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This is the 2nd of 4 planned videos on the SFIC core. We cut two keys: an operating and a control key for those of you, like me, that acquired some SFIC cores with one, but not the other.
In the next video, we will make a tensioning wrench that only tensions the control shear line and ignores the operating shear line.
Lockpicking101 thread "Best SFIC Keyway Pictures": www.lockpicking...
Stuff I used (I'm not endorsed or paid to promote the products in anyway):
Tweezers: www.sparrowsloc...
Bessey 4" Drill Press Vise: www.amazon.com...
Hobby File Set: www.lowes.com/...
This is not the one I used. The Kobalt set isn't listed on Lowe's site...
BEST Key Blanks: www.clksupplie...
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@robertwest3093 Год назад

I'm glad to see that I'm not alone in hand filing my own keys. 😁👍 Thank you for showing the control key operation.

@gkeyman565 5 лет назад

Old video but good info, small tip, grind one edge of the flat file smooth as well as the corners of that edge , then when cutting the angle "ramp", put the smooth edge at the bottom of the groove so it won't cut it deeper while cutting the ramp.

@ronaldradecki 5 лет назад

Great video, but you have way more patience than I do. Thanks.

@keithb4007 5 лет назад

Damn...great video! Way to really kick it old school hand filing the key. I hate when I have to cut keys by hand for customers. You owned it like that the only option there is! Great job and great explanation of your process.

@mwilson14 7 лет назад

Nice to see another person working on IC cores. Subbed.

@theejm3450 7 лет назад

+Matthew Wilson thanks man. ICs are good times. They are a technically-brilliant solution to the problem "how can we engineer a lock that can be quickly replaced for commercial applications?"

@mwilson14 7 лет назад

They are incredibly difficult to pick as well. I've picked a couple of mine to control and only one to operator. I contribute my success in picking them purely to luck and statistics, and maybe 10% on skill. LOL. I've got two M keyways and three D keyways as well as a couple dozen D blanks.

@theejm3450 7 лет назад

+Matthew Wilson hahaha. Definitely a combination of the two. There's a 1 in 64 chance that if all the pins are on a shear line, they are ALL on either the operator or control shear line (assuming there's only 3 pins per stack). The other 98.44% of the time some of the pins are on one shear line and some are on the other.

@Potti314 7 лет назад

Awesome stuff. Thanks a lot to take the time to put this all together for us. It's very interesting to see how this works on a more complicated lock than the usual pin tumbler. Great series on the SFIC.

@theejm3450 7 лет назад

+Potti314 thank you! Much appreciated.

@paulsolfelt8452 6 лет назад

Potti314 that is easy, do a medeco lock, those are even funner, they are easy when you get inside of them!

@jamesbaumfeld6126 6 лет назад

That was extremely infomitive thanks and IAM glad I found your channel.

@mwilson14 7 лет назад

One thing I do when I hand code-cut my own keys (file) is place a chemistry tube clamp on the key and use a mini hacksaw to start the cuts. I have a handful of those old chemistry tube clamps from when I used to work at a hobby shop during my college years. They are great makeshift miters.--My hands shake too much to start an accurate cut.

@jjs4x 5 лет назад

Great videos, 1 and 2! Really answered a ton of questions I had about this system.

@beachbums2008 11 месяцев назад

I'm still waiting for the video on the control shear line tension wrench I made on and it works great. Can't wait to see the design of your control shear line tension wrench. P.S.,,, I did pick the control shear line with the tension wreach I designed

@bobbykeyz1263 7 лет назад

Great job that was a well thought out video. I'm sure a lot of use can benefit from it. I have cut a few keys myself so I've gotten pretty good at it but I can sure use the rest if the information. I actually just received my first one from Bill Bacardi with no key. So thank you very much and I'll be looking forward to the next video.

@theejm3450 7 лет назад

+Bobby Keyz thank you! I forgot to mention in the vid that there are 128 bitting possibilities that will work as operating keys with all 7 chambers having master wafers (2 correct bittings per chamber, 7 chambers = 2^7 correct bittings = 128 working keys). It's crazy that these locks are so hard to pick.

@mikeprimicerio4401 5 лет назад

to decode a control key, #13 top pin = 0 control cut. and so on. #12 top pin = 1 control cut. #11= 2 depth cut. ect.

@216682978 Год назад

This is a good video on how to manually file a key to fit a lock. Techniques demonstrated are well thought out and show expertise and skill. However BEST SFIC locks with four pins in the stack are master keyed at the operating sheer line and merely filing a key to the bottom pins demonstrates a lack of knowledge regarding how master keying locks works. This video would be outstanding if the core in question only had three pins per stack meaning it that was a single keyed core, however it totally ignores the subject of master keying and how the vast majority of SFIC locks actually operate.

@redcatimaging 7 лет назад

I won't probably never have to cut a key for an sfic core ;), but it was a very interesting video and might even help me cut normal keys. Some pretty valuable information, thank you very much for sharing this nice video :D.

@theejm3450 7 лет назад

+redcatimaging this is the same way I cut my normal keys too. There a lot higher tolerances for these cores though. If you're off .01" (.25mm) then it won't work. Cutting a schlage can be done while sleeping if you can cut an sfic. Thanks for watching!

@adrn25m 5 лет назад

Is there ever going to be a part 3 and part 4 videos on SFIC? In this video at the end you mention your next SFIC video will be the tension tool to pick just the 1 sheerline, so I am hoping you will still make and upload it.

@WiliamBennettwildarbennett 2 месяца назад

Very detailed information Thank you I'm an, Aspiring or should I say Perspiring Locksmith. And seeking any and, all information that I can get.

@paulsolfelt8452 6 лет назад

The keys I make have silver solder on the blank, it's easier to mark each pin and put one at a time in there, hit each pin with a plastic screwdriver handle, that marks the blank exactly, do that with all seven pins then file them to shear, make the key without the master wafers and you will have a sub master key if you use there system!

@grumpyg9350 3 года назад

Fun to watch👍👍👍👍👍👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

@brooklynkayak 4 года назад

Very helpful.

@briangrant1798 5 лет назад

great video. I have a Best SFIC Core with the L Keyway. I was wondering how to make extra keys for it.. I wanna make a spare control key and operating key for it..

@lowdeadkkey7242 5 лет назад

where is the best place to buy these blanks at a good price?

@ogrecraign6597 7 лет назад

Great series. I really enjoy seeing the interworking and methods. Have you had good luck getting the key blanks? Thank you!

@theejm3450 7 лет назад

+OgreCraig N sure have. I found a seller on eBay that was doing 5 blanks of a given letter for $10 shipped. Also, CLKSupplies.com has blanks to order. There's only a few keyways that are restricted and hard to get.

@paulsolfelt8452 6 лет назад

OgreCraig N I just take a key and cut the warding back and it will fit a through j and maybe some other random keyways, it won't work on reverse or the school locks they use in the w keyways! I call the school keyways as half spade like a poker card since that is exactly what it looks like!

@iggymac3473 6 лет назад

What happen where are the other two videos for this would like to see them?

@Leonslockpad 7 лет назад

very nice my friend cool info😎👍😊👍

@theejm3450 7 лет назад

+Leon's lockpad thank you!

@rknight7018able 6 лет назад

This video was extremely helpful!! Thank you! You could probably help point me in the right direction... I salvaged about 12 Best SFIC cores from a department store renovation. (They all came off doors from the same store)(all are A2 system). I followed your videos and successfully made a control key (bottom level) and a change key. The operation key works on all but 6 cores and the change key works on all but 2 cores. There are master pins. Is there any way to determine the most likely master key (other than making 49 different keys)? Also, any idea why the change key I made would work on all but 2 cores? Any input would be greatly appreciated! Thanks for the great videos! I hope you keep them coming!

@scottkenny8203 4 года назад

I have a similar old falcon sfic but it doesnt have a clip on the back. Instead its back cover seems to be staked on permanently. Is there a way to fully gut it still?

@richardcruz2630 4 года назад

Thx buddy

@jeffmoss26 7 лет назад

I just decode the core and have the the keys punched out...way too much work to file IMO

@theejm3450 7 лет назад

Jeff Moss True, but what's the fun in that? I should have mentioned that there are websites that will cut sfic blanks given a code for about $5 a pop, but I'm sure there are those out there that like to cut the metal themselves. What I really want to do is make a key cutting wheel and cut one on a lathe.

@Satchmoeddie 6 лет назад

Buy an old cheapie Ilco duplicator and a set of depth & space keys for the Best A2 system, and grind them out. I think I paid $50 for my little Ilco, and someone has knockoff space & depth keys for $20 with shipping & knockoff Best key blanks, included for $1-$2 each, & done, and it looks really good too. The punches are $1000-$1500, and if I find one for under $650 for the Green Machine, it's coming home with me! Best's machines only fit ONE KEY SHAPE, and cost $1400. F' THAT!

@briangrant1798 5 лет назад

@@Satchmoeddie yeah the punches are expensive.. cheapest I found was like $999. as for key blanks, $0.51 ea or something like that.