Had a few success in the past but this just seems like another they don’t make them like they used to thing.
No, it doesn’t work.
No, it doesn’t work.
Minute Key kiosk in Home Depot
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Aren't those machines like that owned by someone else and they just pay stores rent for the space ? If the key doesn't work, how do you resolve it ? At least when an employee makes them and they start seeing failures, they know (you hope) to get the machine re-calibrated or have new cutters installed.
I have 2 locksmiths I like and have done quality work for my neighbors and me. It's worth it to me to pay a little more to have keys made right the first time and shop with a small business. Nothing wrong with ACE but they don't have as many different kinds of blanks as the locksmiths have. My locksmiths have given me good advice that's saved me time and headaches.
one of two things there. the machines off calibration or the copy is on a KW10 6-PIN vs a KW1 5-PIN. shoulder cut looks choppy I'd take a calibration issue.
Email refund. I live within 3 mins of a Home Depot so no big deal but if you drive 20 mins each way to get a copy then it is a freaking waste of everyone's time.
Appreciate the pic, thank you and well done. 
I go to a locksmith as they are the only ones who calibrate their key cutting machines on a regular basis. Not ACE and not the magic key cutting kiosks
I ended up going to Lowe's and let their staff use their other Minute Key machine, not the automated kiosk that rotate a key out of a ring but a human inserting a blank and your key to cut, and that key was made perfectly. I suspect someone didn't setup the machine correctly or they put in the wrong blank in the Home Depot kiosk that cut me a wrong one.
