Allegion Schlage D Series, Manual

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Key bitting specifications
Schlage • Primus service manual • 13
Reading keys
All keys will have exactly six Standard cuts and five Side Bit cuts, which should be
read from the bow of the key to the tip.
Standard cuts
Standard key cuts should be read using the Schlage Key Gauge (40-104). Insert key into
widest end and slide until key stops. The nearest number is the key cut depth.
Side bit cuts
There are six side bit cut possibilities for Primus and Everest
Primus and seven side bit cut possibilities for Primus XP and
Everest Primus XP.
1
2
4
3
5
6
7
1
2
4
3
5
6
Primus
®
and Everest
®
Primus
®
Primus
®
XP and Everest
®
Primus
®
XP
Notches Aligned
2 5
2 3 6 2 5
2 3 6
L C R L R
L C R L R
Each of the side cuts raise and swivel the finger pin in order to
align the notch in the pin to the notch in the side bar.
If a side cut is misread, the pin will not align with the side bar
by being too high, too low or rotated in the wrong direction.
2 3 6 1 2
1 2 3 6
2
L C R L R
L C R L R
Cut is too low
Rotated incorrectly
and cut is too high
Reading side pins
Learning to read finger pins is useful because pins can get
spilled or mixed in with other size finger pins.
In 1998 the bottom of the finger pin was redesigned. This does
not affect the functionality of the pins or the technique used
for reading the pins.
1. Determine the angle
Left Center Right
Tweezers
2. Determine the depth
Deep Shallow
(ref.)
Left and Right Center
Extra Shallow
Right
XP Products Only
Deep Shallow
3. Convert angle and depth to numbers
Left Center Right
Deep 2 4 6
Shallow 1 3 5
Extra shallow 7
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Standard Key Cuts
Side Bit Cuts