Key and Lever readers

[blade2174]

Can someone Give me the basic run down on the use of the souber key and lever reader set . i understand that you take a reading from the key (1-8) but the chubb 114e levers are marked 53 54 5a etc ,im somewhat confused ,
as always all advice gratefully recieved.

[lockey1963]

where the lever is marked 54 , this signifies that the lever is from a 5 lever lock and is height No 4.

where the lever is 5A ,5B or 5C , this again signifies that the lever is from a 5 lever lock, and is height A , B or C , which is almost the same as height 1 , 2 or 3, just a slightly different lever.

if the lever had 74 on it, then it would be a thinner lever from the 7 lever lock

[blade2174]

i have noticed that the A,B and C levers all have a different front edge and no anti picks is this a design feature of the lock ?
thanks
chris

[lockey1963]

its a long standing feature of chubb 114 levers.

[arris]

is it 110 leavers that dont have the markings on it?

i know some dont an some do..
handy to have tho the readers.. was using on the other day to make a keyed alike leaver pack

[mhole]

Most chubb levers don't have straight-forward markings on them - if they did the lever readers would be pretty obsolete! When ever I'm making up lever packs I read each lever on lever reader before using it.

The obvious exception this is with plainly labelled levers, like the era fortress etc.