My buddy bought a combination padlock at a garage sale. It was made by Master Lock, and was the model with the stainless-steel case with a black dial and white numbers ranging from 0 to 39. The ...

A century ago, Harry Soref had an idea for a new product: a tough but affordable lock. The Russian, Yiddish-speaking Jewish immigrant approached family and friends in Milwaukee and asked if they would ...

He’s used plastic zip ties, bamboo sticks and even cat food cans to open the locks dangling from gym lockers and storage sheds across the US. Bill Johnson is now attracting a global following thanks ...

Padlocks are one of those everyday objects that seem ripe for the Internet of Things treatment, so it's no surprise that Master Lock has given its new line an intelligence boosting upgrade. Aimed at ...

There are many sites around Milwaukee that were once home to large, buzzing industrial centers, employing hundreds, sometimes thousands of neighborhood folks, and we lament their shuttering and the ...

MILWAUKEE - Master Lock's manufacturing facility in Milwaukee will begin closing this fall, the company confirmed Thursday, May 25, with operations ending in March 2024. A union representative said ...

In 1921, Russian-Jewish immigrant Harry Soref approached his family for startup money for his new brand. He wanted to sell improved locks, he told them. "Lox?" they said (Yiddish for smoked salmon.) ...

This story first appeared in WIRED 13.02 published in February, 2005. For a lock picker, the world is a different place. Take, for example, a typical suburban house, with a bicycle in the front yard ...

Master Lock Co.'s 26-acre former industrial complex was sold for $2.6 million. The site's new operator, St. Louis-based Commercial Development Co., plans to redevelop it for industrial businesses.

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A common trope in bank heist B-movies is someone effortlessly bypassing a safe’s combination lock. Typically, the hero or villain will turn the dial while listening to the internal machinery, then ...