Understand the lock well enough to drill it properly.
How to drill a door lock out.
How to drill door lock openings.
Lock openings also support the latch of the lock mechanism as it moves in and out of the door.
How to drill different cylinder locks including very poor footage of one being drilled.
These type of pins are made out of hardened steel so that they are harder than the drill bit.
Wood doors can.
Certain locks are not going to open as easily as others even with drilling.
This room happened to have a key ed lock on it that.
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.
Then using an 1 8 inch drill bit slowly drill through the point you made with the center punch.
I recently bought a house my wife thought it would be a good idea to shut the door to one of the rooms.