At 07:23 PM 30/11/2018 -0800, you wrote: >> Or, if you prefer, I can dig through some old posts on this list, and tell >> you the depths of the cuts for XX2247. It has been widely discussed a few >> years back. > >On Mon, 25 Apr 2011, Ethan Dicks wrote: >> 1 - 0.0155" >> 2 - 0.0310" >> 3 - 0.0465" >> 4 - 0.0620" >> 5 - 0.0775" >> 6 - 0.093" >> 7 - 0.1085" >> 8 - 0.1240"
How come there are 8? The lock only has 7 pins. Also which is pin 1 and which direction do they number? I just assigned a start and direction randomly on my photo http://everist.org/NobLog/pics/20181104/20181124_1741.jpg >> Meaning that the XX2247 key would have depths (in the order you >> describe) of 5-1-7-3-7-5-7 How do you derive those? 2 x "5" and 3 x "7" but there are no such repeats in the measurements. > >Given the "5-1-7-3-7-5-7", a locksmith with a tubular "code cutter" can >make a key. Most tubular key machines can be used to "code-cut" > >But, YES, a prior owner might have removed the lock at some point, and >deliberately rekeyed it to different cuts than it came from DEC with. >Not likely, but possible, particularly in some college CS departments, >where lots of students have XX2247 keys. They'd have to have removed the securing pin somehow, and that has never happened to these locks. Guy
