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Making its Debut at
Tradelocks’ Open Weekend!
The Tibbe has been used for many years on Ford and older Jaguar vehicles, with
the latter using the Eight Cut Tibbe as opposed to the more common Six Cut.
»»For years, the
market has had a Tibbe for
the six cut locks that acts as
both a pick and a decoder.
The six cut works really well
as a pick and a decoder,
but it is a delicate tool and
on some locks particularly
in old transits, many over
tension the tool and break
the turners.
So, this led to Tradelocks
launching the Six Cut Tibbe
and make up key. The lock
can be quickly decoded
and the make up key can be
assembled with the correct
combination for opening
the vehicle. This resolved
the issue of broken picks,
whilst offering the locksmith
the chance to then clone
the make up key to make
a duplicate rather than
having to use a cut to code
machine.
Tradelocks also decided to
develop an Eight Cut Tibbe
based on the same principles
of the Six Cut Tibbe using the
same style of turners, and
there are eight turners with
three heights instead of the
standard six turners with four
heights.
Martin Pink explains: “The
new Eight Cut Tibbe will pick
a lock, but you have to relax
the number two heights a
fraction to do this. On a stiff
or old lock, this may cause
some issues, so we prefer to
promote the eight cut as a
straight decoder and generate
the cut key or make up key as
an opening solution to protect
the tool.”
The 8 cut Tibbe is available
now, and you can find out
more information by visiting
www.tradelocks.co.uk
Increasing Profits on the Dark Side
»»With all of us looking at ways
of how to increase sales and profits, UAP
Tradelocks is offering customers a new
and simple, cost effective way of achieving
more sales, with nominal investment and
very little skill required it is now supplying
the Ninja Dark key cutting machine from
Keyline.
With no need for protective clothing,
the Ninja Dark from Keyline is one of the
safest and easiest key copying machine on
the market.
The Ninja Dark is a new breed of
electronic machines, specifically
designed for trade counters and
fabricators who have no key cutting skills.
Everything is done automatically for you
and will cut a key perfectly in less than
one minute.
David Jennings of UAP, comments: “Key
cutting is profitable, but businesses have
shied away from it because they worry
about the skill required and investment
needed. This machine takes all of those
worries away and that’s when the Ninja
Dark becomes an enticing proposition to
any Trade Counter.
“The Ninja Dark will copy flat edge keys
like the common cylinder keys, household
keys, and even double-sided car keys.”
‘open up a profitable
market for trade
counters and fabricators’
There will always be a need to copy or
replace keys and this is where the Ninja
Dark can open up a profitable market for
trade counters and fabricators, and with
a key blank costing 25p or less, and key
cutting prices ranging from £1.99 to £2.99
per key cut, typically profit margins are
high.
locksmithjournal.co.uk | jul/AUG 2015