So I lost my only key to something expensive last week. 1st time for me in decades to loose a set of keys. I found this place online https://livelocksmith.com/ols/products that says they can cut keys based on code for lots of different locks...safes, toolboxes, gun safes, old motorcycles, etc. I will know in a few days if they work or not. Just thought I'd leave this here in case someone else needs to get into or get new keys to something locked.
I wasn’t a locksmith by any means, but what I learned in just a few months working at Lowe’s and re-keying locks, yeah. Very simple.
^^ A picture of a key, an old school grinding wheel key cutter machine, and you can get in any Kwikset / Schlage / etc.
Yup. And people would just drop them off and hand you there keys not even thinking that hey this guy could just make a copy and come rob my house. 90 percent of those locks were so easy. The Schlage's were a bit tougher. I can remember getting almost all the finished and not getting the pin cap on just right and the tumbler would explode like a jack in the box.
And the first time I went to rekey a Kwikset Smart key the old school way. There must be a hundred microscopic spring loaded piecesparts in there.
What's really scary about the box store locks is a display box with 4 or 5 locksets are keyed alike. It's great if you have 6 doors you want keyed alike, not so good if shiteaters watch you grab a set, then grab the next one and follow you home.
If it is a car, you can go to most dealers with the vin, proof of ownership, and your ID, and get a new key made. Good luck, it sucks to lose keys. Ski
My wife just drove her mom all the way to the Cleveland clinic with no damn key in the car Her dad removed it on accident. Had to overnight it to her the next day You'd think the software guys could flash some kind of no key flashing banner on the radio screen
