How To Drill Out Door Lock

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

How to drill out door lock.

The goal is to drill through the pin tumblers not the keyway itself. Get your gear together. Don t just drill from one side. With the hole centerline marked out it s time to drill.

You ll have to get. Aim the drill into the area just above the keyway. Switch to a slightly larger bit. You want to drill part way into one side of the door stop and then start to drill from the other side.

Drill out the lock cylinder. 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. 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.

How to drill different cylinder locks including very poor footage of one being drilled. 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. Certain locks are not going to open as easily as others even with drilling.

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. How to drill out a lock step 1. Understand the lock well enough to drill it properly.

This destroys the pins inside the lock cylinder. This room happened to have a key ed lock on it that. This ensures you don t splinter the wood on the face of the door as you blast through drilling from just one side. Drilling a lock will thoroughly destroy it.

Unfortunately not all locks can be drilled. These type of pins are made out of hardened steel so that they are harder than the drill bit.