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surely this cant be true for most keys? I mean I'm sure for regular house keys... But car keys, bike lock keys, padlock keys? if true then TIL!
by maerF0x0 4y ago
surely this cant be true for most keys? I mean I'm sure for regular house keys... But car keys, bike lock keys, padlock keys?
if true then TIL!
- corobo 4y agoAdmittedly I was only thinking of like safes and lockboxes, stuff you could probably open without the key anyway given a bit of time I doubt there's any forgotten houses or cars in my family's junk collection in any case and I have no use for old bike locks and padlocks, they'd binned anyway whether I found a matching key or not
- alexjm 4y agoIf you have a decent photo of the side of the key, you can make a pretty good guess at the bitting code, which is essentially the instructions for making a copy. Here's an example of the process: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoRyv4ANhM4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoRyv4ANhM4