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Is this Bump key made correct???

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Is this Bump key made correct???

Postby paven » 21 Sep 2005 14:54

Hi

Made my first bump key today, is it made correct???

here is a picture of it

www.portal.starthotel.dk/bump/bump

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Postby treboR » 21 Sep 2005 14:59

It is hard to tell from the picture. Do you have a regular key that we could use as a reference?
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Postby vector40 » 21 Sep 2005 15:02

Peaks look a little big.
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Postby ThE_MasteR » 21 Sep 2005 15:51

Correct me if I am wrong someone,

But don't the pins need to lay on a flat surface ? And yes, the peaks are way to high, don't even dare to put that into a lock it will get stuck because of the angles of the cuts :wink:
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Postby qwerty125 » 21 Sep 2005 15:58

lol.. im still a beginner in bump key making but dont get your key stuck in there ... wow... you'll go bald from ripping your hair off because of fustration.
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Postby paven » 21 Sep 2005 16:13

Hi

Ok, i did take a new picture of my so called "bump" key :D

and a regular one.

http://www.portal.starthotel.dk/bump2/bump2
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Postby n2oah » 21 Sep 2005 17:04

I usually will use a a file that makes a very high peak, then round it down with a round file. I'll post some of my bumpkeys later.
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Postby n2oah » 21 Sep 2005 17:17

I was thinking, Wouldn't it be awsome if we had some locksmiths on this forum cut bumpkeys and sell them?
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Postby digital_blue » 21 Sep 2005 18:03

I think the angles may be too steep. Seems to me the angle should be somewhere between 90 and 120 degrees. Yours are definately less than 90 degrees, so I'd be worry about the key getting stuck.

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Postby Minion » 21 Sep 2005 18:03

n2oah wrote:I was thinking, Wouldn't it be awsome if we had some locksmiths on this forum cut bumpkeys and sell them?


Yes, yes it would.
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Postby n2oah » 21 Sep 2005 20:49

Minion wrote:
n2oah wrote:I was thinking, Wouldn't it be awsome if we had some locksmiths on this forum cut bumpkeys and sell them?


Yes, yes it would.


I spelled "awesome" wrong. :oops:
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Postby devildog » 21 Sep 2005 21:27

I think it would be not only 'awesome', but a particularly lucrative idea for someone on this forum with a key cutter of some type (doesn't have to be a locksmith as I'm sure there's a few hobbiests on here who have been at it long enough or are serious enough about it to have a key cutter) to cut a whole bunch of bump keys for common locks that there would be a relatively high demand for bumpkeys for, i.e. schlage, kwikset, master, american, best, falcon, brinks, yale, kaba, etc., and then other more scarce/high-security lock bumpkeys, i.e. multlock, dom, medeco, assa, abus, primus, chubb, ikon, evva, etc., could be cut on request for a custom, and of course slightly higher, price.

I really don't see any sort of ethical issue arrising for a locksmith or anyone else doing this, as it's about as easy, if not easier, to make bumpkeys as it is lockpicks, in fact it is easier because all you really need is a key and couple of files, as opposed to hacksaw blades, bench grinder, sandpaper, dremel, vice, etc. for picks.

Someone with a key cutter REALLY ought to jump on top of this, because there WOULD be a REALLY high demand for it, so you could charge a very fair price and feel good about that, AND you'd be putting a good bit of coin in your pocket...And I wouldn't have to keep buying whole friggin' sets of space and depth keys just to get the bloody 999 key to make a bump key out of for a single lock! :D
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Postby Chrispy » 21 Sep 2005 23:03

n2oah wrote:I was thinking, Wouldn't it be awsome if we had some locksmiths on this forum cut bumpkeys and sell them?

I'd buy a set or two. :)
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Postby qwerty125 » 21 Sep 2005 23:21

Id totally buy a set as well
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Postby Keyring » 22 Sep 2005 6:58

How about the Yale 6 pin X5 type? That's becoming more common over here. Don't know if you have them there.
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