Re: First Impression
Earlier you mentioned marking the pins with sharpie on the 5 pin master 15.
It sounds great but what does that mean exactly?
I'm sure I'm about to have a Doh moment but its worth it to learn something!
DCT wrote:Beautiful work as usual!
Earlier you mentioned marking the pins with sharpie on the 5 pin master 15.
It sounds great but what does that mean exactly?
I'm sure I'm about to have a Doh moment but its worth it to learn something!
Papa Gleb wrote:The saga continues, I ran out of locks to impression so my local lockie gave me this Master 15 (5 Pin) with a few blanks to make him a key for it. 5 pins was not much different except I really had to watch at which part of the file I was using because I could have easily went over 2 marks if I would have used the thickest part of the file. Wanted to try reading of the pins before impressioning so I picked it and with a sharpie marker, I marked each pin then turned the paper over which yielded a close copy of what the key would look like.
Papa Gleb wrote:Wow Gordon show the wiper key lol. Did you ever think to try dry erase markers? They remove easier than sharpie but might be a problem going in as the pins may take it all off before you insert the key all the way in.
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GWiens2001 wrote:It was one of those projects I started when at work with a lock and no blank. Have made probably a half dozen or so keys for locks using wiper inserts. Took all the pics and was going to do a writeup on impressioning when you have no blanks, with pictures showing all the steps, including marks and filing, etcetera. But don't know if there is interest.
Gordon
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