Key reader

[bobc]

For anyone with some spare cash to spend on key blank reading

 

http://www.nwkeys.co.uk/Portal.aspx?page=43&prod=8934

[Guest kam]

i have a chaeper one, my eyes!

[Guest quickeys]

wish I could afford that

[kobblers]

i agree with kam

[slippy]

It only suggests the type of key to use. Most pobably a universal.

[ponsaloti]

I wonder how many with more sense than money have bought one of these. Why dont people want to learn to do a job the right way anymore?

[ironplanet uk900]

I hate the Lazy Universal brigade. How many Cutters now use the poxy univeral for everything that slightly resembles its profile It just causes problems later when the customer has more copies.

[kobblers]

i bet if i bought that machine, it'd recommend key blanks for keys that i don't stock as a matter of course

 

i use the universal for all those keys that never seem to appear in the books. i also use it for the era 25B blank as a very knowledgeable rep once told me there was no difference against the generic blank.

 

rick.

[ironplanet uk900]

i bet if i bought that machine, it'd recommend key blanks for keys that i don't stock as a matter of course

 

i use the universal for all those keys that never seem to appear in the books. i also use it for the era 25B blank as a very knowledgeable rep once told me there was no difference against the generic blank.

 

rick.

 

The 1a is a far nearer profile to the 25b than a universal...If you wanna use the wrong blank

Who was this knowledgable rep telling lies

[Technical Tony original]

For anyone with some spare cash to spend on key blank reading

 

http://www.nwkeys.co.uk/Portal.aspx?page=43&prod=8934

 

 

We give away FREE a JMA Key book - Does the same with a little help from your eyes

[Guest smurf]

I think the universal blank is one of our trades best inventions , its a great time saver ,cant find the right blank within a few mins then whack it on a uni punter will be happy for quick service you save time jobs a good un.

[kobblers]

who told you the 1A was a nearer profile?

 

when they first came out, before we stocked the actual blank we tried the 1A and had no luck with it, couldn't even get it to go in the lock

 

maybe it's differences between manufacturers' blanks, i've had 1As off one of our suppliers that looked more like a universal than a bloody universal they probably made up a truck load off unis and stamped some 1a and some with uni codes

 

rick.

[ironplanet uk900]

who told you the 1A was a nearer profile?

 

when they first came out, before we stocked the actual blank we tried the 1A and had no luck with it, couldn't even get it to go in the lock

 

maybe it's differences between manufacturers' blanks, i've had 1As off one of our suppliers that looked more like a universal than a bloody universal they probably made up a truck load off unis and stamped some 1a and some with uni codes

 

rick.

 

HD 1a works every time...never fails. Why not use a 25b bloody UL1's totaly crap, too weak, especially when they are a sloppy fit in the wrong lock...like an Era lock.

[kobblers]

you must be referring to the hd UL1. i've never had a silca ulo5o break or bend in an era lock yet and if you compare the profiles end to end they're so similar as to be indifferent. how can you say they're too sloppy?

 

hd 1A must be slightly different to silca's 1A, never got one of those to do an era yet.

 

rick.

[ironplanet uk900]

Trust me your wrong on all points You must need glass's if you think a UL1 ain't thinner that a 25b, which would make it sloppy in the lock period

[jayke]

why not just use the correct blank for the lock than the universal rubbish

[ironplanet uk900]

Thankyou Jayke

[Guest smurf]

Oi if a universal fits then use it whats the problem ????

[Mark A]

I've come across many cylinders with a snapped brass key over the years, but recently the only snapped steel keys I have come across have all been cut on Universal blanks.......

 

Mark

[Michael]

But surely it's the user breaking the key through misuse,It dont break on its own.

 

I have argued/explained with customers who come in and say this key has broken in half that if a key is all the way in the keyway when it's turned there is no way it can break,but if you turn it before it's fully inserted it's going to twist in half.A little demo with an old cylinder and they realise it's there mistake by rushing to turn the key.

[ironplanet uk900]

Eleviate all problems or potential problems by using the correct materials for the job, as you should in all aspects of our trade

 

People who insist on UL1 for all are not in the same league as the more conscientious key cutter, So I wouldn't expect them to understand I would expect them to be Stick-on-soles for all repairs aswell

[Michael]

Eleviate all problems or potential problems by using the correct materials for the job, as you should in all aspects of our trade

 

 

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[ponsaloti]

Ye, what he said.

[jayke]

Eleviate all problems or potential problems by using the correct materials for the job, as you should in all aspects of our trade

 

People who insist on UL1 for all are not in the same league as the more conscientious key cutter, So I wouldn't expect them to understand I would expect them to be Stick-on-soles for all repairs aswell

totally agree, if your going to do a job do it properly

[hibsjo(SCO)]

just bought a 299 to relace my old ecm and the rep told me i should buy the 399 which has the

optika attached for easy identification!

told him I dont need it for with 20 odd years key blank identification stored in the grey stuff i didnt need it.

Ive realised there is more to this machine than meets the eye.

If you actually take time to see its potential and have a code cutting machine then you can give them a TRUE key every time instead of a copy.

However the same rep did tell me ive too many blanks on the board and the uli would cut most cylinder keys now a days?

So dont shoot this machine down just yet im going to see if i can get one on trial and come back to yous on it.

carry on!