How To Drill Out Door Lock

Use a sharp drill bit that is designed for metal drilling.

How to drill out door lock.

Make sure drilling the lock is your only option. Understand the lock well enough to drill it properly. Unfortunately not all locks can be drilled. Drilling the lock 1.

There is no point in drilling a lock that has anti drill pins. The goal is to drill through the pin tumblers not the keyway itself. These type of pins are made out of hardened steel so that they are harder than the drill bit. You want to drill part way into one side of the door stop and then start to drill from the other side.

With the hole centerline marked out it s time to drill. 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. Drill out the lock cylinder. Drilling a lock will thoroughly destroy it.

Aim the drill into the area just above the keyway. How to drill out a lock step 1. Certain locks are not going to open as easily as others even with drilling. For security reasons some locks are specially.

Drill a hole through the lock cylinder through the guidance point. This room happened to have a key ed lock on it that. Switch to a slightly larger bit. Don t just drill from one side.

I recently bought a house my wife thought it would be a good idea to shut the door to one of the rooms. At the line intersection use a spade bit to drill a hole for the bolt as directed by the lock manufacturer. Get your gear together. 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. This ensures you don t splinter the wood on the face of the door as you blast through drilling from just one side.