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I'm not sure I agree that customers keep going back.... I believe they only go back when there isn't a better option! Treat your customers right, and turn out first class work and you WILL overcome.

Some belts I've been making.

Welcome to the forum. Not usually the place for such language. you’ve also answered 11 years later. I’m sure they’d have got something sorted by now

Alright, so this is their N series keyways (NA to NK) that was set aside for the U.S. Secret Service but ended up in various industrial settings around the U.K somehow. They're common in old master-keyed settings now. Genuine blanks are no longer a thing. The best suitor to fit it is JMA's YA-15I. Yale's own depth and space specification for the N section does not match anything Yale currently use, it doesn't belong to their 0.015", 0.019", 0.025" or their metric specifications. Nothing on InstaCode will match it so don't waste your time decoding it. Because of this, you will notice JMA YA-15I is actually a tiny bit shorter than the genuine Yale key (they all are) but the JMA will just about fit 6 pins using a basic key duplicator. It's the best you'll get. Your genuine key will not fit in a gauge because it's warded. Yale key gauges assume you're testing pass sections which you don't have there.

Made this bucket bag this week.

The combination of cutting deeper on a genuine blank got the cow off the ice. That's a German farmers' idiom, to denote an iffy situation that has been solved. It has no sexist content.

Lady brought in a Burberry bag, cost her over £1,000... tried the likes of Timpson, but no-one would touch it. Not only is it £100 in the till, it tells another customer that Timpson are not craftsmen. Timpsons are what McDonald's are as far as fine dining goes!

For anyone who is interested, having tested a few different furniture polishes this weekend the winner is..... Aldi polish. Really thick and stays on the glass during engraving.

I can confirm that JMA only sell to account customers.

Alot of stuff I get is from Abby England... purely because they make their own stuff, it's English & good quality.

Decided to check out keys on aliexpress for myself. A very interesting search. Lol.

Just ordered some of these myself

They're genuine blanks, mate. I imported a load of different blanks from China as I'm sick of not being able to get keys for some of there shitty locks. Rick.

Could also be on davenports website but it is not the easiest to seach and takes an eternity.

https://www.aldridgesecurity.co.uk/easyf-0003-easyfit-espag-handle-window-key.html

If you're running it on a 3 pin plug you shouldn't, it needs to be hard wired to a minimum 16amp supply.

1 of these might help

I don't use it. I prefer to use the machining window preview. At a guess, it's recalculating your fill and deciding it can't engrave.

Looks right

That is usually down to the blanks not being wide enough. Have you tried using a genuine Yale blank ?.

Adjust the depth setting by +10 - +15 in the Silca software. Had to do it occasionally on some we have cut.

Hi Rick. I've managed to cut a key which works. But many thanks for replying

Doh!

Nice first post!!!!

You are talking about the standard section ARC blank, we use silca UL051, we have a nursing home up the road and have cut loads of them. They brought a lock in when we first started been asked to cut them and UL051 was the best fit.

Swatkins. They may even be able to clean up the one you have and replate it. We have had a couple done in years gone by. Won't be cheap though.

having been phoned for hd key references - thought i'd put this new catalog in the download section for all

Agreed with Meekie, dimple cuts to deep but snake cut is perfect that is how the Traix cuts them. Machine needs recalibaration looking at the copy.

https://www.davenport-burgess.com/products/EUROSPEC-C-SERIES-3L-KEY-BLANK/P137888 Possibly this one.

Universal blank in the same guage.

Had Marino at the shop today, I asked the question, and he says removal of the end panels to accomodate a longer item should be okay

Sand is a better solution than WD40 at least you know what you get with sand. WD40 when used should always have a proper lubricant applied afterwards (preferably not used in the first place). The amount of locks we see destroyed by the corrosive and sticky nature of WD40 is unreal. Spray a squeaky hinge with WD40 and for a couple of weeks it will be fine then it will slowly become worse over time than it was to start with. Great for water displacement though.

Customers only lose them

Silca HU62 or VO9P JMA HU-AN or VO-VBP Guessing bitting is 2422211 on Silca card 49 Code: AN2429

Same as Terry last lot I had. They did straight and curved. Very useful.

If it is 'veneer' that is required... http://www.tcolledgeandson.com/ Heel Veneer Strips (single) 9" wide http://www.tcolledgeandson.com/admin/product_images/1220/11176.jpg Available in Type: Sraight 240021, Curved 24006

You can't find a printer in Ireland?

Absolutely stunning, mate. Rick.

You could always try it out on yerself........ Rick.

Can't wait to see if it's still "porno sexy" when my missus is wearing it. Lol.

You sure you didn't search for something that sounds like blank? Rick.

I cut one of these the other day, cut it on JMA AGE-1I. Worked a treat.

Key blank for these is JINKUN A177.

Does not look like any Abus key i have come across.

Some stuff I've been making in preparation for Christmas.

I think Tandy gave left the U.K. and you can only order form America, now. Rick.

Been making some bespoke belts.

Lol. Don't we take 10pence blanks and turn them into £5 keys?