Locksmith Blueprint

Locksmith Blueprint · Video Library

Bill’s full-length locksmith videos

Every full job and how-to from the Locksmith Blueprint YouTube channel in one place, grouped by topic. These are the long versions, not the 30-second clips. Nothing plays until you tap it.

Filmed on real calls by Bill String, owner of Kwikpick Lock and Safe in Arizona’s West Valley.

Start with the full 10-minute deadbolt install, then the three videos people watch most. Watch them all the way through: the payoff is at the end. Then grab a coffee for the live jobs.

How to install a deadbolt on a door without one

Every step, start to finish · 10 min · 10 min · No deadbolt on that door? Here’s the full install, start to finish. Stay for the no-tape-measure trick at 2:03 and the chisel order at 6:33 that keeps the door from splitting.

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Antique door handle keeps locking itself? Here’s why

#1 most watched · 4 min · The door kept locking the customer out. I take the whole old handle apart on camera. Watch to the end for what was really wrong inside. It’s not what most people guess.

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French doors won’t lock? How to lock and unlock them properly

#2 most watched · 3 min · The customer had them tied shut with a bike cable and a rock and was about to replace the doors. Watch to the end: they didn’t need to.

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How to rekey a Defiant deadbolt, even with no working key

Step-by-step rekey · 3 min · No key for this lock, so I shim it open, read the new key and repin it pin by pin. Stay for the test at the end.

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Live jobs from the field

Full live replays: real customers, real locks, start to finish. Grab a coffee. Related: How to rekey a lock · Rekey to match an existing key

Rekeying and how locks work

Read the guide: How to rekey a lock · What is rekeying? · How locks work

Key problems

Read the guide: Why keys stop working · Key stuck in the lock · Common lock problems

Kwikset SmartKey

Read the guide: SmartKey reset without a key

Deadbolts, knobs and doors

Read the guide: How to install a deadbolt · Deadbolt hard to turn · French doors

Commercial locks and master keys

Read the guide: Remove and rekey a commercial lever

Car keys and fobs (pro jobs)

Read the guide: Car key programming by make · Ram / Dodge truck FOBIK programming · Key fob not working after a battery change · 2016 Ram key fob

The locksmith business and career

Read the guide: How to become a locksmith · How much locksmiths make · License rules by state

Got a lock problem right now? Start with Find my lock problem or the free lock-check checklist. In the West Valley? Call or text Bill’s team. Want to learn the trade? Start the locksmith path. New videos go up on the Locksmith Blueprint YouTube channel; subscribing is free.