On 27 Nov 2004 04:41:04 -0800, (N. Thornton) wrote:

PaPaPeng wrote in message . ..
On 26 Nov 2004 18:16:05 -0800, (N. Thornton) wrote:


Cutting your own keys is simple and quick if you have an angle
grinder. I imagine at least some unwanted keys could be trimmed down
to fit existing locks - never tried it though. Definitely something
for the frugal folk.


There is a special metal bevelled key cutter wheel you will have to
get. The cut notch angle is standard for keys. An angle grinder
wheel had a thick rounded rim for safety (won't shatter that easily)
and is not fine enough to cut keys. Do it the primitive way. Use the
vise to clamp the blank, aka the one to be recycled, side by side with
the key to be duplicated. Then use a triangle file to file down the
excesss material.

I cut some keys recently with an angle grinder, came out perfect and
took 1 to 2 minutes per key.

NT

Cool. Whenever I get keys cut from new blanks, they rarely work!


Joel