Rusty_Shackleford wrote:Anyone?
The two locksmiths you visited should have at least offered to impression a working key for you. Impressioning is when you take a blank key, insert it into the lock, wiggle the key back and fourth and remove it, look for the marks on the key blade and file them, then insert key and wiggle again, then remove key, look for more pin marks left on the key, file where you see them, and repeat until you have a key that turns the lock and opens it, then either clean up that key and use it, or determine the cuts using root depth or depth and space keys and originate a new key by code.
I'm sure the (indirect) code books are out there somewhere for that lock (based on the numbers stamped on the bible) but not everyone has them.
Here's a key I was making to match an existing cylinder and pins for a Yale safe deposit peanut cylinder. I would insert the key into the plug and see which pins were sticking out of the plug, then file those positions until the pins were flush. This isn't impressioning, but just wanted to show you that a key can be made all sorts of ways, not just by looking up the code in a book.
Perhaps someone here will know the code or have other advice to offer, good luck.
Squelchtone
