With your jerry rigged lock picking set you re ready to pick your tumbler lock.
Open door lock with paper clip.
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You will know when you have picked the lock when the hooked clip turns easily.
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You will hear the pins clicking.
Unfold the first paperclip into the lock pick.
Then just slide the paper clip up until the latch is lifted free from the hook called the keeper.
Some locksmiths also put a tiny upward bend into the tip of the pick.
Here s how to open doors inside a home by using pliers to bend a paper clip into the shape of a key and pick indoor locks.
Move the pliers down on the long part of the paper clip and bend again at 90 degrees.
Just follow the instructions in our how to pick a lock article.
Paper clip may break inside your lock.
Start by unfolding end of the paper clip.
To push all the pins up lift the straightened paper clip up and rake it towards you.
This happened to me while working on one of the doors to my house.
Insert it into the gap in the door below the latch.
With privacy locks you just need to get the paper clip in deep enough to touch the pressure plate inside and the door can be opened by twisting the knob.
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Keep doing this until you have 3 ridges in the paper clip.
Simple latches such as swing latches are also easy to open with a paper clip.
Paper clips aren t very sturdy and may break while inside your 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.
I show you how to pick a lock using paper clips.
I show you how to pick a lock using paper clips.
You will be inserting the straight part into the lock to use as a pick.
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To do this unfold the large edge of your paperclip twice until a straight portion juts out.
Picking a lock with a paper clip.