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Show wj V August 16, 2001 plays key role in Hill's building security The 75th Civil Engineering 1 Group's Lock Shop in Bldg. 20 is manned by three locksmiths who make duplicate keys and and Install repair, y locks. They also drill safes and vaults. Walk-i- n hours are 7 - 8:30 a.m. The shop weekdays. phone number is Ext Employees should contact their building with Job manager requests. Because the 5 work shop receives v.! re-ke- I J 10-1- requests orders takes about three-foweeks. Door keys, left, file keys, desk keys, key pads, card swipes -Lock Shop employees work on them all. oo J - 4 daily, filling Job ur fee A 'SI- - 0 M v. h ' - s. F"Si g Photos by Senior Airman Russ Martin Locksmiths Dwlght Stone, above left, and Kerry Johnson, prepare a metal lathe to receive bulk stock in order to fabricate lock parts. Milling machines, plasma cutters, grinder, eight key duplication machines and engravers are available to get the Job done. It may look like an ordinary lock and Assa System feakey, right, but the tures a double pin capability for better key control. The key is almost double the thickness of building keys used now. Johnson, above, uses one of several engraving machines at the Lock Shop. "Pretty much anything can be engraved on a key," Johnson said. - MTTv , f' S 'fit! ' high-securi- mmt V " 7 JA ' fWilil l '' W Uitf Ml MANItMJ fi MATltl ' , . VVO ftS?i4 L,s Mi.lilll MUM MWi feK- - Wf 'U. W.t'W--' '""K. (i Urn Ui '1(.vfcV 00 4 t.) When someone forgets a combination or a lock malfuntlons, Stone, Lukenblll and Johnson, left, use a magnetic drill to open safes. and repairing locks is the work most commonly seen at the shop. A multitude of parts, above, are needed to assemble Assa System A locks. o Locksmith Kirk Lukenblll places pins In a new lock. Lock Shop employIn the first phases of standardizing every lock on Hill AFB to the new Assa System. As part of the system, every key issued will be tracked and accounted for. In the future, employees may see turning In keys at the Lock Shop instead of individual organizations as part of the procedures. ees are high-securi- ty COPY |