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I'm looking at an electrolock for a 36, but it doesn't have a key. How difficult is it for a locksmith to make a key for it?

It depends on the locksmith. Some can pick the lock in 30 seconds, others profile the lock and others destroy it. Making a key from the code is easy if you have the code and a machine set up by code. Pick carefully!

Chances are very good that your local locksmith with destory the lock trying to make a key for it.

My local locksmith has made me three without doing any damage. He is an older gentleman and must know what he is doing. He is at about $15 - $20 a lock/key, depending on the work envolved.

Dave

Thanks all. Guess I will take a chance and hope I pick the right locksmith.

Good luck!

Leagl,

If it doesn't work out with the locksmith I have a NORS 1936 electrolock with keys left over from my '36 pickup restoration in the early 1970s. It's time to start getting rid of some of this stuff.

I'm a geologist, not a locksmith, but I've rekeyed a few locks and it a quick and simple procedure. You remove the cylinder from the lock, remove the cover over the pins and springs, install new pins and file them to the correct height to get them to line up with the cylinder's "shear line", reinstall the pin cover, reinstall the cylinder in the lock and you're done. There are even kits to do that on house locks at the home improvement stores.

Thanks, Brino!

Try Jarvis Ericson. He advertises in the G & D under services offered. He is reasonable and knows his stuff. He has done a lot of lock And key work for me with no comebacks.