[ale] Hey Shapiro! New use for that 3D printer!

[Charles Shapiro]

My experience with 'restricted' key blanks was that some unrestricted
key blanks would work in the same keyways.  You just had to understand
the warding properly. If a key is missing a bump for a slot in the
keyway it'll still work -- you'll only have troubles if the key has a
bump with no corresponding slot.

Ah, this thread brings back old memories.  I used to buy key blanks at
home 'cause the school administration had contacts in the local
hardware stores where I went to school.

-- CHS


On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 11:37 AM, Derek Atkins <warlord at mit.edu> wrote:
> Jeff Hubbs <jhubbslist at att.net> writes:
>
>> A commenter mentioned "high security locksets like Medeco" - many years
>> ago I had a Medeco key and its value-add was that the notches were cut
>> at an angle.  A 3D printer could reproduce that with no additional
>> difficulty as long as you had a way to transcribe the original key
>> sufficiently.
>>
>> As for the carved material being too weak, well, take your printed piece
>> to Lowe's and have them reproduce a metal copy for you...
>
> This only works if Lowes can actually get the key blanks.  Some blanks
> are "restricted" and Lowes (or Home Depot) wont have them.  This is
> generally true for Medeco locks in general.  It can be very hard to find
> a Medeco blank for certain Medeco locks.
>
> -derek
>
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