[DIY Tutorial] Make your own key for your bike!!

**AJ'** · 28th March 2008, 19:58

i have made the "Screw driver key" for my ride, see what will you guys got for your bike

this is my second time since i had made one for my girl friend as her birthday gift last year which called "the jack head":

and i made one for myself this year as to celebrate that i "legally" can throw my L plate away

first of all, you'll have to get the "key knob material", dont know what will you guys choose, i ordered a stubby screw driver from trademe which cost me $1.25+shipping, anything that your key can fit will work (eg. i twisted the head of a plastic doll to make it "Jack Head")

other tools you may need: a saw or saw blade, sand paper, pliers & tongs, a hammer, a key ring & chain, and a hook with whorl that can be screwed into hard surface, also a hot melt glue gun:

then we can start workin on it, now take the part you need, for my case, i teared the stick out from the screw driver:

next step is to cut the unnecessary part of the key off (depanding on what knob are you trying to fit the key in, i did nothing to the key in Jack's case):

Then, dig the key into the knob and see whether its fit, if not....cut some more off, use the glue gun nicely to fill up the empty:

...after it dries off, carefully cut the overflow part and sand it till it looks like:

**AJ'** · 28th March 2008, 20:00

we'r almost done now, screw the hook in to the knob:

and you'll probably need a super glue:

As to my self, i was using a key chain from the key ring that im about to throw into my bin:

and then.....we'r done:

Thank you very much

**HornetBoy** · 28th March 2008, 20:08

Awesome ,looks really good mate,wouldn't mind doing that myself ,would surely get some people looking

Do you mind if i copy your idea ?

**Gubb** · 28th March 2008, 20:14

Awesome, be prepared to be pulled over frequently though.

**Del Fuego** · 28th March 2008, 20:14

WOW that is a bloody wicked idea... goes off looking for stuff to pull to bits to "modify" key

**LilSel** · 28th March 2008, 20:16

LOL @ the screwdriver one... people would think you were trying to possibly steal your own bike!!

Nice work

**Zuki Bandit** · 28th March 2008, 20:24

Very cook idea mate!

**P38** · 28th March 2008, 20:27

Good work

Your obiviously an ideas man.

Nice pics too.

Back in the day me n my mates used to find stuff to make into gearshift knobs.

Best I saw was a mate taxidermied a rat and mounted it with the stick up its ass in his Hillman Hunter.

Had the tail wound around the gearstick

Wired some lights so the eyes glowed red.

Freaked the chicks out.

LOL

**kiwifruit** · 28th March 2008, 20:53

classic 'kiwiana"

**Mikkel** · 28th March 2008, 20:53

How about skipping the finesse and using the old approved method:

Stubby screwdriver + hammer = multipurpose key that'll fit just about anything.

**TOTO** · 28th March 2008, 22:11

Pure Genious.

**PrincessBandit** · 29th March 2008, 21:19

Wow. Really impressive. You could probably use something that looked a lot more dodgy than a screwdriver handle if you wanted to get into the "novelty" line..... Seriously though, what a cool idea - you'd recognise your keys instantly in amongst all the others!

**AJ'** · 30th March 2008, 21:02

Originally Posted by HornetBoy

Awesome ,looks really good mate,wouldn't mind doing that myself ,would surely get some people looking

Do you mind if i copy your idea ?

Nope i won't

**AJ'** · 30th March 2008, 21:09

Actually, i would say its partly my own idea....Mmmm...

hoping you guys can work out some freakin keys and post it upto the web^^

and...have fun with your heat glue guns too