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Any tips? I don't run into Everest stuff very often, but when I do it sounds really bad on my 1200. The Schlage Everest service manual ( https://us.allegion.com/content/dam/all ... 108484.pdf Page 14) says to use card C45 on the HPC 1200CM (which is just the regular Schlage card and lists cutter CW-14MC) but the Schlage Everest manual also says "Use of cutting wheel CW-14MC is not recommended." Unfortunately, I can't find any recommendation on what wheel to use instead and nothing obvious comes to mind. Any ideas, or is that just Schlage's really cryptic way of suggesting I buy a blue punch?
Thanks!

we just use the normal Schlage card and cutter. Go slow, nickel silver blanks are hard

Noted. The issue I have is that even when I go slow, it seems to cut normally but will periodically make a really harsh snapping sound, almost as though it's cutting in chunks instead of smoothly/steadily grinding. I use the A jaw and a shim on the top that I'm convinced helps, but to be honest I'm not sure it's significantly better than it is without the shim. Fwiw, I don't have any problems cutting Medeco, but I do recall having had similar issues with weird blanks that I couldn't get clamped quite right, which is why I tried using a shim and playing around with different ways to clamp it. The automatic duplicator plows right through them without any issues, it's really just the 1200 that I have problems with.

I've noticed that chipping sound when cutting keys with my 1200 that don't have a lot of metal contacting the jaws, especially with keyways like A1001GRM and A1114FM. When cutting these, I've resorted to using a piece #12 or #14 copper wire as a shim in the groove(s) of the keyway to quiet the cutter down. Not sure how/if that would work with an Everest sidebar slot though...

Yes, chipping, that's a great way to describe what I'm experiencing! I have a flat safe blank I've cut just past all 9's that I use to hold best premium, and I tried a similar trick with the Everest but it didn't seem to change anything. I'll have to try wire though. Going painfully slow does seem to minimize the harshness of the sound, but it doesn't eliminate it no matter how comically slow I go.