key duplication
ok. i need to duplicate my brinks max security shrouded because i'm using it to lock up my toolbox that's full of 90 bucks in cash and still growing. it's an AM1045 key blank. anyway...i was wondering what files to use to make the cuts. i know that they say pippin files work...but what are pippin files? what are they shaped like? i've been thinking about using a trianglular file for roughing it out and using the flat file so that the pins can rest some where. the plan for me is to duplicate the original key...throw out the original key,and duplicate the duplicate again with just 1 cut being lower than the other. so that if someone steals the key...they won't be able to open it. just in case someone notices key cuts (my father doesn't...one time he got locked out of his room when he thought the kwikset key i had goes to his room...the door was unlocked...so the plug didn't spin,but the knob did. i had to pick him into his room again)
thanks guys,Jc