It should be possible to duplicate a flat key on something like the Roland Modela 3-d milling machine. It might take a day to scan and a day to mill but it should be possible...
> -----Original Message----- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Chuck > Guzis > Sent: 16 July 2015 02:04 > To: gene...@classiccmp.org; discuss...@classiccmp.org:On-Topic and Off- > Topic Posts > Subject: Re: Time to dig out some of my DEC XX2247 keys > > On 07/15/2015 05:39 PM, Ali wrote: > > > Maybe on the DEC keys but trying to make a key for an IBM lock proved > > impossible (i.e. make a key from the lock - not copy a key). Most lock > > smith I talked to said they did not do that kind of work. > > Sure, and there are locks for which blanks are not available. I ran into that > with a bit of Mitsubishi gear--I had a loaned key and went around town trying > to get a duplicate for myself. Initially, the reaction was "sure, no problem" > and then the oddball key dimensions sunk in. I ended up removing the lock-- > it was simply easiest. > > But it sounds as if these XX2247 keys aren't particularly rare, nor are they > beyond the possibility of duplication. > > --Chuck
