Rekeying an Abloy Lock
Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2013 9:11 am
My boss handed me two Abloy cylinders and asked me to rekey them such that one key will open both. I'm thinking about opening them both up and laying the disks out, and using Lock 1 as the template. I then plan to find all the disks from Lock 2 that match any from Lock 1, and put them in the corresponding position. Then I'll modify the remaining disks from Lock 2 -- those that I can't match up to disks from Lock 1 -- to fit the key from Lock 1.
I think there are two ways of going about this last part:
Option 1: From looking at the locks, I see there is a groove (for lack of the better word), sometimes rounded and sometimes squared off, placed at some position on each disk. Using my multi-tool, I could create a second groove matching the shape and position of a corresponding disk of my choice from Lock 1.
Option 2: I could take each remaining unmatched disk and grind all around it, down the lowest point on each groove. In this way they will serve as nothing more than placeholders so that the disks that do match can stay in their positions.
Any thoughts on this?
I think there are two ways of going about this last part:
Option 1: From looking at the locks, I see there is a groove (for lack of the better word), sometimes rounded and sometimes squared off, placed at some position on each disk. Using my multi-tool, I could create a second groove matching the shape and position of a corresponding disk of my choice from Lock 1.
Option 2: I could take each remaining unmatched disk and grind all around it, down the lowest point on each groove. In this way they will serve as nothing more than placeholders so that the disks that do match can stay in their positions.
Any thoughts on this?