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- From: Larry Margolis <margoli@watson.ibm.com>
- Subject: Rekeying locks
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- Message-ID: <1992Aug19.213147.36653@watson.ibm.com>
- Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 21:31:47 GMT
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- In <Bt90Lw.EwD@news.cso.uiuc.edu> tmkk@uiuc.edu (Khan) writes:
- >
- > In article <1992Aug18.162602.3058@csi.jpl.nasa.gov> eldred@rrunner.jpl.nasa.gov
- > >
- > >You can buy a lock rekeying kit for a number of popular brands (I have one
- > >for Kwikset) for about $10, which includes enough pins for doing several
- > >locks (depending on the new key you use) and instructions and a special
- > >tool for getting the lock apart.
- >
- > Question: Suppose I buy one of these kits and rekey my lock. I now have
- > a lock which my old key no longer fits, and thus I cannot use. How do I
- > get a key cut to fit this new lock without the assistance of a
- > locksmith?
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- One way is to key them to a key you already have. Another is to cut a key
- by hand. A third is to have a key machine and a depth key set, or a key
- machine that lets you cut a key "by the numbers", and create a new original.
-
- Larry Margolis, MARGOLI@YKTVMV (Bitnet), margoli@watson.IBM.com (Internet)
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