Gregory's Serverlooks like this brass cover slides open to reveal a spring and the first pin.
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  @tubetime Even with tumbler disassembly, I'm so surprised you got it to work. I also wonder if it's cheaper to have a locksmith make a key from that or try to use it for a mold. @tubetime I guess you could get a metal key cut from it at the local hardware. @tubetime your Medeco Biaxial key reverse engineering feels like something @deviantollam would be interested in. He might also be able to suggest where you could get a suitable metal blank to suit your pinning (or to suit a repinned version). (3D printed sintered metal probably also isn’t strong enough for frequent use, but a metal key cast from the negative of your reverse engineered key model might be sufficient for light use.) @ewenmcneill @deviantollam i found his video on the pinning tray, so that was helpful. @deviantollam @ewenmcneill thanks for the kind words. right now it is just some random notes and a crappy solidworks file. i am not convinced i have the depths right. i also have another lock (with no key) of very similar make, so i'll probably take that one apart and compare the pinning @tubetime Wow. This is genius. Amazing work. Thanks for sharing.  @tubetime Pretty impressive reverse engineering there. Impressive! First idea would be James from Clough42 on YouTube. He seems really skilled with 3D CAE and delicate CNC machining.  @tubetime you’ve already got a working model for an FDM printer, so I’m wondering if this would also work in a SLS metal printer? No idea what the cost of the print would be though. Or you could have a go at making a high temperature silicone mould of the key and casting it in pewter.  @tubetime neat! Could you get an outfit to print you a copy in metal with DMLS? I have no idea how much such a thing would cost @tubetime Nice work! Now that you have the shape, it could be possible to cast it in bronze :) |
here are the pins all laid out in front of the lock. they are special because, besides being pushed to the correct height, they have to be rotated to the correct angle as well! (there were 3 possible angles). you can see false holes and other anti-picking features.