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2. Key duplication - Wikipedia

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   Key cutting is the primary method of key duplication: a flat key is fitted into a vise in a machine, with a blank attached to a parallel vise, and the original key is moved along a guide, while the blank is moved against a blade, which cuts it.

3. KeyMe - Wikipedia

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   Some commentators have mentioned concerns that the app could potentially allow people to copy keys other than their own, since only a few seconds of physical access to a key is required to scan it. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] The number of KeyMe kiosks in 2016 was about two hundred, which had fabricated about one million keys at that time, and by 2020 the ...

4. Locksmithing - Wikipedia

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   Thus locksmithing, as its name implies, is the assembly and designing of locks and their respective keys by hand. Most locksmiths use automatic and manual cutting tools to mould keys; most are power tools having battery or mains electricity as their power source.

5. Key relevance - Wikipedia

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   The difference in size between the original key (blue) and its copy (red) is 0.023mm, an accuracy of 0.61%. This is an acceptable level of tolerance. In master locksmithing , key relevance is the measurable difference between an original key and a copy made of that key, either from a wax impression or directly from the original, and how similar ...

6. Glossary of locksmithing terms - Wikipedia

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   The bitting of a key is the physical arrangement of the bit of the key that engage with the locking mechanism. The bitting instructs a locksmith how to cut a certain key, to replace a lost key or make an additional copy. Blade The segment of a key which enters the keyway of a lock and has key cuts machined into it. On a bit key the blade is ...

7. Rekeying - Wikipedia

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   Locks are usually re keyed to build master-key systems, make a set of locks share a common key, or to eliminate compromised keys. [2] [3] [4] Sometimes worn pins are replaced with new pins if the old pins become too short to reach the shear-line. [5] The shear-line is the thin line shared by the lock plug and its cylindrical housing. If a pin ...