How To Drill Out Door Lock

The goal is to drill through the pin tumblers not the keyway itself.

How to drill out door lock.

Drill a hole through the lock cylinder through the guidance point. I recently bought a house my wife thought it would be a good idea to shut the door to one of the rooms. This ensures you don t splinter the wood on the face of the door as you blast through drilling from just one side. How to drill different cylinder locks including very poor footage of one being drilled.

Aim the drill into the area just above the keyway. There is no point in drilling a lock that has anti drill pins. 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. Use a sharp drill bit that is designed for metal drilling.

Drill out the lock cylinder. You want to drill part way into one side of the door stop and then start to drill from the other side. How to drill out a lock step 1. Feel the drill work and try not to work too quickly or press too hard as this may jam or break the drill bit.

Make sure drilling the lock is your only option. This room happened to have a key ed lock on it that. Unfortunately not all locks can be drilled. Switch to a slightly larger bit.

You ll have to get. These type of pins are made out of hardened steel so that they are harder than the drill bit. With the hole centerline marked out it s time to drill. 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.

Certain locks are not going to open as easily as others even with drilling. At the line intersection use a spade bit to drill a hole for the bolt as directed by the lock manufacturer. Drilling the lock 1. Understand the lock well enough to drill it properly.

This destroys the pins inside the lock cylinder. Don t just drill from one side.