How To Drill Out A Garage Door Lock

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How to drill out a garage door lock.

Understand the lock well enough to drill it properly. 4 insert the blade of a flat headed screwdriver into the lock head. These type of pins are made out of hardened steel so that they are harder than the drill bit. Place on safety goggles and work gloves.

Aim the drill into the area just above the keyway. Put the bit into the drill and fasten the drill s chuck to keep the bit steady in position. Your garage door lock in under a minute and open. Select a drill bit that is small enough in diameter to fit into the garage door lock through the cylinder or keyhole.

Insert the bit into the drill and tighten the drill s chuck to hold the bit firmly in place. No special tools required just a drill and small bit. I recently bought a house my wife thought it would be a good idea to shut the door to one of the rooms. Attach a 1 4 inch 6 5mm or larger drill bit to your drill and go through the lock again with the larger bit to break up the pins more and open the lock.

Drill out the lock cylinder. We all have those rare or not so rare occasions where we lock ourselves out of our house. Insert the drill bit into the cylinder where the key would normally go. This room happened to have a key ed lock on it that.

The goal is to drill through the pin tumblers not the keyway itself. Put on safety goggles and gloves. Use a sharp drill bit that is designed for metal drilling. Pick a drill bit which is sufficiently small in size to suit into the garage door lock via cylinder or even keyhole.

Certain locks are not going to open as easily as others even with drilling. Put in the drill bit into the cylinder in which the key will usually head out. Here is how to drill out your garage door lock in under a minute and open your door.