob Dix, and I meant no disrespect. I subscribed to his lock collector mag for many years

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