How to drill out a padlock
I recently started honing my lockpicking skills after my trip to defcon and gross exposure to the world that is physical security circumvention. I have a few padlocks that I can pick pretty easily now, so when my friend asked me to pick a padlock that was stuck on his snowboarding bag I thought “no problem”. Well, 2 hours and a bucket of grease (real and elbow) later, as well as a hand from my buddy Raven(who is better than I am), I gave up and looked up how to drill out locks. After a quick Google search I came up with this pretty good article. After 2 tries I got it, what to keep in mind is the higher you can get on the lock cylinder (the top of the sheer line) the better results you’ll have drilling out the pins. Obviously drilling straight down the sheer line would be the cleanest solution, but remember I’m a n00b.
The moral: if you can’t pick a lock and noise isn’t an issue, a good drill bit will get you past most locks in about 3-5 minutes.
The final disastrous result:
Add comment September 11th, 2007