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- From: ans0@aber.ac.uk (Austin Newton Shackles)
- Newsgroups: misc.consumers,alt.locksmithing
- Subject: Re: Rekeying locks
- Message-ID: <1992Aug20.123359.28270@aber.ac.uk>
- Date: 20 Aug 92 12:33:59 GMT
- References: <1992Aug19.213147.36653@watson.ibm.com>
- Sender: ans0@uk.ac.aberystwyth
- Organization: University of Wales, Aberystwyth
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- In article <1992Aug19.213147.36653@watson.ibm.com> margoli@watson.ibm.com writes:
- >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
- >> >
- [stuff gone]
-
- >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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- only time i ever did this was to rekey a lock to suit the keys of my parents
- house. we were putting an extra door on the back porch, and wanted the new
- door to work from the same key as the other 3. That was very easy, just remove
- the cylinder, place it in a vice, (miami vice? :-)) put the key in the
- cylinder and then drop pins in that were too tall and file 'em off. (spare
- pins that is). to make a new key for a re-combinationed lock i'd put a blank
- in to the cylinder and measure how much the pins stood up above the surface of
- the cylinder, then measure the pin positions along the key and cut it
- accordingly. might take 1 or 2 attempts...
-
- of course none of that works for a lever-type lock, they're more fun...but the
- same applies in respect of starting with a blank key, try it in the lock (with
- one side removed so you can see what goes on) and then file bits off 'till it
- works...nicest locks i came across (never got to pull 'em apart tho :-() were
- ingersoll 10-lever padlocks, no-reversible key with a different profile on
- each side...bet they'd be fun to pick...on the subject of high-security locks,
- anyone tried picking those where the key is a flatpiece of metal and the
- cutting is in the form of little drillings in the surface...the pins seem to
- come in at about 60deg. to the FLAT face of the key, from each side...
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- Austin Newton Shackles | Why do I get this feeling these days that
- ans0@uk.ac.aberystwyth | life is like going up the down escalator?
- DoD#0467 1981 Z440 Ltd | My opinions are just that
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