Lawman561for real practice locks? or a small assortment of halfway decent clear locks?
for the latter search ebay or amazon for "clear practice lock set" and you'll find individual locks in the $5-7 range with assortments of 5-7 locks for $30 give or take.
if you want useful practice locks, buy the exact lock you want to work on, or ask a locksmith if they'll sell you some cores from their brass scrap bin. You may find some deals at architectural/builders "re-use" centers.
(I've been leading a monthly locksport group for 8 years now, those clear locks are OK for showing how the lock drives the mechanism, and to help visualize how a pick moves stuff, but anything that's a cutaway or plastic isn't useful for actual practice. I've picked up a couple of them (pun intentional) and they all seem to be the same factory and less useful for teaching that you'd think. They are good for pulling folks in who are walking past a mini locksport village demo table)
for a lock holder, look at a panavise junior with vacuum base or a grizzly D2482. either will hold well enough for almost every lock you'll ever own and either will set you back about $30
metisPerfect info, thank you! There are many nice practice "clear" sets on Amazon with the description you gave for ~$30 which will be fun for me and my child to try. I have plenty of extra practice real locks from over the years where it was easier to change the locks than to get a key back from a crazy ex... Thanks also for the panavise suggestion!
for the latter search ebay or amazon for "clear practice lock set" and you'll find individual locks in the $5-7 range with assortments of 5-7 locks for $30 give or take.
if you want useful practice locks, buy the exact lock you want to work on, or ask a locksmith if they'll sell you some cores from their brass scrap bin. You may find some deals at architectural/builders "re-use" centers.
(I've been leading a monthly locksport group for 8 years now, those clear locks are OK for showing how the lock drives the mechanism, and to help visualize how a pick moves stuff, but anything that's a cutaway or plastic isn't useful for actual practice. I've picked up a couple of them (pun intentional) and they all seem to be the same factory and less useful for teaching that you'd think. They are good for pulling folks in who are walking past a mini locksport village demo table)
for a lock holder, look at a panavise junior with vacuum base or a grizzly D2482. either will hold well enough for almost every lock you'll ever own and either will set you back about $30