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How to drill a door lock out.
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Understand the lock well enough to drill it properly.
Then using an 1 8 inch drill bit slowly drill through the point you made with the center punch.
Before you attempt to drill a lock keep in mind that you won t be able to drill locks that have a center pin made of steel or a ball bearing in the middle pin.
Certain locks are not going to open as easily as others even with drilling.
How to drill door lock openings.
I recently bought a house my wife thought it would be a good idea to shut the door to one of the rooms.
Lock openings also support the latch of the lock mechanism as it moves in and out of the door.
Door lock openings hold deadbolt locks inside a door.
There is no point in drilling a lock that has anti drill pins.