How To Unlock A Door Lock With A Paperclip

Picking a lock with a paper clip.

How to unlock a door lock with a paperclip.

Now i ve got to replace the lock. Two big paperclips one to act as a tension wrench one to act as the pick. Just insert the screwdriver into the small hole and press the button on the inside of the handle with it to unlock the door. This happened to me while working on one of the doors to my house.

To unlock a door with a keyhole you can pick the lock with 2 bobby pins. You get started by making your 2 simple tools from a couple of spare paperclips. Most of what you need to pick a lock with a paperclip is easily accessible. A paper clip can not be used to unlock actual police handcuffs.

The lock pick will be used to press up and down on the pins. You only need three different things. Insert the other paperclip that is serving as the lock pick into the keyhole at the same time as pressure is being applied to the tension wrench in the lock. In this video i show you how to pick a lock with 2 paperclips it s pretty easy you just got to keep trying.

You may need to turn the screwdriver in order for the door to unlock. Move the lock pick paperclip around gently inside of the lock while holding the tension wrench firmly in the hole. Because of this vulnerability using a paper clip to pick a lock should be a last resort. But don t give up it took me almost 20 paper clips to make this instructable and iv e been doing this for a long time.

It s far better to keep a real lock pick set on you. Bend the closed end of one of the bobby pins to form a 90 degree angle. The paperclips one to act as a lock pick one to act as a tension wrench and a pair of pliers to shape the paperclips. While the construction is similar a large paper clip is too wide to fit in the key hole and a small paper clip isn t strong enough to raise the pressure plate.

Picking locks is not easy to do and using just a paper clip to open a padlock can be extremely frustrating. So the logical thing to do was to search youtube for a great tutorial on how to pick a lock and i found this fabulous video that explained exactly how locks work and how to pick locks with 2 simple lock picking tools you make from paper clips.