Showing posts with label Locksmith. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Locksmith. Show all posts
February 16, 2026
September 29, 2020
Lock Head Design
Cool padlock!

I'm surprised they don't make more locks like this with interesting doodads for the base of the lock.
Aside from all sort of faces, you could have places and things.
A lock that looks like Groucho Marx, a Turtle, the Eiffel Tower, or a Heart.
Why not (as long as it keeps things safe)? ;-)
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Lock Head Design
August 17, 2019
Copy Any Key
Thought this was pretty cool in Safeway supermarket.
A automated key copy machine.
You insert your key.
And out pops a duplicate for you.
Home, car, business, whatever.
What is happening to that guy who used to work the key copy machine at the local locksmith?
Who says automation and robotics isn't taking and going to take away jobs.
I still remember that key machine--where the locksmith would put the key on one side and a blank on the other, and the machine would copy the surface grooves of one unto the other.
Now even that is gone.
I guess we're lucky still to have keys (for now). ;-)
(Credit Photo: Dannielle Blumenthal)

A automated key copy machine.
You insert your key.
And out pops a duplicate for you.
Home, car, business, whatever.
What is happening to that guy who used to work the key copy machine at the local locksmith?
Who says automation and robotics isn't taking and going to take away jobs.
I still remember that key machine--where the locksmith would put the key on one side and a blank on the other, and the machine would copy the surface grooves of one unto the other.
Now even that is gone.
I guess we're lucky still to have keys (for now). ;-)
(Credit Photo: Dannielle Blumenthal)
Copy Any Key
Labels:
Automation,
Change,
Copy,
Duplicate,
Economy,
Future,
Jobs,
Keys,
Locks,
Locksmith,
Photo,
Robotics,
Supermarket,
Technology,
Transformation
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