FC Posted June 27, 2022 Report Share Posted June 27, 2022 Success! I put wax on the key to find where it was striking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Hess Posted June 27, 2022 Report Share Posted June 27, 2022 That's neat. And that is basically how I had a locksmith make a key for my '47 Plymouth once. I lost all the keys and was just hotwiring it with a clip lead. Brought it to the locksmith, an older guy, and he stuck a key in the lock, grabbed it with some pliers, twisted, pulled out, looked at the marks on the key, filed, back in, twist, back out, file, etc., until it opened the lock. Then went to the next lock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FC Posted June 27, 2022 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2022 I thought you'd like this. I bought it in Holland several years ago. I remember seeing the inside of an old door lock, and how they filed a shape the key had to get past, thought of, "The Great Escape", where they made a wax impression of a key, threw in some dental lab rope wax, and voila! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Hess Posted June 27, 2022 Report Share Posted June 27, 2022 I bet Dykem would work great for that too. And it's handy for gunsmithing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FC Posted June 28, 2022 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2022 How does it work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Hess Posted June 28, 2022 Report Share Posted June 28, 2022 Dykem is a machinist's tool, a dye or very light paint you put on things, like bolt lugs, you put it together, work it, and the dyekem rubs off where it rubs. Then you machine it until it wears how you want it. https://www.amazon.com/Layout-Machinist-Perfect-Marking-Metalworking/dp/B002SLGAIA/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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