You don t really need to understand how a basic pin tumbler locks work to successfully pick them but it does help.
How to pick a yale door lock with a paperclip.
I recently found a youtube video that shows how you can open my att yale digital door lock with a bent paper clip.
Most locks out there you can pick with a clip so now you know how to pick a lock with a paperclip and never have to worry about not being able to get back into your house in your time of need.
Most of these tools have a curved tip at the top of the file.
You only need three different things.
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.
Two big paperclips one to act as a tension wrench one to act as the pick.
Struggle no more with our step by step guide to picking a lock with a paper clip.
Large paper clip hammer small screwdriver step 1.
The design of the basic pin tumbler lock has been in use since 4000 bc.
Just follow the instructions in our how to pick a lock article.
A lock cylinder is made up of two main parts.
Paper clip may break inside your lock.
Keep doing this until you have 3 ridges in the paper clip.
When you are ready to pick the lock slide the file out from the base of the nail clippers.
Paper clips aren t very sturdy and may break while inside your lock.
I am not a locksmith.
Most of what you need to pick a lock with a paperclip is easily accessible.
With your jerry rigged lock picking set you re ready to pick your tumbler lock.
Of course it s gotten more complex over the millennia.
You can only mess a lock up if you manage to break the pick or if something gets stuck in the lock whilst picking.
For sure remember though that the best way to get back into your house is with the key duh.
You can t ruin a lock by picking it.
To use the filing tool locate a pair of nail clippers that has a tiny nail filing tool.
How a pin tumbler lock works.