"Dan Lanciani" ddl@danlan.*com wrote in message
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In article ,
(Roger Shoaf) writes:
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| Early 90's is probably too new. it was only the first generation of the
F
| lock that would take a std. cyl.
It's possible the one I looked at was older, so I should make a better
inventory.
| But let's see if I can be of help. Exactly what are you trying to
| accomplish? To hey your house the same as your office or something?
I have two adjacent houses and (small attached) office master-keyed to my
liking. It's all residential hardware with C keyways. I just bought
another
house. I would like to make things slightly harder by using E or CE
keyways
there with an H key for my master, but only if it is a very low-effort
project.
Doing anything more interesting (even going to 6 pins) creates a cascade
of
work...
Don,
You are making life difficult for yourself.
By my count you have a masterkey system with 4 different keys.
This is very much doable with a standard 5 pin system.
The need for multiple keyways comes in in much larger systems like multi
story hotels and the like.
I will give you a hint, if you keep your eyes open on e-bay, you might score
some nice Schlage A series locks, and those will outlive you. The F series
is junk.
--
Roger Shoaf
About the time I had mastered getting the toothpaste back in the tube, then
they come up with this striped stuff.