Noel Jones has been an LSA member for only a year, but…..he has an interesting non-locksmith background. Here are a few questions with his responses: Q: Are you a native of the Detroit area? A: Yes. I grew up in Belleville where I still reside with my wife and two children. Q: What jumpstarted your interest in becoming a locksmith? A: I worked several jobs in the Auto Industry, and being put on the non-payroll time after time was a drag. The uncertainty of the economy these past several years drove me to seek another career. Q: Have you had any locksmith classes? A: I took a Foley-Belsaw correspondence course and some LSA

sponsored classes. I am presently registered for L.S.I. for July, 2013. Also I attended Henry Ford and Schoolcraft Colleges. I took several classes in auto machinists and electrical engineering. I also had other classes in other skilled trades. I feel like a “redshirted” Locksmith! Q: What interested you about locksmithing? A: My interest came by way of the many courses I took. Now, I really want to know the way the locks are manufactured, how they work and what does it take to keep them in good work-ing order! Q: Are you presently working other than locksmithing? A: Yes, I am a full time employee for the C. V. Richard-Ellis Co. I work in the shipping/receiving department. I would like to be there long enough to get my locksmith business up and running to a point where I can sup-port my family. Now, fellow L.S.A .friends, I urge us all to help Noel when and where we can!

LSA REPORTER VOLUME 26, NO. 5

EDITORS: William M. Lynk, CML, CPS * Alvin Moebus, CPL

JANUARY, 2013

LSA Website: http://www.LSAmichigan.org

Publication Deadline: Submit items Two (2) Weeks (14 calendar days) by 5:00 p.m. AFTER the last LSA meeting.

President—Ray Sinai, CML (248) 543-5397 Education Chairman—Aron Boag, CRL (248) 321-2244 Vice President—Kevin Smith (734) 560-5576 Membership Secretary—Alvin Moebus, CPL (313) 885-9365 Secretary—Randy Montpas, CRL (810) 694-4469 Public Relations—John Hubel, CML (586) 254-7233 Treasurer—Curtis Parks (248) 594-1552 Librarian—Larry Williams, RL, CPP (248) 917-2323 Sargent-At-Arms—Alvin Moebus, CPL (313) 885-9365 Program Director—Ray Sinai, CML (248) 543-5397 Newsletter—William M. Lynk, CML, CPS (313) 884-9800 Technical Operations Director—William Trout (248) 350-0027 Newsletter—Alvin Moebus, CPL (313) 885-9365 Board of Directors: John Hubel, CML, Rob Rovinsky, CPL; Webmaster—William M. Lynk, CML, CPS (313) 884-9800 Maurice Horne, CML; Larry Walker, CRL; Photographer —Rob Rovinsky, CPL (248) 644-7939 Robert Noble, CML, CPS; Larry Williams, RL, CPP Refreshments—Aron Boag, CRL (248) 321-2244 →Please Volunteer and be part of our Group!

LSA MEMBER OF THE MONTH — NOEL JONES

LSA Officers

— by Al Moebus, CPL

The Locksmith Security Association of Michigan

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PRP GLOSSARY—LIST COUNCIL TERMINOLOGY

ball check—n. a spring loaded ball bearing in a door closer arm assem-bly that acts to limit arm travel C label—n. a classification by Underwriters Laboratories for doors with 3/4 hour rated fire protection degree of rotation—n. a specification for the angle at which a cut is made into a key blade as referenced from the perpendicular; e.g., right (R or 2), left (L or 1) or center (= perpendicular) (C). This specification is typically used for some high security keys. ejector hole—n. a hole found on the bottom of certain interchangeable cores under each pin chamber. It provides a path for the ejector pin.

NEXT MONTH’S

LSA MEETING THURSDAY,

FEB. 14TH, 2013

7:00 P.M.

Locksmith Security Association meets at 7:00 p.m., the second

Thursday of the month (Sept. to June) in the Metro Detroit Area in southeast Michigan:

1640 Stephenson Hwy., just north of Maple (15 Mile Rd.), on the east

side of street.

♦ LSA of Michigan supports all educational initiatives regardless of a specific supplier, brand or manufacturer.♦

We Remember...

It is always sad to report this type of information, but our friend and associate John Kress from IDN-Hardware Sales has passed away December 26th. The details follow. John Albert Kress, 50 * Hazel Park, Michigan December 28, 1961 – December 26, 2012 John Albert Kress, age 50, of Hazel Park, Michigan passed away December 26, 2012. He was born December 28, 1961 in Highland Park, Michigan. Beloved brother of Joseph, Stephen, Carol Janis and Janice Ebersole. He is predeceased by his parents Arthur and Anna Kress and sister Marie Ann Kress. Also survived by 6 nieces and nephews. John was employed by IDN Hardware Sales, Inc of Livonia, Michigan for 23 years as an IT Computer Technician. The funeral was held on December 30th in Madison Heights, Michigan.

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2012-2013—Dinner at 7:00 pm January LSA Meeting: 7:00 p.m., Thursday, 01/10/13 January 12—Wafer Reading Class; Saturday, 01/12/13 February LSA Meeting: 7:00 p.m., Thursday, 02/14/13

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“Qwik-Qwiz”

On a Corbin Russwin Brinks Function cylinder, a small pocket is typically milled into one side of the ___ chamber.

A) first B) second C) third D) fourth E) fifth F) sixth G) None of these

[answer on bottom of Last Page of this Newsletter]

WEB LINKS

CALENDAR OF LSA EVENTS—SEE WEBSITE FOR COMPREHENSIVE LIST

ALOA www.aloa.org IDN-Hardware Sales, Inc. www.IDNhardware.com LynkWeb www.LynkWeb.com LAB www.labpins.com LSA www.LsaMichigan.org Marx Locksmith www.MarxLocksmith.com JLM Wholesale www.JLMwholesahe.com

“Education, Knowledge & Cooperation—LSA”

Caesar (& Marcus) LSA Mascots

Can You Identify These V.I.P. LSA Members?

(answers on last page of this issue)

#1 #2

PUBLIC RELATIONS—JOHN HUBEL, CML

Thank you to the many companies and individuals who had items placed on the Santa Table for the December LSA Christmas dinner party. Phil Sutherland from Howard Safe donated hundreds of dollars in safe locks which made quite of few LSA members pretty happy. IDN-Hardware Sales made sure someone received the product of their choice by using their gift card. Our own members donated products for locksmith resale. MPT submit-ted a few cleaning and polishing products. Penetrating lubricants were popular. ClearStar members also got involved and supplied product. A few items slipped onto the table without notice and still some gave anonymously. Everyone received an LED flashlight and many

received a first aid kit, compliments of ADI. A rumor was floating around that a few members still got coal in their stocking. I guess ya gotta be good!

Howard Sales: http://www.howardsales.com/specials.php?catid=1&prodid=1 MTP Industries: http://www.mptindustries.com/mpt_products/automotive.htm IDN-Hardware Sales: http://www.idnhardware.com/ ClearStar: http://www.clearstar.com/locked/forumalt.shtml ADI: http://adiglobal.us/Pages/default.aspx

Those taking on some of the financial responsibility of the LSA Holiday party included Gene Simon, Hard-ware Specialist and John & Paul Bockert, Bockert & Associates. The LSA appreciates their generous con-tribution to underwrite part of the costs of the party.

Bockert & Associates: http://www.bockert-inc.com/ Gene Simon, Hardware Specialist, representing: LAB: http://www.labpins.com/ Major Mfg: http://www.majormfg.com/default.aspx Jet Keys: http://www.jetkeys.com/

-John Hubel, CML -Immediate Past President, LSA

The Locksmith Security Association of Michigan

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ROGUE’S ROW — DECEMBER 2012 LSA MEETING PIX ROB ROVINSKY, CPL - LSA PHOTOGRAPHER

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“Education, Knowledge & Cooperation—LSA”

PRESIDENTIAL PENNINGS—RAY SINAI, CML

As President of LSA, I hope that you all had a safe and happy holiday sea-son. We had such a mild winter last year that I think many of us doubted that we would experience the cold again. Those of us in the Metro Detroit area had a re-minder of what cold weather and snow feels like. At the upcoming January meeting, we will be visited by Paul Bockert of Bockert & Associates. Paul will be presenting Marks USA, one of the many hard-ware lines that he represents. We will also have some members presenting vari-ous topics of interest. Also, we will be hosting a Wafer Reading class with Robert Sieveking on January 12th. Hope you have signed up (visit our website for details). If you missed our December meeting/dinner, you really missed out. The door prizes were in abundance and every person in attendance received a flashlight and a first aid kit. I must mention the wonderful catered holiday dinner that was facili-tated by our own Aaron Rogers. Thank you so much Aaron. The food was deli-cious and no one went away hungry. If you have listened to the national news at all, the big story is the United States economy and the upcoming “Fiscal Cliff”. We are being told that the stock market will tumble, our taxes will rise, and even the price of milk will go up dramati-cally. They say if you are a small business owner, hold on to your hats. Frankly, I have been hearing this kind of “bad news” since the day I began my business. The naysayers will always be thrilled to tell you that horrible times are in our future. The Mayan disaster now has a new storyline. Y2K was now thir-teen years ago and we all seemed to come through that just fine. I remember starting my business and people telling me that it couldn’t be done or I couldn’t make a living “picking locks and opening cars”. Sorry naysayers, I plan on having a fantastic year in 2013. On a sad note, one of our local associates at IDN –Hardware Sales, Livonia has passed away. John Kress was just short of his 51st birthday when he left us. Although I had known John for a number of years, I hadn’t realized that he was with IDN for a total of 23 years. John was a member of the IT team at IDN and a real team player. John will be missed by many. Happy New Year to all and I hope to see many of you at our next meeting on January 10th.

Ray Sinai, CML - LSA President

The Locksmith Security Association of Michigan

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Many years ago on a Farmer’s land there was an old dried up well. With many other chores to tend to the farmer simply laid some wooden planks across the top of the well and forgot about it. Years went by and grass and other foliage covered the wood. One day as the Farmer’s mule was grazing, he re-discovered the well. The wood had rotted over time and the mule fell down the well. Finding the missing mule down the abandoned well, the Farmer was

perplexed. How was he to save the mule and bring it up from the deep well? He couldn’t climb down the well himself and retrieve the mule. He had no equipment to strap to the mule to pull the mule up. Asking the townspeo-ple their opinions, no one had a solution to save the mule. The best idea was an unfortu-nate one; put the mule out of its misery and fill the well with dirt. At least this would be the last poor creature to lose its life.

With many of the townspeople supporting his efforts, they threw shovelful by shovelful of dirt down the well. As the dirt landed on the mule’s back, the mule shook it off and took a step up. This process continued, the dirt came down, the mule shook it off and took another step up. The townspeople were amazed to see the mule’s reaction to this. At the end of the day, the mule had stepped up to ground level and was rescued! What a miracle! The moral of the story…. “We all have downfalls and we all have dirt thrown upon us, but just remember to “shake it off and step up to the challenge”. You, too, will get to the TOP! It just takes a lot of work!

-Ray Sinai, CML - LSA President

RAY’S WAYS— “THE FARMER’S WELL” BY RAY SINAI, CML

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Safety Technology International, Inc.

Tim Zale, Inside Sales tzale@sti-usa.com www.sti-usa.com (248) 673-9898

Securitech Group 54-45 44th Street

Maspeth, NY 11378

(800) 622-5625

www.securitech.com

1100 Killian Road Akron, OH 44312

1-(800) 321-9602

Associate Members/Sponsors of LSA

♦John Hubel, CML

♦(586) 254-7233

BREAK- IN BLOCKER By Sovilok

Toll free: 888-SOVILOK www.breakinblocker.com Jon Hohauser-Mfg. Rep

(248) 650-7824

P.O. Box 610 Mackinaw City, MI 49701 Kristy McFarland, Managing Director

The Locksmith Security Association of Michigan

An LSA—FYI:

Factory Standard Length Changed for Yale SFIC Housings Effective immediately, Yale is changing the standard provided length for all mor-tise and rim small format interchangeable core (SFIC) housings from 1-1/4" to 1-3/8". This change applies to cylinders/housings ordered separately as well as with locksets. Unless 1-1/4" or 1-3/4" is specifically stated, all items will be provided as 1-3/8".

For more information click here.

LSA Dinner Sponsors If you are interested in sponsoring Dinner for a future LSA meeting, contact President Ray Sinai, CML (248) 543-5397 or Refreshment Chairperson Aron Boag, CRL (248) 321-2244. All of our members are appreciative for your time, funds and effort. Thank you. October—Bob Simpson KWIKSET-WEISER-BALDWIN November—Shawna Carlisi GRAPHITE PAYMENTS December—Gene Simon & John & Paul Bockert for our Annual Catered Holiday Dinner January— February— March— April— May— June-

FOR MEMBERSHIP INFO., CONTACT: AL MOEBUS, CPL—MEMBERSHIP CHAIR 533 FISHER ROAD, GROSSE POINTE, MI 48230

(313) 885-9365

Associate Members/Sponsors of LSA

JLM Wholesale, Inc. 3095 Mullins Ct.

Oxford, MI 48371 www.jlmwholesale.com

(800) 522-2940 FAX: (800) 782-1160 Wholesale Hardware

Bockert & Associates 18 Fort Monroe Industrial Parkway

Monroeville, OH 44847

(800) 321-7550 FAX: (419) 465-4216

Manufacturer Reps for: ABUS, SSA, DON JO, DETEX,

ACSI, MARKS USA, RCI, CANSEC, ABH, ADA-EZ

MERIT, TAKEX

Gene Simon Hardware Specialist

Phone: (708) 799-8783 FAX: (708) 799-4322

P.O. Box 51 Flossmoor, IL 60422

Representing: Jet Hardware Mfg. Corp. LAB Security Products

Major Manufacturing, Inc.

RITTNER/FRENCH ASSOCIATES 150 S. Elizabeth

Rochester, MI 48307 (800) 732-4773 1-800-RFA-4-SPEC

FAX: (248) 651-2650

IDN-Hardware Sales, Inc. 35950 Industrial Road

P.O. Box 510624 Livonia, MI 48150

Livonia: (800) 521-0955 FAX: (800) 272-4409

http://www.idnhardware.com

Warren: (800) 468-7490 FAX: (586) 755-5145

Your Key to Security Hardware

LAB THE CHOICE OF

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www.labpins.com

700 Emmett St. Bristol, CT 06010

(800) 243-8242 FAX: (860) 583-7838

Local Distributor: IDN Hardware

1010 Aviation Drive Lake Havasu, AZ 86404

800-537-5397

9950 Freeland Avenue

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FAX: (313) 931-7758 Michael Wiener

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Framon Manufacturing Company., Inc.

909 Washington Ave Alpena, MI 49707

Phone: 989-354-5623 Fax: 989-354-4238

Web: www.framon.com

Publication Deadline: Submit items Two (2) Weeks (14 calen-dar days) by 5:00 p.m. AFTER the last LSA meeting.

TO: icls@ICLSglobal.com

Qwik-Qwiz Answer: Answer: F

MPT Twelve Lock Lubricant is the longest lasting lubricant and penetrant available.

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