How To Pick A Yale Door Lock With A Paperclip

Each lock is different but the same basic principles apply.

How to pick a yale door lock with a paperclip.

How to pick a lock with a paperclip. You just need to turn two paper clips into those two very same tools and then pick the lock with them like you d normally do. The easiest way to pick a lock is to use the fast and dirty method. Take the pliers are start bending the paperclips into the shapes shown above.

I tried it and got it open in less than a minute. To do this unfold the large edge of your paperclip twice until a straight portion juts out. Lock picking is more art than science. You will be inserting the straight part into the lock to use as a pick.

Below i show you how. Place the screwdriver in the cylinder of the lock with the paper clip below it. Some locksmiths also put a tiny upward bend into the tip of the pick. I am not a locksmith.

I recently found a youtube video that shows how you can open my att yale digital door lock with a bent paper clip. Unfold the first paperclip into the lock pick. Picking a lock with paper clips works pretty much the same way as picking a lock with a traditional tension wrench and rake. Apply a gentle pressure to the cylinder with the screwdriver slightly turning it as you do so.