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- From: rw@frito.Rational.COM (Bob Weissman)
- Newsgroups: misc.consumers,alt.locksmithing
- Subject: Re: Rekeying locks
- Message-ID: <rw.714269043@frito>
- Date: 20 Aug 92 00:04:03 GMT
- References: <1992Aug19.213147.36653@watson.ibm.com>
- Sender: news@Rational.COM
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- margoli@watson.ibm.com (Larry Margolis) writes:
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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?
-
- -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.
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- No, no, no. The rekeying kits come with keys which match the enclosed pins.
- --
- -- Bob Weissman
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