Andrei, You should talk to Walt and see if you can put up a little webpage on the DMCFORUM explaining this stuff. Otherwise its going to get lost in the DMCFORUM archives Erik --- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Walter Coe" <Whalt@xxxx> wrote: > Andrei, > > I'm curious how you go about re-keying those locks. I took a jammed-up one > apart and realized it was useless trying to put it back together. What > killed this lock was using a key copy that was just good enough to work. > This caused some of the wafers to stick out too far. Over time this scored > the barrel making a mess of it. Apparently what made it stick (so a key > wouldn't go back in) was from a wafer digging into one of the grooves and > getting stuck there. > > I think that this part of the lock is easily fixable by boring the cylinder > bigger and then pressing in a brass sleeve. But then there is the issue > with keeping the cylinder together. The pin is held in with tiny teeth that > break off because they are made of cheap pot metal. How can this be fixed? > Drill some holes so a new longer pin can slide in? > > I spend too much time thinking about silly things like that. :-) > > Walt ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> FREE Cell Phones with up to $400 Cash Back! http://us.click.yahoo.com/_bBUKB/vYxFAA/i5gGAA/HliolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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