Re: Help me choose some blanks to buy
Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2016 3:24 pm
femurat wrote:Now that you mention it, the keys were listed as brass but probably aren't. These are all chrome plated so I doubt it's brass. How can I be sure?
File it and look at the shavings. Sometimes they plate brass blanks. The first couple strokes will take off the plating, then you can see the core metal underneath.
Gordon