Class Schedule and Descriptions
Meeting Location and Hotel Information
The TENNESSEE ORGANIZATION OF LOCKSMITHS (TOOL) will have our Annual Meeting March 23, 24, and 25. We will be hosted by West End Lock Co., 210 17th Ave. North, Nashville, TN. Their office phone number is 615-320-0117.We have rooms set aside at the Hilton Garden downtown on Broadway. (See below for more information). The motel is within walking distance of West End Lock. Contact the motel directly for room reservations.
The class will be Safe Penetration taught by Dave McOmie. Participants will earn 8 CEUs for one day or 16 CEUs for both days. Participants need to have a basic knowledge of mechanical and electronic safe locks and safe penetration techniques. Emphasis in the class will be on opening safes having electronic safe locks. Participants need to bring drill motors, bits, and drill rigs. Scopes will also be needed. Safe information in various forms could be helpful.
Fees for the class for TOOL members, or members of sister associations with reciprocal agreements with TOOL, will be $225 for both days or $125 for one day. Fees for nonmembers will be $325 for both days or $225 for one day. Only TOOL members will be able to register until February 17. (Reservations made before February 17 by nonmembers, including members of sister associations, will be held by the Secretary until then.) After that date, anyone may register. Class size will be limited to 25.
Friday, March 23: Members of The TOOL Board will be available for informal conversation with members at a time and place to be announced.
Class Option 1: Safe Penetration I with Dave McOmie at West End Lock Co. 8 am - 5 pm.
The TOOL Board Meeting will be held at 5:30 in the class room or another announced location.
Class Option 2: Safe Penetration II with Dave McOmie at West End Lock Co. 8 am - 5 pm.
Why did I become a safecracker? As a kid growing up, my heroes were Mickey Mantle, Chet Atkins, and Alexander Mundy. Mantle played centerfield for the New York Yankees, Atkins was “Mister Guitar,” and Mundy was the fictional safecracker in the TV series, It Takes A Thief. Mundy was classy and cool. He could open any safe or vault without getting his hands dirty or mussing his hair. The ladies always went gaga over him. Mundy would crack the safe and the gorgeous girl would fall into his arms. It was formulaic and fun. And it made my career choice a total no-brainer: I decided at age 15 to become a safecracker.
Under the supervision of Eugene Corey, I opened my first safe in the spring of 1972. I was hooked, and spent the next decade learning the craft. In August of 1986 I began writing a monthly column on safecracking for The National Locksmith magazine. In the fall of 1992, in conjunction with National Publishing, I started The National Safeman’s Organization and have been its Director ever since. Over the course of the last two decades I have written 16 books on the arcana of safecracking, developing and refining drill points for most of the safes and vaults that have been used in the United States. After 33 years in this crazy and obscure business, I am still having the time of my life.
ALL ATTENDEES MUST FURNISH PROPER GOVERNMENT ISSUED PHOTO IDS AND BUSINESS DOCUMENTATION! YOU WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO ATTEND CLASSES WITHOUT IT!!! All participants from Tennessee, Alabama, North Carolina, and Virginia or any other state that requires locksmith licenses must show their respective state licenses. All other participants will need a valid government issued photo identification and a copy of their (or their company's) business license. Institutional locksmiths will need to show a government issued photo identification and documentation from their institution. Special cases can be approved by the TOOL Board.
You may pay class fees* by check or postal or American Express© money order or by Paypal© .Choose either to register and pay by mail or to register on line and pay using PayPal© . Clink on either link below to go to a new page.
We do not directly accept credit card payments at this time. However, PayPal© does offer you the option to pay by credit card. Go to their web site to set this up.
*TOOL has reciprocal agreements with other locksmith associations to allow their members to take TOOL classes at TOOL member rates.
If you are paying by check, postal money order, or American Express© money order, print out the class registration form , fill it out and send it, along with your payment*, to TOOL, c/o Compukey, P. O. Box 330-849, Nashville, TN 37203. You will need Adobe Reader to view and print the form. See below to down load it for free. Do not use this form if you are paying by PayPal© . A separate form must be used for each participant.
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We have made arrangements for rooms at the Hilton Garden Nashville Vanderbilt 1715 Broadway, Nashville. (Balloon A on the map.)Their local phone number is 615-369-5900. Our room rate will be $139 per night plus tax and $10 for parking. Use the reservation code "TOOL". Deadline for getting this rate is February 24. Rates are relatively high because of other events in Nashville. Other rates might be found at Expedia.com, Hotels.com, Priceline.com, or Booking.com.
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