QU-I.C-KEY INSTRUCTIONS

GENERAL DESCRIPTION – The QU-I.C-KEY is designed to make combinating faster and easier.  It puts every pin segment calculation for your entire system in the palm of your hand.  Each color-coded wheel on the QU-I.C-KEY represents a chamber in your core.  Each chamber wheel has six sections.  The one that is solid colored with only a large and small subscript number (in the lower right hand corner) is referred to as the Home Row - it identifies the system.  The large number represents the Grandmaster code and the small number is the Control code:

 COMBINATING INSTRUCTIONS - Rotate each QU-I.C-KEY chamber wheel to the operating code you desire for your core.  Slide your QU-I.C-KEY into its Viewing Base so it displays only the operating code and correct pin segment calculations you need.  The small circles with numbers in them represent the pin segments that you need to put in your core - shown as a visually correct stack.  The white circle represents the bottom pin segment and the gold-tone circles represent the top pins.  The QU-I.C-KEY is color coded to be used with the QU-I.C-LOAD Tool.  If you are combinating without the aid of the QU-I.C-LOAD Tool begin combinating with the red chamber (#1 barrel) at the back of the core.

 If your QU-I.C-KEY contains sections marked “RC” it has been prepared for systems that use the Rotating Constant method of master keying.  These calculations are also useful when doing “direct to” combinating.

KEY CUTTING INSTRUCTIONS – When cutting Operating keys, use the larger numbers next to the circles that you just used to combinate.  You can cut Grandmaster keys by rotating the wheels to the LARGE numbers in the solid colored space.  The control code is also displayed (small numbers) in this position and can be used for key cutting.  For convenience, the entire QU-I.C-KEY and Base can be moved from the combinating area to your key cutting area.  Red is always the tip cut.