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Re: Help me choose some blanks to buy

PostPosted: Tue Jul 26, 2016 3:24 pm
by GWiens2001
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

Re: Help me choose some blanks to buy

PostPosted: Wed Jul 27, 2016 2:17 am
by femurat
I'm wondering if there's a foolproof way to tell if it's brass or nickel silver, apart from the color.
I remember that when I filed the key the color was less yellow than brass, it looked more whitish. But I'm not sure because I wasn't paying attention to that.
Here is a picture of one of the keys I got. They all look the same. http://i1353.photobucket.com/albums/q67 ... cyyjt9.jpg

Cheers :)