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Originally Posted by OSC911 View Post
He counted the highs and lows along the key and the depth of each one (1 being shallow and 4 being deep - 10 cuts in total on the key) and entered the sequence into his computer. Started the program and the machine cut my key as if it were from the factory.
Locating someone who will compensate for the wear and cut it like new, as opposed to just copy it, is probably the hardest part of the whole project....those skills are hard to find.
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