The Locksmith Guide to Interchangeable Core Cylinder Service

This is a complete study guide to servicing I/C Cylinders. Text covers the Corbin Master-Ring and Hotel Master-Ring cylinders, Best® style I/C (SFIC) cylinders, Corbin Russwin® I/C (LFIC) cylinders, Sargent® I/C (LFIC) cylinders and Schlage® I/C (LFIC) cylinders. The book is a complete home study course in Cylinder Service, Master Keying Techniques and Master Key System Writing. The full color "Scan & Print" section of the book gives the reader a complete array of Specialty Keying Forms, Pinning Matrix, Un-combinating Sheets, Pinning-Kit Lid-Liners, Covers, and Pinning Cards. 

 

There are 241 professional Illustrations, clear Photos and descriptive Charts, which punctuate the 284 Pages of text. Learning Objectives at the beginning of each Chapter and Study Questions at the end of each Chapter, lead the reader on a "step-by-step" learning adventure. The youngest apprentice and the senior technician will find information here, found nowhere else. Insights, Hints, Tricks and Professional Short-cuts are found in every Chapter. Design Master Key systems that are "easy" to maintain. Use professional keying methods that are founded on years of experience. 

 

Written by a Locksmith of over 40 years, Instructor and International Speaker on Locks and Locksmith Techniques, this book is a "must have" text for anyone that writes Master Key Systems for interchangeable core systems or Services them. No other book covers the subject to this depth or with this level of understanding. 

 

5-1/2 x 8-1/2 Spiral Bound, 284 pages.