A customer in Ruislip rang because he wanted the lock changed on a garden gate. Simple enough on paper. In reality, not quite 😆.
He had lost the last key and the existing lock was fairly worn, so the plan was to remove the old unit and fit a new one.
The top fixing eventually came free after some persuasion, lubricant and a bit of hammering. The bottom one had other ideas. I managed to snap one of the flimsy aluminium keys trying to shift it. The second and final key started bending as well, so there was no point sacrificing that one too.
Out came the die grinder. I gave the fixing a gentle little nudge… and by gentle I mean enough of a nudge to finally get the old lock off 😆.
That’s how a ten-minute job turns into an hour and a bit. Legend has it that without the die grinder I’d still be standing there today, surrounded by broken keys 😜.
