windycity Posted November 16, 2010 Report Share Posted November 16, 2010 Hi chaps i keep getting a era mortice key in that does not match up to the ones on my board or in sks and hd books the bit is always wider than sks ref: 353 & 332. now the head looks like a 353 and its a 7gauge. i have been having to use a standard mortice blank and cut them down and file out the very low and small side cut. i have had to cut 25 of these today so i'm had enough of this manual labour. do any of you know the right blank for this key please, cheers windy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daza Posted November 16, 2010 Report Share Posted November 16, 2010 just a guess here mate would it be the era profit key? https://skskeys.co.uk/products/manufact ... fit-blank/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windycity Posted November 17, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2010 afraid not daza its a steel key and 7 gauge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lock&quay Posted November 17, 2010 Report Share Posted November 17, 2010 Ive had a few the same as the old ERA brown cased Endurance 7 guage I did them in securefast blanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windycity Posted November 17, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2010 thank you, i'll try one next time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahamparker Posted November 17, 2010 Report Share Posted November 17, 2010 Are you positive they where era keys did they have era stamped on them or made in england ??? If it said made in england they where more likely to be willenhall m3 sashlock or m8 deadlock keys https://skskeys.co.uk/products/manufact ... key-blank/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windycity Posted November 17, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2010 hi graham yes they were era, i tried the willenhall as well but they did not match, well era locks do seem to be a bit samuel windsorish these days apart from the fortress range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahamparker Posted November 18, 2010 Report Share Posted November 18, 2010 Agree 100% era quality went down the tubes in the early nineties and hasn't really improved with the price increases. We returned so many profit sashlocks and then invincibles towards the end of their production, Havent returned any fortress locks as yet so may be a decent lock after all. Have you tried using genuine keyblanks or only copies as we have found some copy blanks are a little tight and therefore sometimes not quite wide enough or very slightly off centre. The new union strongbolt needs genuine blanks as all copies at the moment have the bit a little to far to the right so then left hand side is not cut correctly. Other than that is there any chance of a photo as it may be a new lock that ere have launched. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toofatbyfar Posted November 18, 2010 Report Share Posted November 18, 2010 hi grahamyes they were era, i tried the willenhall as well but they did not match, well era locks do seem to be a bit samuel windsorish these days apart from the fortress range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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