A day in the life of a locksmith: 🤦‍♂️

[@ActiveLockCentre]

I have had worse breathing problems since I had Covid, and I am asthmatic anyway. Darth Vader ain't got nothing on me 😂🤣

[@robertoduranos5196]

Same here, great video.

[@ActiveLockCentre]

@robertoduranos5196 Thank you 👍

[@Random_stuffs]

You say breathing problems it probably isnt as bad as your camera microphone is making it out, I think the technology today just captures everything and as you have no background noise it focuses on your breathing xD

[@tonylock1]

@@ActiveLockCentre I have fibromyalgia and COP,D I sound like wheeze from Toy Story 😂

[@ActiveLockCentre]

@@tonylock1 we should set up a club 😂

[@jackdaknife]

Really appreicate your full length videos. I work as a caretaker which involves fixing locks and doors that are jammed among other things. I find locksmithing really interesting and have learned a lot. Keep posting and I'll keep watching.

[@ActiveLockCentre]

@@jackdaknife thanks for the support it's very much appreciated 👍

[@2MSecurity]

you definitely did not mess up what you did was provide a 15 minute video which I thought was absolutely fascinating which I will save in my files along with screenshots because it's a brilliant learning tool and that was a really excellent constructive video which I would not have got if you figure out the problem in three seconds so thank you for the demo

[@ActiveLockCentre]

@2MSecurity Thank you, and you're welcome 👍

[@AG-um9xi]

I'm a lock smith in the USA and my favorite locks to work on is the one you just showed on this video I try to avoid them at all cost 😂 but I found your tool kit very interesting can you share the make and model of the tool kit you were using please 🙏

[@ActiveLockCentre]

@AG-um9xi it's from Souber tools, and it's called the 'Door spreader kit', 👍

[@janebottomley6852]

Excellent work glad you cleaned up after your self, NOW clean the INSIDE of your VAN lol.

[@ActiveLockCentre]

I'm doing that right now 😂 👍

[@jasonroberts6063]

I'm an electrician and whenever I get called out. Its allways the top floor!

[@ActiveLockCentre]

@@jasonroberts6063 lol I think that's Standard 😂

[@Thewittyabout]

Top man excellent work , greetings from Nottingham , keep up the good work 👍💪👌👊

[@ActiveLockCentre]

@@Thewittyabout I'm pleased you enjoyed it 👍

[@crumplezone1]

" Experience is slow learning at the cost of mistakes ", Batman circa 1966

[@ActiveLockCentre]

So true 👍

[@tonylock1]

Another great video, always learn something from your videos. 👍

[@ActiveLockCentre]

Glad to hear it! 👍

[@mickv7135]

Can someone please give this man some oxygen

[@ActiveLockCentre]

I have had worse breathing problems since I had Covid.

[@paulonutella]

Great video Jon an invaluable resource👍

[@ActiveLockCentre]

Glad you enjoyed it buddy 👍

[@paulonutella]

No worries Jon thanks

[@harold6863]

Fascinating thanks👍

[@ActiveLockCentre]

Glad you enjoyed it 👍

[@ladislavvolf9793]

I would check and remove hinges first - if possible. If there is an acces from inside of course... It makes it lot easier to manipulate with hooks .. could be done in one person.. But every locked door situation is different..

[@ActiveLockCentre]

I had access to both sides, but I should have removed the handles first, then I would have opened it up in less than half the time. 🤦‍♂️

[@blackdotkiller1]

Every day is learning day 😂 it happens to us all, mate 👍

[@ActiveLockCentre]

But you know I'll still do it again 🤣

[@Paul_Holmes]

You did not drink your tea! 😁

[@ActiveLockCentre]

I always drink my tea 😂

[@AndyMcGeever]

Not a schoolboy error pal, just a normal day. We all make mistakes and we are never done learning. We learn just as much from getting something wrong as we do from getting it right and it's a normal part of any job that is dynamic and challenging. Most people will never post videos of their mistakes and create an image of being brilliant at everything they do. To be an effective teacher you have to show people what does and doesn't work, what can go wrong and how to prevent it happening. Nobody knows everything and nobody gets everything right.

[@ActiveLockCentre]

Thank you. This is what I'm trying to show reallife challenges on real jobs, and I agreee, I think we learn more from our mistakes than success as we have to work harder and nobody wants to work harder so we learn. Thank you again for your support 🙏

[@AndyMcGeever]

@@ActiveLockCentre You're welcome buddy. I'm a sparky and general builder although i've spent most of the last 10 years in senior management. I still muck in on site and teach when required though. Trained a few apprentices in the last 30 years too. One thing i have certainly learned, especially running contracts the run into the millions is that having an atmosphere of openness with the lads in terms of mistakes where they aren't worried they are gonna sacked or screwed over if they mess up means they don't try to hide fuck ups that are gonna come back and bite us later on. We are all human and need to recognise that. Same goes with not knowing how to do something, i'd rather people do the intelligent thing and ask than attempt to wing it. There was a time when none of us knew how to do it.

[@ActiveLockCentre]

So true 👍

[@ambydaly5713]

No point messing with gearbox. Easier to replace amen

[@ActiveLockCentre]

@@ambydaly5713 it was just the cam easy job 👍

[@cyanidesteve]

How much did that cost ?

[@ActiveLockCentre]

Just the labour

[@p1-dux]

Not many people take the centre cases apart, nice work. Noticed you forget the springs in the handles, wouldn't like you to get floppy handles 😂😂😂

[@ActiveLockCentre]

@p1-dux you just made me look back, and I didn't forget the handle springs. I fitted new ones. 👍

[@anrisol4847]

Where did you buy that? tools

[@ActiveLockCentre]

@@anrisol4847 from a locksmith supplier or just Google Souber Tools Door Spreader Kit 👍

[@benking9503]

Properly locksmith! I dont bother taking gearboxes appart i just replace them with new... i had one last week that was so nackered i had to pull the hindge pins and release the door from the hindge side... i then removed the door from the frame and replaced the entire gearbox and lock strip and when i went to the supllier i picked up a new handle set of the customer's colour choice ... job was a gooden

[@ActiveLockCentre]

Nice work 👍

[@chrispink72]

So did you charge for the time it took you to do the job as you didnt need to take the mechanism apart.

[@ActiveLockCentre]

The mechanism did need to come apart to fix it, plus a quote for jobs I don't charge by the hour. 👍

[@peterstevens7061]

@@ActiveLockCentre do macanics charge for investigating what problem might be, and quote per job if it took twice as long would the customer pay more no in most cases

[@ActiveLockCentre]

@peterstevens7061 I have a set price, so it's swings and roundabouts.

[@MyMovieAccount]

Are the tools you are using common with locksmiths?? I only ask as the lock in my UPVC window has snapped and no longer turns with the handle. Your tools would enable the sliding bolts to be pulled back. Only wondering if it would be worth booking a locksmith near to me. I have had a window fitter have a look and his only solution was to smash the frame and remove the lot!?

[@ActiveLockCentre]

@MyMovieAccount a good locksmith, should be able to help you, get them to do a free survey, and quote you for the job. 👍

[@rosskennedy1960]

Lol at 9:17 he is suddenly inside the building and taking handle apart. How did he get in? If he already had entry, doing from inside first would make more sense

[@ActiveLockCentre]

@rosskennedy1960 I had access from both sides of the door, the lock was faulty, and the spreader kit works better from the outside, but as you see, it turned out to be just the cam on the spindle.

[@tonywindle9929]

Great work pal 👍 Which Milwaukee tote bag do you have, and how much did you pay for it. Thanks

[@ActiveLockCentre]

@tonywindle9929 it is the 40cm bag, I think it was about £120, with black Friday coming up. I'm sure you can get a good deal

[@martinscopes3914]

Stop picking on this man his health ant are business the audio could of been better but with no audio I can see what he was doing and he cleaned up nice when finished nice job

[@ActiveLockCentre]

Thank you 👍

[@bloggs692413]

Good job as usual

[@ActiveLockCentre]

Thank you 👍

[@paulgreen9265]

What was the problem?

[@ActiveLockCentre]

One of the cams broken on the mechanism, so I swapped them over.

[@RAT.MAN.]

Nice old school Proper job

[@ActiveLockCentre]

Thank you 👍

[@LinoLaddr]

Mate usually if there are long handles, just take the habdle off and use the good spindle and door opens, handles are cheap, good luck.

[@ActiveLockCentre]

@LinoLaddr yes I know, I had access to both sides of the door, and that's why it's a school boy error 👍

[@mcdpoor]

Interesting

[@ActiveLockCentre]

Thank you

[@lisab3396]

It's the last time we make U a cup of tea. U left it to get cold 😖😖

[@ActiveLockCentre]

It's like ice tea 😂

[@Robinmuk]

Gold Rover SD1 ! Wow.

[@ActiveLockCentre]

Sure is!

[@LinoLaddr]

Top hook was stuck in locked position, bottom hook was inside.

[@ActiveLockCentre]

It was the cam that had broken it didn't have the twist that I think you're talking about

[@curranhouse]

nice old rover on the drive :)

[@ActiveLockCentre]

Sure is!

[@chrism3329]

Nice to see skills in action, unlike some of the comments...from the "special" branch

[@ActiveLockCentre]

I appreciate that! 👍

[@theessexhunter1305]

very good like your drill

[@ActiveLockCentre]

Thanks 👍

[@petehayward7478]

Haha…remove that handle !. You’ll still forget sometime but as long as you got there in the end. Good result everyone’s happy.

[@ActiveLockCentre]

Oh yes, we do try to learn from our mistakes, but sometimes we forget 🤪

[@craigdempsey2230]

Brother your breathing .... im scared for you!

[@ActiveLockCentre]

I'm fine 👍

[@dianahh00tumasevica16]

Bet you charge 200£ 300£ and even no change the center 😂

[@ActiveLockCentre]

@dianahh00tumasevica16 definitely not. It was just a labour charge 👍

[@SRH269]

Good video Best thing is customer wasn't watching you 👍

[@ActiveLockCentre]

Very true 👍

[@mickv7135]

What the hell is he saying 😂

[@ActiveLockCentre]

Thanks for your feedback

[@darren7896]

Very poor audio. Your mic sounds like it’s underwater. Can’t understand half of what you’re saying

[@ActiveLockCentre]

Sorry about that 😕

[@2pdixon]

Not a bad video would have been better if you explain what you are doing and what the problem was. You hardly spoke after first couple of minutes.

[@ActiveLockCentre]

I try my best 👍

[@MrSongwriter2]

It's really hard with chronic lung disease to talk and do something especially if it involves bending kneeling getting up and down. You have to think you are out of breath with just mild extertion. Next time you walk up the stairs grab a straw, pinch your nose and only breathe through the straw whilst climbing one flight of stairs, then you'll have a concept of just how incredibly hard it is to breathe with severe chronic lung disease. Full credit to the locksmith for still being able to do a manual labour job.

[@freddycogley3618]

You need to speak more mate as your doing the job I think it would help the channel

[@ActiveLockCentre]

@freddycogley3618 ya, it's sometimes hard because I'm at the customers house, and I don't want to impose on them.

[@Mike_5]

Have you ever locked your own keys in the van? 😀

[@ActiveLockCentre]

Oh, I most certainly have, and I had to get a locksmith friend out to the rescue 😂

[@Mike_5]

@ActiveLockCentre nice one 🙃

[@Popeyes66]

You sounded like you were dying doing that job. Are you ok mate ?

[@ActiveLockCentre]

@Popeyes66 since I got Covid, my breathing has been bad, I have 2 different pumps to take, one I have to take every day, and the other only I'd it gets worse. 👍

[@Popeyes66]

Kin Chinese !!!

[@AmandaBell-lc7uk]

lol. He sounds exhausted without doing anything. Impressive.

[@Mick_T63]

That car was a rover SDI Had one years ago

[@ActiveLockCentre]

Was it a good car?

[@костикмостик-д8т]

Чувак, ну ты и медлительный

[@ActiveLockCentre]

And your point is ????? Or was it a race 😆

[@davidhayes5156]

After having weighed up that the door was jammed and unable to be opened, i would have used the old method of sorting this problem and taped a hand grenade to the door handle, pulled the pin, and run like bloody crazy. I find this little trick always sorts the problem and gives the customer access to their home in just a few short minutes. Uncle Bob the old Forces Locksmith.

[@ActiveLockCentre]

@davidhayes5156 I love it. Where can I get the grenade from. It would have been quicker 😂

[@t5jerry]

like it 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ActiveLockCentre]

@t5jerry great idea 😂

[@MrSongwriter2]

Kick that bottom panel through and give them a human sized cat flap lol😂

[@ActiveLockCentre]

@MrSongwriter2 Good idea 😂🤣😂

[@rosskennedy1960]

WOW! Demonstrated the "definition of insanity" during the first 6 minutes. (Used the same tools to slide up and down door jamb 3 times, but expected a different result each time he did this)

[@ActiveLockCentre]

Glad you liked it!

[@James-id3yw]

I would sack one of my guys doing up cylinder or handle screws with a impact driver

[@ActiveLockCentre]

Well, it's a good thing I don't work for you 😂

[@danielwilson1989]

Great video thank you but please do get your chest looked at.🙏

[@ActiveLockCentre]

@danielwilson1989 it's a fitness thing to I had a mountain bike accident in 2020 and was off work for 6 months, and have never really got back on the bike, so I need to do some fitness stuff to get back in shape, thank you for your concern 👍

[@colinblythe3710]

Sound quality terrible - your muffled OR heavy breathing and mumbling - otherwise good video

[@ActiveLockCentre]

Unfortunately, I don't have the hardware or software to make good audio 😕

[@peteb6223]

Can’t understand what your saying sadly

[@ActiveLockCentre]

Maybe next time

[@werhold]

anyone else notice he cracked the plastic of the door at 1:55 just below where he put the spade thing

[@ActiveLockCentre]

You must need glasses as there was no crack I made in the plastic 🧐

[@werhold]

@@ActiveLockCentre no - seriously its on the plastic of the door about an inch under the grey spade thing, it appears when you push with the spade, in HD you can even see it form as you push, its clear in the video, I am not having a go at you but you did damage their door

[@HappyFlyer]

If they had fitted the door properly you shouldn't be able to bow it like that, especially if its been properly reinforced

[@ActiveLockCentre]

With the souber spreader kit, you can get a relay good spread most of the time.

[@themistalista]

I think you need some cardio in your life.... I'm not fit, by a long shot, but I don't sound as bad as that.... Amateur locksmith, at best, here....

[@ActiveLockCentre]

🤣😂🤣 So judgmental with no facts goog luck in life.

[@carolemccartney566]

Bad presentation, bad filming, bad sound. Please get your act together because your content could be interesting.

[@ActiveLockCentre]

@carolemccartney566 Well, you don't have to watch so bad comment 😂

[@carolemccartney566]

@@ActiveLockCentre sorry if my comment offended you, I didn’t realize you could read.

[@ActiveLockCentre]

​@carolemccartney566 Well, now you know 😂

[@truthseeker7794]

Abandoned this video after 3 minutes because I couldn't tell a word you were saying. You were not speaking clearly at all.

[@ActiveLockCentre]

@truthseeker7794 Sorry about that. I will see what I can do.

[@AmandaBell-lc7uk]

All I can hear is his breathing. Out of breath from doing nothing. Poor England. Fought for to be lost.

[@barryabell5410]

​@@AmandaBell-lc7ukMaybe just aye he's asthmatic 🙄🙄

[@chris-mm6oh]

I stopped reading your comment as I couldn’t understand you 😂

[@ActiveLockCentre]

Good for you ​@@chris-mm6oh

[@pinguinoenanopicahu]

This video is very boring and very dark, I don't recommend it.

[@ActiveLockCentre]

Good for you, then why did you watch it 😆

[@aliyusanusi3942]

Pls Sir hire me it's my job for more than 5 years experience, I can pay for my ticket and everything, just consider hiring me pls, this is my passion

[@ActiveLockCentre]

Sorry, I'm a 1 man, Bussiness.I don't have enough work for 2 men.

[@SHADOW.GGG-]

get a lock pick, lock picking lawyer would have been in there in ten seconds

[@ActiveLockCentre]

😂🤣😂

[@peteb3365]

are you serious, doing it like this when you gotacces to indoors? 😳 man go back to lock school and ditch the impact driver.... sorry mate but this is school boy stuff

[@ActiveLockCentre]

@peteb3365 I thought the mechanism had failed so doing it from the outside, with the souber spreader kit is the best option as trying to open a door inwards that had failed would be harder, and there is nothing wrong with using a impact driver if you know how to use it, we all have different ways of doing jobs and as long as you get a good result that doesn't impact on the customers pocket, it's a result in my eyes.

[@PMJ4]

Seriously you don't earn a lot of money in your job, that's a pathetic amount of time to get into a pvc door, ever heard of a snapper bar.

[@ActiveLockCentre]

@PMJ4 just goes to show your knowledge isn't quite there yet

[@frankhornby6873]

......you’re wrong mate...locksmiths earn a fortune from desperate house owners....they charge an extortionate fee for just being called out...and nine times out of ten the job is done in minutes.....I know because as a house maintenance worker ...gaining access to property and fitting new locks was part of my job....it’s easy when you know how...

[@pauldesmond3269]

door fixed ....but now the whole familys got covid 🤣

[@ActiveLockCentre]

@@pauldesmond3269 😂 I didn't have Covid when I did the job

[@Irilia_neko]

These doors are scarry flimsy 👀

[@ActiveLockCentre]

Yes, they are 😬