Duplicating House Keys

Full writeup on my blog at: http://eclecti.cc/hardware/physical-keygen-duplicating-house-keys-on-a-3d-printer

It occurred to me recently that I had printed almost nothing actually useful on my RepRap 3D printer, aside from parts to improve on or build more RepRaps. I am rectifying that with this project. The goal here is to generate working house keys by inputing the key code of the lock into a parametric OpenSCAD model. Instead of having to explain to my landlord how I ended up with a wedge of plastic jammed in my front door, I ordered a box of (well) used locks and latches from eBay to experiment on. Luckily, the lot includes both Kwikset KW1 and Schlage SC1 locks, which are the two most commonly found in the US. I created an SC1 model to start with, but I’ll probably make a KW1 soon.

EDIT: I uploaded a KW1 model as well.

Designing the key model was actually pretty straightforward. I measured a key with a ruler and calipers and created an approximate model of it tha