A gate with a pin tumbler cylinder lock
Whether you lose the basic to your pin-tumbler cylinder lock and cannot afford a locksmith, your carry on resort for opening the lock (without evil the door) is To shatter the pins by drilling nailed down the cylinder. With the pins destroyed, the lock can be opened by inserting a flathead screwdriver into the chief gap and rotating it. On the other hand, the drilling mechanism Testament render the lock impracticable, requiring you to acquire and install an entirely contemporary cylinder lock. Does this Glimmer an belief?
Instructions
1. Load the 1/8-inch drill bit into the electric drill's chuck and tighten it into habitat.
2. Limit up the gratuity of the drill bit with the lock's important gap.
3. Drill a 1-inch-deep hole between the top of the key hole and the edge of the cylinder. Place the tip of the 1/4-inch bit over the opening of the pilot hole you drilled in Step 3. Drill a 2-inch-deep hole, using the pilot hole as a guide. Again, make sure that the hole is as close to perpendicular to the lock's surface as possible.
Be sure to make this hole (known as a "pilot hole") perpendicular to the surface of the lock.4. Remove the 1/8-inch bit and replace it with the 1/4-inch HSS bit.5.
