How To Drill Out Door Lock

With the hole centerline marked out it s time to drill.

How to drill out door lock.

This destroys the pins inside the lock cylinder. How to drill different cylinder locks including very poor footage of one being drilled. These type of pins are made out of hardened steel so that they are harder than the drill bit. Switch to a slightly larger bit.

Feel the drill work and try not to work too quickly or press too hard as this may jam or break the drill bit. I recently bought a house my wife thought it would be a good idea to shut the door to one of the rooms. 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. 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. Aim the drill into the area just above the keyway. Certain locks are not going to open as easily as others even with drilling. The goal is to drill through the pin tumblers not the keyway itself.

Make sure drilling the lock is your only option. Drill a hole through the lock cylinder through the guidance point. You want to drill part way into one side of the door stop and then start to drill from the other side. This room happened to have a key ed lock on it that.

Drill out the lock cylinder. Get your gear together. There is no point in drilling a lock that has anti drill pins. Drilling a lock will thoroughly destroy it.

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. Don t just drill from one side. Understand the lock well enough to drill it properly. For security reasons some locks are specially.

Unfortunately not all locks can be drilled. How to drill out a lock step 1.