9 Apr
2025
9 Apr
'25
4:41 a.m.
On Tuesday, April 8th, 2025 at 19:30, Doc Shipley via cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
wrote:
You need precise (to your spec of precise - I
don't know how much "slop"
is too much for a key) measurements of the overall thickness and width,
length, and the depth and width of each groove.
I'm not a machinist (definitely not with your experience) so I don't know. To
be honest, just as "open is open," "it fits is it fits," and if that
involved
a little work with some rattail files to make sure the blank fit, that's fine
by me. Your mileage may vary, etc.
I'm inferring that you're not certain whether
one key performs all
functions or several keys with different groove patterns will be needed.
My thinking was the former - one key cut for five pin stacks, but only
four would be used by a given position.
I have the software and the machinery needed to do
this, and if I were
on your side of the water I'd love to be involved, at no cost. It's a
really interesting task.
I don't know where the unit is, and I'm in the States. If you'd be on the
west coast at some point I'd love to geek out over metalworking and lock
parts over coffee some time.
The Doctor [412/724/301/703/415/510]
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