Best Lock...working on a key

by **h3x1lu2** » 10 Apr 2006 18:01

I have a Best mortice lock without a key...so I'm trying to make one for it, but I can't tell what type of keyway it is...I found it in a second hand store...I was thinking type "L" but the blanks I ordered, didn't fit...any ideas?

by **Chucklz** » 10 Apr 2006 18:08

Try H. Its my best guess, but your picture is a bit fuzzy.

by **Omikron** » 10 Apr 2006 18:43

Your picture is really too fuzzy and dark to see the specifics of the keyway. If you take a better picture, we might be able to help you.

by **h3x1lu2** » 10 Apr 2006 19:23

I sketched the keyway so there is no possibility of blurry-ness or shadows

It's hard to get a good close up pic of the key way without being blurry.

by **Omikron** » 10 Apr 2006 19:50

h3x1lu2 wrote:I sketched the keyway so there is no possibility of blurry-ness or shadows

It's hard to get a good close up pic of the key way without being blurry.

Sketches aren't going to help out a whole lot because there are some very very subtle differences between certain keyways that will not come through in a rough sketch. If your camera doesn't have a macro function (usually denoted by a picture of a flower) then take the picture as close as you can while still keeping it crisp, and just crop it. The key is LIGHTING. ;-)

by **grit1** » 12 Apr 2006 13:50

It looks like a "double letter" complex keyway, not one I've really seen around too much - I'll check ilco and see if I can match it up...

by **Chucklz** » 12 Apr 2006 14:30

It is NOT WB or WC. Im still betting on H.

by **grit1** » 12 Apr 2006 15:10

Chucklz wrote:It is NOT WB or WC. Im still betting on H.

It's not H - I deal quite a bit with H and know it when I see it - H looks a lot like F - that picture and sketch has an extra "tang" in the middle-bottom-left part that couldn't be H...

by **h3x1lu2** » 12 Apr 2006 17:12

I tried to take some more pictures...let me know what you think, thanks for the feed back so far

by **h3x1lu2** » 12 Apr 2006 17:46

while rooting through ilco's look alike key brochure I found a Best Key blank called 1A1L1

http://www.kaba-ilco.com/key_systems/pd ... _Alike.pdf

it's on the top right...it looks a bit similar...let me know what you find/think

thanks again

by **h3x1lu2** » 12 Apr 2006 20:31

after checking that again...im not sure whether or not that is the right keyway....hmm ???

by **h3x1lu2** » 18 Apr 2006 21:56

I've spent a ridiculous amount of time on this lil problem...I can't figure this out...ilco had no info...is this a topic for the advanced boards here?

by **EOD** » 18 Apr 2006 23:48

I'm probably off on this, but the best I could tell from the pic. it looks like there's a 1A1J1-NS, that would fit it...here's the catalog link JetKeys. The keyway pics are a bit clearer so maybe h3x1lu2 might have a better guess from here.

by **medicman151** » 19 Apr 2006 0:22

It looks like a "TB" keyway. We use these at work.

by **wgl** » 19 Apr 2006 6:52

EOD wrote:I'm probably off on this, but the best I could tell from the pic. it looks like there's a 1A1J1-NS, that would fit it...here's the catalog link JetKeys. The keyway pics are a bit clearer so maybe h3x1lu2 might have a better guess from here.

Hmm, the one you posted already looks pretty similiar to me,
not sure about the bottom part, as it cannot be seen exactly on the photo.
But nevertheless, my guess is that the 1A1J1-NS blank would fit..

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