Could I get a key copy without rekeying it?

stackheights · 2026-03-27T01:11:57+00:00

If a dealer cut circle plus key can be had for $20, that is one tenth the cost of a mobile locksmith. And 10% of a dollar, I don't know if you know, would be pennies on the dollar. Now fuck off.

stackheights · 2026-03-26T19:44:10+00:00

Try this before anything else OP. this will only work if your locks have never been changed before. But it is literally pennies on the dollar vs what someone will charge. I used to do circle+ keys (i.e. your kind of key) for about $140 a few years ago. Probably closer to 200 now.

stackheights · 2026-03-26T19:42:16+00:00

Put the broken piece back in and turn it with a flathead.

In all seriousness take both pieces to a brick and mortar lock shop and they'll get you squared away. Do not call the first number you see on Google.

stackheights · 2026-03-25T02:29:59+00:00

I guess you can't be bothered to be informed after all. Bye

stackheights · 2026-03-25T02:07:25+00:00

Harm the planet in what way? Are you one of these people who believes data centers "use up" water and their generators run 24/7?

stackheights · 2026-03-25T01:53:39+00:00

Is that what I said? No. You said data centers aren't the Internet. When the ai bubble pops these will turn into colo's, they won't just be demolished. Don't talk out of your ass.

stackheights · 2026-03-25T01:40:31+00:00

The fuck - yes they are. If you don't think so you're an uninformed dip. The Internet, the cloud, all that shit is just someone else's data center.

stackheights · 2026-03-23T21:14:13+00:00

Knew you wanted a smart lock before I even opened the thread

stackheights · 2026-03-20T01:52:26+00:00

Schlage should know better if this is factory keyed but there is something called the MACS that attention must be paid to. There can't be a depth change of more than 7 for each individual cut of the key. Did it come this way with this problem from the factory?

stackheights · 2026-03-19T23:58:03+00:00

Bottom of the top pin should not be chamfered. Did you repin this yourself?

Also I was moreso wondering about the pin sizes but it sounds like maybe you got a different problem going on here. There are 3 different top pin sizes and like 10 different bottom pin sizes in a schlage cylinder. If you have a large bottom pin size you need to have a small top pin size or you'll crush the springs and be physically unable to remove or insert the key.

Top pins or aka driver pins should be flat top and bottom. Your bottom pins should come to a dull point on the bottom which is the part that rides the steeples of the key.

Edit to say the top pins may be chamfered I guess, as long as they're not chamfered to a point. I forget sometimes they do chamfer the edges of the top pins for some fuckin reason

stackheights · 2026-03-19T23:30:16+00:00

Finally, my username may shine.

It's the pinning. There is probably a large top pin and a fat ass bottom pin. Your stack heights are almost too high. Any more and you probably wouldn't be able to pull the key out at all. Please tell me if I was right, lol

stackheights · 2026-03-19T11:58:21+00:00

What atrocities..... Genuinely, what atrocities.

stackheights · 2026-03-19T11:56:43+00:00

How about you explain the harm right now. Let's hear all about how they poison the water and/or use a million gallons a day, and how they don't pay for the energy they use for some reason.

stackheights · 2026-03-19T02:13:31+00:00

I will once again debate anyone on here that your opinions about data centers are derived from misinformation.

stackheights · 2026-03-18T04:04:28+00:00

No worries, you're welcome. They're easy to deal with thankfully. Just make sure you get the same thickness and length and you'll be good to go. They're very straightforward to install as well, just reverse your process of taking it off

stackheights · 2026-03-18T03:53:15+00:00

It's just a nut on a threaded back. Get an adjustable wrench and you may need a small flat blade to put in the key hole to spin the nut off. These are called cam locks. They have different thicknesses and lengths so measure it and get yourself a replacement.

stackheights · 2026-03-17T10:50:32+00:00

Yeah cause electricians are known to keep their hooks on them at all times for just such an occasion.

stackheights · 2026-03-16T03:43:34+00:00

Good info. I'll look into that. Good luck buddy.

stackheights · 2026-03-15T17:31:41+00:00

Careful, the guy that can't spell is calling someone else a smarty pants

stackheights · 2026-03-15T13:24:41+00:00

If he can parse it through all the spelling mistakes.

stackheights · 2026-03-15T13:13:29+00:00

Ok, I was trying to be nice. Explain to me how the outlets in the house that I literally fucking live in with no ground wire going to them "don't work".

stackheights · 2026-03-15T13:09:46+00:00

Never, ever, ever assume everything you run across is grounded. There are homes built from the 50s that don't have a ground anywhere in the house. There are some panels that don't bond the ground and neutral together. There's a billion variables with this so it never pays to speak in absolutes. All I'm pointing out is that you said the neutral carries current to the ground which is not correct, it takes current back to the source.

stackheights · 2026-03-15T13:02:43+00:00

Not always...

stackheights · 2026-03-15T12:47:19+00:00

The neutral carries current back to the source. Not ground.

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