You may have to apply some tension to the Doorknob by pulling on it as the screws loosen. In some cases, the screws will be hidden under a decorative collar. If so, this collar must first be removed by either inserting a paperclip into a small hole on the collar that releases it if there is one or gently prying up the collar with a flathead screwdriver.
Method 2. Make sure you have permission to pick the lock. If the lock in question is not attached to your own home, secure the property-owner's permission before proceeding. Breaking and entering is a serious crime in most places that can result in mandatory jail time. Find a suitable card. The ideal card will be a plastic card that is both stiff and somewhat flexible. Avoid using your actual credit or debit card, as it may get damaged in the process. A grocery store loyalty card makes an ideal choice, as does a laminated library card.
Even a stiff business card will work on some locks. Use the card to pick the lock. Take the card, and slide it into the gap between the door and the doorjamb. Begin just above the door handle, and slide the card downwards and in.
You may have to wiggle it a bit, but if you are lucky, the card will press against the latch assembly and allow you to open the door. It will not work to open a deadbolt. Some doors open almost instantly using this technique, whereas others require more effort. Experiment with different cards, and different angles. Remember that this technique only circumvents the lock, it doesn't actually unlock the door.
If you let the door close, you could end up locked out all over again! Method 3. If the lock in question is not attached to your own home, secure permission from the property owner before proceeding. Breaking and entering is a crime! Fashion a lock-pick using household items. Bobby pins or hair pins work best, but you can also use heavy-duty paperclips, or other stiff bits of wire. First create your pick by opening out one of the bobby pins or paperclips until it is straight.
Make a tension wrench. Take another bobby pin, or open up a paper clip and then fold it in half, and bend this into an L-shape. The tension wrench needs to be fairly sturdy, so make sure and use a heavy-duty paper clip or hair pin. You can also use a small flat-head screwdriver, or similar item that fits into the bottom of the keyhole as a tension wrench.
Pick the lock using your tools. First insert the tension wrench into the bottom part of the lock, and rotate it in the direction you would turn the key to unlock it to place tension on the lock. Maintain this tension throughout the process. Then slowly wiggle the pick into the top part of the lock using a gentle up-and-down motion. You should hear a series of clicks as the various pins in the lock are raised. When you have successfully raised all of the pins, the tension wrench will suddenly rotate freely and unlock the door.
It is possible to pick most locks in a matter of seconds, but it takes a little practice. If you get frustrated, just take a deep breath and start again.
This technique also works on many deadbolts and padlocks, as well. Picking a lock in this fashion looks extremely suspicious, and is likely to result in your neighbors calling the police. If you are a kid, call your parents and let them know what's going on before you start, and be prepared to show the police proof that you are breaking into your own home, garage, etc. In an emergency, it usually will be better to kick down the door instead. The door can be replaced, but lives can't.
Not Helpful 49 Helpful Using the third method, with the bobby pins, would probably be your best bet. Not Helpful 26 Helpful In some cases, the front of the knob can be taken off to reveal a key hole.
Otherwise, call a locksmith. Not Helpful 31 Helpful Glenn Letteer. Picking a lock using real lock picks does not break a lock. Imagine the shear line is a physical point where the plug inner cylinder ends and the housing or cylinder itself begins.
Applying tension creates the ledge, which is a fraction of a millimetre wide. When pushed up, this enables the pins to sit.
The pairs of driver pins and key pins must meet along the shear line, which happens to be the edge of the plug. Tension is a critical element in lock picking, which is why you have the wrench. It takes practice to control and use the right amount of pressure when picking locks using the tension wrench or applicable turning tool.
A rule of thumb is to avoid exerting too much pressure on the tension wrench when lifting pins because these pins can get stuck, fall below the shear line, and make this lock picking endeavour twice as difficult you have to pick the pins one by one, after all.
In sum, this principle allows you to pick a lock pin by pin so you can turn the plug and open your door or padlock without the need for the right key. Many excellent books and guides exist that show you in detail how this is done.
Raking is a method where you work all the pins simultaneously. Most modern lock pick sets will have a couple of these specially designed rakes with a tension wrench or two to work on the driver pins and key pins to open the lock.
The tension wrench is essential for leveraging your picking tools to rake and open the lock. To use it, insert the tension wrench into the bottom of the keyway BOK wrench , as this is a standard way of doing things. There is, however, a top of the keyway tension wrench TOK wrench that is growing in preference among lock pick enthusiasts.
All good lock pick sets have a variety of decent tension tools. Aside from their form, choosing between the two types of tension wrenches is a matter of purpose, such as the shape of the keyhole, and preference, as some often start with the BOK and shift to TOK.
Most lock pick manufacturers make excellent lock pick sets for Single Pin Picking and Raking, containing a wide range of picks, hooks, and rakes, as well as a suite of tension wrenches to suit all budgets and levels of commitment. You can pick pin cylinder locks non-destructively using the following techniques:. Lever locks are usually the next progression for lock pickers due to their popularity and the challenge they provide.
After pin cylinders, lever locks are the most widely used locks. When you insert the key and turn it, the different height cuts on the key will lift all the levers to the correct height, which aligns perfectly to provide a gap through which the bolt stump can move. One of the cuts on the key, the last one, is the bolt thrower, and as the key is turned, and the levers are raised, the bolt thrower simultaneously moves the bolt, and since the gates are correctly aligned, the bolt and stump can freely move, retracting into the housing and opening the lock.
The principle is the same regardless of how many levers there are. Lever padlocks can also have a variety of levers, and the functioning and picking principle is the same. Lever lock mechanisms are mainly found in domestic front doors, or in padlocks. Simple lever locks can be picked with two pieces of wire, bent at right angles. One is used to apply pressure on the bolt, and the other is used to lift the levers. When you apply tension to the bolt using a tension wrench, you create a tiny ledge, much like the shear line in pin cylinder locks.
Once the ledge is created, a fraction of a millimeter, the levers can be lifted until they sit on the ledge. However, things get more complicated when various security elements are added to the locking mechanism. For instance, some companies will use alternating high and low gates, which impedes lock picking.
However, be careful when you use objects at home, like a knife, bobby pin, or card credit as a pick or wrench because you may damage the object or the lock itself. Some examples of these lock pick sets are:. Even the most advanced hardware, with security spools and hundreds of pins, can be opened in another way. You could cut it.
You could drill it. You could cut the fence, break the door or open the window. Anyone can break or cut the glass without a single noise and open the lock from the inside! That being said, there are in fact locks that are almost impossible to lock pick, locks that would require years and years of training, locks that no one in their right mind would try to lock pick, locks that are picked only in the toughest competitions in the world. Locks that requires hours to pick sometimes.
Why isn't every lock one of these? For two reasons: first because it's expensive, second because the lock can STILL be opened in other ways. Very advanced Medeco locks can be bumped, for example. You could also rake or try to jiggle the lock. It's that simple. I had a friend who specialized in alarm systems. He told me that businesses paid thousands of dollars to buy and install their system and that thieves would simply cut the electricity before entering.
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