{"id":13224,"date":"2015-09-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-09-09T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.andersonlock.com\/post\/one-two-blue-punch\/"},"modified":"2020-09-17T12:43:39","modified_gmt":"2020-09-17T17:43:39","slug":"one-two-blue-punch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.andersonlock.com\/blog\/one-two-blue-punch\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Punch Cuts Keys with Ease"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_3646\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.andersonlock.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/IMG_2765-e1441817399117.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3646\" class=\"wp-image-3646 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.andersonlock.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/IMG_2765-e1441817399117-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Thomas Didier Operating Pro-Lok Blue Punch Key Machine in Anderson Lock Showroom\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3646\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thomas Didier Easily Operates this Pro-Lok Blue Punch Key Machine<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3647\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.andersonlock.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/IMG_2766-e1441817464346.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3647\" class=\"wp-image-3647 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.andersonlock.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/IMG_2766-e1441817464346-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Anderson Lock's Showroom with Recently Cut Keys and Pro Lock Machine in Foreground\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3647\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pro-Lok&#8217;s Blue Punch Key Machine is accurate, dependable, economical<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Thomas Didier replaced a spring in the <a href=\"\/product-catalog\/brands\/pro-lok\/\">Pro-Lok Blue Punch Key Machine<\/a> just before this photo was taken. It&#8217;s not uncommon for springs to break when the machine gets as much use as ours does. Look at all the keys on this one order! Thomas made quick work of them, following the codes printed on the sheet next to the Blue Punch. In the second photo, Thomas is shown stamping a key.<\/p>\n<p>The mechanical key cutter shown here is dedicated to small format Schlage keys. Original Schlage keys are cut on a similar Blue Punch on the back counter. Other keypunches are dedicated to other keyways.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"button button--red\" href=\"\/blog\/cut-keys\/\">Learn about Key Duplication<\/a><\/p>\n<p>All of our service lock techs have Pro-Lok Blue Punches mounted in their service trucks for job site key duplication. They are hand-operated but can create keys with the speed of an automatic, electric duplicator. The depth and spacing jaws produce accurate, original cut keys.<\/p>\n<p>Blue Punches are ideal for commercial locksmiths, hotels, schools, and other institutions, and they are one of the most frequently sold products in <a href=\"\/product-catalog\/catalog\/\">our online catalog<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thomas Didier replaced a spring in the Pro-Lok Blue Punch Key Machine just<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13311,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[847],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-keys-and-locks"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Blue Punch Cuts Keys with Ease - Anderson Lock<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Our service lock techs have Pro-Lok Blue Punches mounted in their service trucks for job site key duplication. 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