Residential Locksmith Starter 4 - Keys & Pin Kit Basics

In episode 4 of our Residential Locksmith Starter series we are going to take a look at the most common US residential keys, Kwikset Schlage Weiser. We will look at the slight differences in the keys and how they interact with their respective locks and the very basics of the pin kit and it’s charts that will help you learn how to match new pins from the kit to keys when you have to rekey the locks. As notated this is a very brief look at each one and later in the series when we start rekeying each brands locks we will delve off into the rekeying part further and expand on what some of the other numbers and sections of the charts information (like MACS and such) Complete Residential Locksmith Starter Series 1: Intro to New Series    • Residential Locksmith Starter 1 - Intro to...   2: The Legal    • Residential Locksmith Starter 2 - The Legal   3: The Tools    • Residential Locksmith Starter 3 - The Tools   4: Keys & Pin Kit Basics    • Residential Locksmith Starter 4 - Keys & P...   5: Kwikset Standard Rekey    • Residential Locksmith Starter 5 - Kwikset ...   6: Recovering from Exploded Cylinders    • Residential Locksmith Starter 6 - Top Pins...   7: Kwikset Titan    • RLS 7 - Kwikset Titan   8: Spinning Plugs    • Residential Locksmith Starter 8 - the plug...   9: Kwikset Smartkey    • RLS 9 - Kwikset Smartkey   10: The Oddball Kwiksets    • RLS 10 - Kwikset Keyway Locks   11: Kwikset Handlesets    • RLS 11 - Kwikset Handlesets   12: Schlage F Series Knobs    • RLS 12 - Schlage F Series   12.5 Schlage FC Series Passage & Privacy Custom    • RLS 12.5 “Schlage FC ~ The Custom F Series”   13: Schlage Deadbolt History and Screw Cap Removal    • RLS 13 - Schlage Deadbolts History & Screw...   14: Schlage Deadbolt Rekeying    • RLS 14 - Schlage Deadbolts Rekeying   15: Schlage F Series Compressible Cylinder    • RLS 15 - Schlage Compressible Cylinder F S...   16: Schlage SecureKey    • RLS 16 - Schlage SecureKey   17: Schlage A Series    • RLS 17 - Schlage A Series   18: Schlage D Series    • RLS 18 - Schlage D Series   19: Schlage EB Series Handleset    • RLS 19 - Schlage EB Handlesets   20: Schlage Electronic Locks    • RLS 20 - Schlage Electronic Deadbolts   21: Baldwin Tubular    • RLS 21 - Baldwin Tubular Locks   22: Baldwin Handleset Thumb Repair    • RLS 22 - Baldwin Handleset Thumb Thing Repair   23: All About Spindles    • RLS 23 - Spindles   24: Images & Estate Passage-Privacy Lock Repairs    • RLS 24 - Baldwin Images & Estate Tubular P...   25: Baldwin Mortise Lock    • RLS 25 “Baldwin Mortise Locks”   26: Weiser Old Old Old    • RLS 26 “Old Old Old Weiser”   27: Weiser Deadbolt Generations    • RLS 27 “Weiser Deadbolt Generations”   28: Weiser Knobs    • RLS 28 “Weiser Knobs”   29: WeiserBolt the Doorknob Deadbolt in One    • RLS 29 “WeiserBolt - the doorknob deadbolt!”   30: Weiser Fashion Keyed Handlesets    • RSL 30 “Weiser Keyed Handlesets”   31: Weiser Kwikset Design    • RLS 31 “the Weiser cloaked in Kwikset design”   32: Weslock ye Olden    • RLS 32 “ye olden Weslock”   33: National Lock    • RLS 33 “National Hardware”   34: Dexter Lock    • RLS 34 “Dexter Lock” (also Master Dexter, ...   35: Dexter Oval Close Space Pin    • RLS 35 “Dexter Close Pin, Oval Springlatch”   36: Yale Older Residential    • RLS 36 “Older Yale Residential”   37: Yale Rim and Jimmyproof    • RLS 37 “Yale Rim & JimmyProof Locks”