getting pins for replacement?

[gr00ve]

If I get a kwikset DB and want to swap pins where do I get pins from?

[cheesehead]

http://www.lockpickshop.com/KPK115.html

how much do you want to pay? you can always check with your local lockie - might be cheaper

[globallockytoo]

http://www.changealock.com/

try this

[poor paperclip picker]

Some hardware stores i.e. Lowes, home depot, menards etc.. have a little kit you can buy, that allows you to rekey your lock. I have seen them for kwickset and schlage. It basically comes with some pins, (enough for changing 2 or 3 locks), a plug follower, and a set of keys. It tells you the order to put the pins in the cylinder so the key works, but if you dont want the key then you will have a bunch of pins to come up with different combinations. I think i got mine for 5 or 6 bucks, its a decent deal.

[poor paperclip picker]

http://www.changealock.com/

try this

I guess I should have checked that link before I posted, I am pretty sure that is what I got, but it was cheaper at the hardware store.

sorry for the double post

[gr00ve]

ok cool thanks for the info

[raimundo]

Another source of pins are junk locks, as long as they have full size keyways, some padlocks such as american, have smaller pins, but most full size door locks, whether they are KIK or db, have very similiar pins that will interchange easily to other cylinders.
Of course, for locksmiths, the pins differ in standard lengths for different locks, but the diameter is so close that for just recombinating a pick practice cylinder, this does not matter at all.

So when you are scrapping out a lock, put the pins, springs, retainer clips clyinder caps, into a small pill bottle, you may some day have just what you need for a repair job.

[datagram]

In addition to straight pin/spring/etc kits Home Depot and etc usually have at least 1 type of re-key kit (usually Brinks/Kwikset) that comes with a padlock, a set of color-coded bottom pins, and a key gauge for that brand of lock. A pretty neat deal for usually 20$ or so.