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Who do you remember? wait for the UPS truck to deliver a load of goodies to your door. E mail us at [email protected] or mail those tips by snail mail to: Technitips, The National Locksmith, 1533 Burgundy Parkway, Streamwood, L 60107. M any thanks to J ake for rounding up all these incredible prizes, and to the good folks who donated them. (J ake is a large man and a little hard to refuse!)

have several new books appearing this month which you will find of value. R.W. Staples has compiled a new volume called Master Index. This book is a tremendous reference guide, indexing years worth of articles and tidbits of information. Did you ever need to do a job and know you've seen an article on just this problem. ..but you couldn't even remember which magazine ran the info? 1/14

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Well then Master Index is for you. It catalogues just about everything ever published in every locksmith source known to man, and puts that information right back at your fingertips. For more details see

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ack Roberts the other day, and how he did a lot for locksmiths as a writer for this magazine. A few other names of people who improved locksmithing before they passed, came to my mind: Stan M acLean (founder of this magazine), J erry Connelley, Stan M aziuk, Sr., and others.

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an e mail or a letter and tell me the departed and what you think they contributed to our industry. not send

You get a ton of step-by-step service information, along with detailed photos. M ichael's new book makes car service a snap. See page 13.

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here is a book we've all been waiting he U Iti mate Techni tips Collection. Over 300 pages have been prepared for you including the most useful and clever technical tips and tricks ever submitted to this magazine by veteran locksmiths. To make the book particularly useful, it has been divided into categories such as Car Opening, Auto Service, Safe Service, Picking, Padlocks and much more. See page 13. Finally,

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Speaking ofTechnitips, Tips Editor Jake akubuwski has gone on a total rampage, and has rounded up about two dozen valuable prizes for year end, and a kazillion monthly prizes. You won't believe all the stuff you'll win when we publish one

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