How to Use and Repair Auto Key Cutting Machine

1. Step 1: The auto key cutting machine has the shape of teeth along the key. The blanks are ground into precise copies. You have to insert the original key in such a way that the teeth face upward. The key should be inserted in the vice.

2. Step 2: The second vice is where the cutting blade is placed. After you have completed the first step, now you need to insert the blank key into the second vice.

3. Step 3: Then you have to shut the protective cover. And then you need to activate the machine. You need not worry as to how the original key would be identified. The micrometer is capable of identifying the original key. It controls the angles and depths of the blade. The blade is a high-speed cobalt one.

4. Step 4: The auto key cutting machine takes its own time to complete the duplication process. Once the duplication process is done, you need to turn off the machine. Both the keys should be removed now. There might be rough edges or spurs. You should use high-speed wire brush for polishing off such anomalies.

5. Step 5: Now you need to match the two keys. For doing so, you have to place the original key and the new one against each other so that you can compare them properly. Both should be identical. If they are so, your work is done; if not, another key needs to be cut using the auto key cutting machine.

Apart from having the knowledge to use auto key cutting machine, it is also important to be able to repair the same, if need be. Malfunctioning of the key cutting machine will occur if any anomaly is there. If the cutter is misaligned, if the stop position of the carriage is improper and if the key gauge is not properly calibrated with the machine, problems will continue to take place. In such cases, it is important to know how to repair the auto key cutting machine.

1. Step 1: In the very first place, you need to check the depth of the cut settings. You should set two matching key blanks flat into the vises every jaw. Next you have to raise the carriage. You have to move every key against the corresponding cutter.

2. Step 2: Using your hand, you have to slowly turn the pulley and make one complete rotation. You have to then raise the pulley up again and leave it at its highest point. You should see the right key first so that you can understand if it touches the blank slightly. In case it does not, you have to go to the next step.

3. Step 3: Slowly you have to turn the binding screw so that it can be loosened a bit. When you turn the screw to the left, the cut depth decreases gradually; again when you turn it to the right the depth increases gradually. You must make the binding screw tight and repeat the earlier step if you find that both the keys are not touching the key blanks.

4. Step 4: Then you have to check the nut and bolt of the carriage stop. All the keys should be removed and the cutter should be turned using hands. You have to loosen the nut and the bolt for adjusting the position of the cutter.

5. Step 5: The final step of repairing auto key cutting machine comes with checking the space alignment in case you have replaced a key gauge assembly. You need to set up pattern key and key blank lining up both the keys to the cutter. You have to file the correct finger so that contact with the shoulders of both the keys can be enabled.If you lose your car keys or they are stolen, RAM Automotive Locksmith - A leading auto locksmith in Melbourne, offers auto key transponder and auto key cutting service at cheap price.