Brian, You might ask Bill Spurlock to send you a jpg of what he uses. It's a homemade system that has all you need for a set of keys. I bought something from the back of the Journal once that uses a router to resurface. It has it's pluses and minuses. Essentially it is 2 rails of 1x8 aluminum suspended over a block of wood that the key is side clamped onto. The router rides on the rails above the key and trims them to the height that you desire. The problem I have with this jig is that it needs some modification because the key is pushed sideways by the toggle clamp and flexes a piece of angle iron that is used to keep the key square to the block of wood and also the rails above. This is a problem because the keys are not trimmed square now. I also had difficulty twice now where the clamps rubber tip didn't hold the key securely and it climbed right up into the spinning but. Some fun repair there I can tell you. I'm convinced that the basic system is good but modifications are necessary. Perhaps Spurlocks system addresses this. happy trimming! Greg Brian Trout wrote: > Hi Jon, > > Any chance you'd have a few pictures your key > cutting jigs you could send? I have a set of > keys (3 or 4 actually) sitting here looking at me > and I had an idea that I'd like to be able to do > them myself. > > Thanks, > > Brian T. > > ===== > Brian Trout > Grand Restorations > 3090 Gause Blvd., #202 > Slidell, LA 70461 > 985-649-2700 > GrandRestorations@yahoo.com > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. > http://personals.yahoo.com -- Greg Newell mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net
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