bump key pin spacing

[skier210is]

I am cutting my own various bump keys and I am wondering, do most common door locks (ie yale, schlage, kwikset) have same key position and spacing (as in, pin distance from tip/shoulder and mm between consecutive pins)? Additionally, do keys of the same length generally have the same number of pins? My schlage door keys have 5, do common yale and kwikset locks have no more than 5 as well for same key length? And same spacing regardless of number of pins?
Thanks.
p.s. I have cut a perfectly working schlage 5 pin bump key, and will have to get round to the hardware store to pick up a kwikset lock. Should i copy the cut to my yale/kwikset blanks?

[picksmith]

Please use the search feature in the future. A search on "spacing" would have given you most of your answers on the third thread down.



No, most lock do not have the same spacing or depths. Most locks will be 5 or 6 pin. The same length of the key between two manufactures does not always mean they will have the same amounts of pins.

For spacing and depths of common locks please see:

http://www.dlaco.com/spacing/tips.htm


Good Luck

[maxxed]

Most North American locks share the same spacing between cuts, but the depths and spacing to the first cut are different.