how to tutorial - from blank keys to working keys

[Squelchtone]

http://www.instructables.com/id/from-bl ... ismanteli/

what do you guys think?

[zeke79]

Nice article for the beginners Jos!

[femurat]

Great tutorial. Easy to follow and clear. You also added some important tricks.

Cheers

[UnlockingBoredom]

Great tutorial, I love to impression locks! I love it so much I have been slacking on the picking for a while now

I really like your impressioning tool! I need to get something other then my vice grips!

[cledry]

Great tutorial, I love to impression locks! I love it so much I have been slacking on the picking for a while now

I really like your impressioning tool! I need to get something other then my vice grips!

They sell Vise Grips with smooth jaws for impressioning.

[cledry]

Nice tutorial.

A couple of things perhaps to add. Make sure the lock is free from lubricant. An oily lock will be harder to impression. I use brake cleaner to remove the oil. Also on padlocks such as Master or others where the cylinder is recessed a bit try and file down the raised shoulder it gives you a bit more vertical movement. Lastly the importance of clamping the key and lock tightly to avoid lost motion and I prefer to situate the lock so that the springs are at the top so gravity will compensate for weak springs that may mess you up.

[GWiens2001]

Nice tutorial.

A couple of things perhaps to add. Make sure the lock is free from lubricant. An oily lock will be harder to impression. I use brake cleaner to remove the oil. Also on padlocks such as Master or others where the cylinder is recessed a bit try and file down the raised shoulder it gives you a bit more vertical movement. Lastly the importance of clamping the key and lock tightly to avoid lost motion and I prefer to situate the lock so that the springs are at the top so gravity will compensate for weak springs that may mess you up.

Forgot about that one, Cledry. I had a Master lock that I fought for ages impressioning that should have taken five minutes. All because of a broken spring. Face the pins down, and the key would work. Face them any other direction, and it would not. So keep Cledry's tip in mind!

Gordon

[Squelchtone]

http://www.instructables.com/id/from-blank-keys-to-working-keys-without-dismanteli/

what do you guys think?

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Thanks Jos!
Squelchtone

[jfw]

Great stuff as usual Jos!

[FuzzyChopz]

A lot of great info here. If I may add one thing that helps me... If I am
having trouble seeing the markings on the blank key, I put a little bit of the liquid white out on top of the key and let it dry first. The pins will then leave the markings on the white out. Just be careful not to use too much as it could dirty up the lock

[MacGnG1]

very nice tutorial, dunno how i missed this.