Okay, this may sound like a stupid question, but Lowes and Home Depot have a less than 25% success rate in my experience. I've probably had 20-30 duplicate keys made in the past few years, and hardly any of them from Lowes or HD have worked at all. I went to Lowes again today (it's close to my work), got two copies made, and neither one works. Where else can I go? Why is it so hard to get a duplicate key made?

6/10/2007 2:07:41 AM

Ace Hardware?

6/10/2007 2:11:35 AM

I've also had a lot of keys made in past years and the place in the crabtree food court is on point.

6/10/2007 2:31:46 AM

^^^

did you make them refund you?

6/10/2007 2:42:06 AM

the place in crabtree is good

most people at Lowes and HD don't know what they're doing when they operate the KCM, often using the wrong skeleton, and not putting the skeleton in all the way, which screws up the ridges.

6/10/2007 2:46:17 AM

Ace has been doing ours since I was a young kid, and I've never heard of keys not working. Cause of that, I'll never go anywhere else. Thanks.

6/10/2007 2:49:55 AM

Anywhere that doesn't have a fully automatic key maker. Lower and Home Depot are horrible, any kind of small hardware store ftw

6/10/2007 2:56:23 AM

I got working copies from the KMart on Western before. I always hold the copy up next to the original to make sure ridges line up before I leave, whereever I go. I've caught some bad copies that way at different places, but never left the store and had the copy not work.

6/10/2007 4:52:24 AM

^ yeah


why aren't you doing the same spooks?

6/10/2007 7:00:52 AM

save your toothbrush

file that shit down like a sword n shit

then you get a razor, pull dat blade out

1+2 son, grooves

6/10/2007 7:20:59 AM

You may want to examine the ridges on the original. I had a problem a few years ago where I had about 5 duplicates made and none of them worked. Turns out one of the ridges on the original had been bent, which wore down the tumblers inside the lock making the duplicates not line up properly.

If that's the case, a bench vise, pair of pliers, and about 2 minutes worth of careful bending will do the trick.

6/10/2007 9:15:03 AM

a key blank and a triangular file.

money.

6/10/2007 11:43:10 AM

Ace Hardware, B&W Hardware...possibly Lowes?

6/10/2007 12:02:07 PM

Home Depot

6/10/2007 12:05:46 PM

despite what everyone else says, ive never had an issue with home depot or lowes

6/10/2007 12:09:06 PM

Burke's Hardware on Hboro...locally owned and they'll make the ones with the NC State logo on 'em

6/10/2007 12:32:35 PM

burke bros hardware.

ace.

i've always had problems with wal-mart, lowes, and home depot house keys. car keys are spot on at all of them.

6/10/2007 1:19:10 PM

there's a place in Crabtree next to Panera and Radio Shack...go there.

They also do tailoring...excellent work at a good price.

6/10/2007 2:12:12 PM

I use to work at Lowes and used to cut keys. I don't know what they are doing that makes it so difficult. Cutting keys is easy with those machines. As long as you use the right blank and put the key in all the way I've never had a problem with them.

6/10/2007 2:36:17 PM

6/10/2007 9:52:25 PM

Quote :

"despite what everyone else says, ive never had an issue with home depot or lowes "

6/10/2007 11:03:58 PM

marshall locksmith on poole road. ive had a few specialty keys cut there that you cant have made @ your run of the mill hardware store, runs a/b $10 if the key is especially unique.

ignore the previous post, meant to post that image in a thread pertaining to some titties.

6/11/2007 12:04:20 AM

Definately Ace Hardware. They even made copies of my car key.

Home Depot messed up my copy of my apartment, and I had to go back twice to have them do it again.

6/11/2007 12:42:07 PM

Quote :

"Burke's Hardware on Hboro...locally owned and they'll make the ones with the NC State logo on 'em"

FTW.

6/11/2007 1:31:22 PM

Lowe's does it real cheap. Like $1.50 per key.

6/11/2007 1:34:52 PM

^^ most any places have keys with NC State, UNC, Duke, and other team keys available

6/11/2007 1:42:27 PM

Burke Brothers

They copied my motorcycle key for less than half the price at the dealer. The big chains didn't even have the right blank.

6/11/2007 1:48:34 PM

Walmart copies keys. I've had car keys and house keys copied and never had a problem. (They do it in the automotive center).

6/11/2007 4:06:04 PM

Yeah I take mine to Burke Bros. on Hillsborough, never had a problem

6/11/2007 4:37:25 PM

Burke Brothers is great. They are small but they always seem to have exactly what I need.

6/12/2007 12:41:25 AM