Any advice on a duplicator???????????/

[mojomojo]

Does anyone have any advice on a duplicator? I was thinking of the ilco008....is it any good?

[Varjeal]

A bit small for business use, but for the casual hobbyist just fine.

[zeke79]

I agree. The motor is very small and not up to the task of every day use. Very sharp cutters are a must for the 008 and that will get into your pocket very quick. You will also miss not having a brush on the machine too.

[New-York-Locksmith]

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[mojomojo]

by the way I will be using this machine probably once a day to make customers copy when they ask me to rekey and need extra copy. what i do now is go to home depot get sets of keys from them b/c they throw away their extra keys when they rekey customers locks

What about hpc mini-speedex my local supplier (hl flake) is sellig them for about $319.00.....

[Raccoon]

I agree. The motor is very small and not up to the task of every day use. Very sharp cutters are a must for the 008 and that will get into your pocket very quick. You will also miss not having a brush on the machine too.

According to BUSCH, the kaba/ilco 008 duplicator "has key rake for deburring keys, and can be converted to cut flat steel keys by using Accessory Pack 27x."

I think I'll call them tomorrow to get a price quote. Seems like a dandy-enough machine for my needs, and would look nice next to my kaba/ilco Universal II code cutter.

http://www.discountkeymachines.com/show ... =37&cat=10

[zeke79]

The unit I had was an older one. Just keep this in mind, the motor on mine was about the size of my fist and I could easily tote the thing around with one hand.

The scale of the machine is really not shown in the pictures. For the money spent I think one could put just a little bit more green down and buy a much better unit unless space is just a real serious issue.

[mojomojo]

Well guys i went ahead and bought a hpc mini speedex for 319.00. Is cuts fine... than again I never really used a duplicator so i cant compare. It was a pain trying to hook up power cables for the inverter and bringing them in my chevy astro. I still dont have right.