How To Drill Out Door Lock

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How to drill out door lock.

Drill out the lock cylinder. Make sure drilling the lock is your only option. Unfortunately not all locks can be drilled. This destroys the pins inside the lock cylinder.

Use a sharp drill bit that is designed for metal drilling. This ensures you don t splinter the wood on the face of the door as you blast through drilling from just one side. These type of pins are made out of hardened steel so that they are harder than the drill bit. Get your gear together.

Aim the drill into the area just above the keyway. For flat sided deadbolts you typically drill two overlapping 7 8 inch holes centered about 5 16 inch above and below the horizontal center line. Drilling the lock 1. How to drill out a lock step 1.

Understand the lock well enough to drill it properly. Don t just drill from one side. At the line intersection use a spade bit to drill a hole for the bolt as directed by the lock manufacturer. Drilling a lock will thoroughly destroy it.

Once you ve drilled through and broken the pins you may need to insert a flat screwdriver to retract the latch and open the door. With the hole centerline marked out it s time to drill. There is no point in drilling a lock that has anti drill pins. For security reasons some locks are specially.

Switch to a slightly larger bit. You ll have to get. I recently bought a house my wife thought it would be a good idea to shut the door to one of the rooms. Drill a hole through the lock cylinder through the guidance point.

Feel the drill work and try not to work too quickly or press too hard as this may jam or break the drill bit. How to drill different cylinder locks including very poor footage of one being drilled.