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425213 No.425213 [Reply] [Original]

I need to make a copy of a key. I only have the key for a few minutes a day so going and getting one made professionally isn't an option. the only thing i can think of is Chris Angel and using some clay and getting a mold from that and then pouring in some metal which i don't remember.

tl;dr: how do i make a homemade key

>> No.425216

It sounds like you want the key to do something illegal.

>> No.425219

That won't actually work, at least not well enough to actually open a lock. I've tried it a couple of times. You just won't get the resolution you need.
Perhaps a bump key would work for what you need.

>> No.425224

Take a picture of it, buy a blank with the same shape keyway.
Cut that shit.

>> No.425236

Remember kids, do not try this at home!

>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iIlb6vvRmA&feature=player_embedded

>> No.425242

I have a .pdf that teaches how to copy keys. i'ts a book scanned, the name is "CIA Field - Expedient Key Casting Manual" you can found this in torrent if you want.

And about the metal... maybe is Gallium
http://youtu.be/foQhHfsyPIc

>> No.425256

Push key into a bar of soap, buy a key blank that matches, file until it fits into the soap impression.

>> No.425279

If you try to use a cast key directly, it's probably just going to break off in the lock the first time you use it.

Better bet is to make an impression, cast it, then take your casting in and get a real key made off of it from a blank.

>> No.425287

u can take the key, put it on a piece of paper, then draw the borders with a pencil
then take a plastic bottle and cut it as the shape of the key (only the teeth are important to draw well)
on the top part of the plastic key, put a hard part, from a can bottle metal for exemple, this hard part should enter the first mm of the lock, so you can turn it

>> No.425341

>not using a ruler/graphpaper and your smart phone camera
>2013

>> No.425345

How about a hint as to what this is for?

>> No.425418

Most key shops refuse to make professional keys without the original.

>> No.425425

Sounds like you want to steal something. Don't be an asshole OP.

>> No.425428

>tfw OP probably is a janitor at a mall and wants to get into the pharmacy for drugs or something.

>> No.425488

OP needs to get back here pronto and give us his 'explanation' of why he needs to do this. I'm sure it'll be very entertaining.

>> No.425548

>>425213
OP here.

The reason I need this key is because I recently moved into my new wife's apartment, and she has a closet that is locked and for some reason she isn't giving me access to it.

>> No.425553

>>425548
why don't you just ask her what's in there? and why do you even need to know?
also, it's a fucking closet, you can probably open it with an cut up beer can or a screwdriver.

>> No.425560

>>425553
I did ask her. She just responded with "feminine things" to try to make me uncomfortable and stop asking.

>> No.425561

>>425560
I feel you, OP.

Look into lockpicking as a serious hobby. Key-copying may work, but having a skillset like lockpicking is invauable.

>> No.425562

>>425560

You apparently have a shitty relationship when you don't trust you wife.

>> No.425565

>>425560
>>425561
In fact, buy a cheap lockpick set online, then a cheap knob fixture from Lowes or Home Depot. Open them and leave them somewhere in the open. She'll freak!

>> No.425568
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425568

>>425213
>moved into Wife's appartment
>mystery closet hubby can't access
>Wife tries to make hubby uncomfortable about contents

This was funnier when Friends did it. OP is pic related.

>> No.425571

>>425568
Was wondering how long it would take.

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425577

>>425571

>> No.425594

The closet is filled with dildos and vibrators.

Case closed.

>> No.425601

>>425213
This is a method I've used before, it works good.
Lay the key on a piece of paper, then hit it with some spray paint or something.
It leaves the pattern of the key on the paper.

With that pattern you can either get a blank and file it to the right code, or use a coke can and make the key out of that.

>> No.425611

>>425601
Makes it kind of obvious to the owner of the key.

>> No.425609

>>425601
And the spray paint on the key won't give *anything* away, nosirreebob.

>or use a coke can and make the key out of that.
Yeah, because that thin metal will so stand up to the required twisting forced.

>> No.425618

>>425548
>crappy story about wife and closet
I don't buy it for second, and even if I did I have to say if you don't trust your wife you shouldn't have married her.

>> No.425620

>>425618
>>425594
>>425601
Do these kind of people just respond without even reading the thread?

>> No.425628

>>425548
Real OP here, I need this key because I am a janitor at a mall and want to steal meds from a pharmacy.

>> No.425631

>>425628
Real OP here, I need this key because I am a school teacher and need to access the gym showers.

>> No.425636

>>425631
Real OP here, I need this key because the Tigers at the zoo deserve to be free.

>> No.425637

>>425636
Real OP here, I need this key to go read my book in the attic and dream about rock biters, flying dogs, and a girl princess I had a boy-boner for.

>> No.425660

>>425637
Real OP here. I need this key because I'm a correctional officer on death row and I need to sneak out the innocent people before they are put to death.

>> No.425673

>>425609
>>425611
Wipe the paint off before it dries you retards.

>> No.425676

>>425660
Real OP here. I need this key because I'm locked into my own living room and need some MacGyver tier magic to get out

>> No.425677

>>425660
Real OP here, I need this key because my wife has me in a chastity belt.

>> No.425681

Real OP here< I need this key because I work on a slave ship and have become fast friends with one of the niggers.

>> No.425682

>>425681
Real op here, I need this key because there is a cow on the stairs and I need to borrow a crane to take it out.

>> No.425684

Real Op here I need this key because I am an alter boy and want to score some extra yummy body of Christ out of the tabernacle

>> No.425686

Real OP here, I need this key because I need to access the wealth of a Nigerian prince.

>> No.425688

Real Op here I need this because I have the launch codes

>> No.425689

Real OP here I need this key because I want to steal this shinny bow tie wearing faggots bike.

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425690

>>425213
I wonder if this is how OP thought his thread would have turned out.

>> No.425695

Real OP here, I need this key because I work at Area 51 and want my own flying saucer.

>> No.425697

Real OP here, I need this key because she'll run out of air soon.

>> No.425704

Real OP here, I need this key to activate metal gear.

>> No.425725

I'd like to start lockpicking too.

I have a practice lock, but nowhere to mount it so I can practice picking.

>> No.425726

>>425725
scope out some folks doing home improvements and hit their garbage the night before collection. Some folks may be throwing out old bedroom doors.

>> No.425764

>>425673
>Wipe the paint off before it dries you retards.
The person who suggested you could make a workable key from a soda can is calling others a retard? My sides.

Anyway, yeah, we're not complete idiots it's obvious you wipe the paint off in this scenario. But it's hard to remove every trace of enamel, specially if you have to do it quickly...
>I only have the key for a few minutes a day

So, solvent? Makes the suspicious odour problem even worse. But whatever, nobody is buying the BS story anyway.

>> No.425765

>>425690
>I wonder if this is how OP thought his thread would have turned out.
50/50?

>> No.425775

>>425560
10 bucks it's a dragon dildo.

>> No.425778

>>425690
Real OP here, I need this key to unlock my computer room to check and see if my /diy/ thread is doing well.

>> No.425780

not readint through the whole thread so dunno if that has already been posted, but OP do it like the cia

http://www.scribd.com/doc/46943224/CIA-Field-Expedient-Key-Casting-Manual

>> No.425789

>>425689
OP confirmed for nigger

>> No.425793

>>425789
My sides

>>425628
>>425631
>>425636
>>425637
>>425660
>>425676
>>425677
>>425681
>>425682
>>425686
>>425684
>>425688
>>425689
>>425695
>>425697
>>425704
>>425778
Real OP here, I need this key because they're after me lucky charms.

>> No.425869

Hey! Someone got some /b/ in my /diy/!

>> No.426097

Id also like to know how to get a fake key

Im a Rover scout at the local hall and out of my group im the closest to the hall incase we need something however only the crew leader has the key and you cant get those keys professionally made without a tonn of paperwork and premission

So i need a way to make a workable copy to get into the hall

In b4 you want the key to sneak in while the girls guides next door are having a sleep over

>> No.426110

If it is a schlage or a Kwikset you can buy the tool that will tell you what each cut is. It's a small piece of metal with a step style hole cut out in the middle (or a sliding scale) You can get keys cut by code. Or, sometimes the key will have the code stamped on it (usually 5 or 7 digits) Or you can pick the lock. Or you can tell us a real story. Or you if your story is real grow a pair of balls.

>> No.426169

>>425764
>The person who suggested you could make a workable key from a soda can is calling others a retard? My sides.
I've made a working key from a soda can, eat a dick nigga.

>> No.426882

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Look it up look it up

>> No.426883

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