Re-keying door locks?

[tyrone27 at gmail.com (Derrick floyd)]

just go to the yard and take all the locks off a car and take one to a
locksmith and get a key cut.

On 11/19/05, Brad Sterling <bgsterling@bluebottle.com> wrote:
>
> <snip Nate>
> there is a procedure to re-key the tumblers to match a given key, anyone
> know how?
> <end snip>
>
> Another idea (stolen from the archives) is to hit the junk yards and
> scavenge a bunch of different brass tumblers from various A1s (maybe
> others?). Then pull your lock cylinder with the key in place. Keep trying
> the scavenged tumblers in your current lock until you find the proper mix.
>
> -Brad
> '86 Scirocco 16v
>
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