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Author Topic: Keys for Strong Highlight Console Carey Barber Expert Film Handler Posts: 143 From: Newport News, VA, USA Registered: Jan 2003 posted 02-11-2009 06:13 PM                     This might seem like a silly question... I am helping out at another theater and noticed that they only have one key for all 8 of their Highlight consoles. Sometimes this key gets misplaced and that can be kinda scary. Can you purchase more of these keys? Do they have a part #? Or, is something that they might send for free. I suppose another possibility is going to a key making place. I am just afraid that one day this single key will get lost or broken and then they will be out of luck.  |  IP: Logged Ken Lackner Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1907 From: Atlanta, GA, USA Registered: Sep 2001 posted 02-11-2009 06:33 PM                     All Strong consoles over the years have used the same key. Your best bet is to find a theater that has a crap ton of extras and ask if they would be willing to part with some for the theater in need. I do not know if Strong sells or gives out just the key by itself, but they do sell the lock, each of which comes with two keys. Part no. 71284, "Cam Lock & Keys."  |  IP: Logged Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 02-11-2009 06:42 PM                     Ken...the Orange Strong consoles (made in Toledo) used different keys than the current crop. Steve  |  IP: Logged Jeremy Weigel Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1062 From: Edmond, OK, USA Registered: Mar 2007 posted 02-11-2009 07:47 PM                     Just about any local hardware store can make duplicates for ya.  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 02-11-2009 07:56 PM                        My Christie SLC key works on Strong consoles. It is a good idea just to carry one around on your keychain.  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 02-12-2009 02:08 AM                     If it is for the Orange "Highlight" consoles (not "Highlight II") I probably have a few of these laying around, but won't be able to look for 3-4 weeks. Let me know if you haven't been able to find what you need by then.  |  IP: Logged Barry Floyd Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1079 From: Lebanon, Tennessee, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 02-12-2009 08:53 AM                        Sounds like what we call at our theatre the "CH751" key. We have a brass key that is stamped "CH751" that opens about 6 or 7 different non-related items at our theatre. One key will open our Xenex II lamphouse, the freezer in the kitchen, the Square D electrical panels in the back room, the door to the computer hutch in the office, and the access panel doors to the electrical hatches and water fill hatches on our concessions trailer. How or why one key would fit so many non-related items is beyond me.  |  IP: Logged Julio Roberto Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 938 From: Madrid, Madrid, Spain Registered: Oct 2008 posted 02-12-2009 09:16 AM                    http://www.amazon.com/CH751-Key-OEM-keys-pack/dp/B001562UII Don't know if it will work, but a CH751 key it is. Or, rather, a pack of 10 of them for $5 plus shipping.  |  IP: Logged Jim Cassedy Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1661 From: San Francisco, CA Registered: Dec 2006 posted 02-12-2009 09:21 AM                     quote: Barry Floyd We have a brass key that is stamped "CH751" This must be some kind of generic key type. I have a desk and a filing cabinet that use the identical key. Any hardware store can probably dupe the one you have, but a professional lock & key shop can probably sell you a bag of 'em.  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 02-12-2009 10:51 AM                     If he has the orange Highlights, the CH751 key will definitely NOT open them. That being said I've got about 10,000 of those things sitting around.  |  IP: Logged Richard Hamilton Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1341 From: Evansville, Indiana Registered: Jan 2000 posted 02-12-2009 12:05 PM                     reminds me of when I did work for Horizon. I was helping set up the booth for Showest and had grabbed a key. It only fit one lock, they had about 5 different keys for the 3 consoles. No big deal, a quick conversation with them and later, all locks and keys would be the same from then on. I'm surprised Andrew hasn't posted about this By the way, any of you fortunate enough to work on a Megasystems lamphouse, you'll be pleased to know that your Strong key fits as well Rick  |  IP: Logged Tony Bandiera Jr Film God Posts: 3067 From: Moreland Idaho Registered: Apr 2004 posted 02-12-2009 01:38 PM                     A screwdriver and hammer makes a good key for the Strong consoles.  |  IP: Logged Phil Ranucci Expert Film Handler Posts: 236 From: Carpinteria,CA, United States Registered: May 2006 posted 02-12-2009 01:48 PM                     Try Proctor & Co. I think they use that key for concession cabinets.  |  IP: Logged Carey Barber Expert Film Handler Posts: 143 From: Newport News, VA, USA Registered: Jan 2003 posted 02-12-2009 04:46 PM                     Thanks for all the tips gentleman... I will be back at my own theater next week, but I will pass on all this info to the booth manager here (who, by the way, I convinced to register for the Film-Tech forums last night). These consoles are not orange, they are gray. They are called "Super Highlight" but NOT "Highlight II". The model # is 71085602. I looked in the manuals section and did not see a "Super Highlight". I saw "Highlight" and "Super Highlight II".  |  IP: Logged

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