please help me

[albert42001]

i have a stupid drawer in my desk locked, and i lost the key.... and i need to open it but i would be glad if i could use it at full potential... meaning opening and locking without changing the lock after opening it, can anyone give me some advice on how to do that? a tool that i can homemake or something, i would be gratefull for the help, thanks

[Minion]

Improvised lockpicks:

Hair pin bent up and sanded down to be a shallow hook, safety pin the same.

Tension wrench: small piece of spring steel from a windshield wiper blade bent at a 90 degree angle.

What kind of desk is it, what does the lock look like, do you have a picture?


Go read the MIT Guide to Lockpicking (google it) to figure out how to pick, then post what kind of lock you're facing.

[SFGOON]

Honestly, those locks aren't hard at all. Just put heavy tension on the lock and rake it with a paperclip. It's a good way to get started in lockpicking, actually.

[Chrispy]

If you want to 'use it to it's full potential', then you're going to have to either impression (or decipher then cut to code) a key. Picking it every time you want to lock and unlock it, is going to be a hassle. That, or change the lock once you've opened it.

[quickpicks]

Wiggling a letter opener in the keyway and applying a light tension to the plug may do the trick. It worked for me once.

[cracksman]

albert42001 wrote:

a tool that i can homemake or something,

I do recall, somewhere on this site, a thread. I believe it discussed improvising a way to open locks or creating your own tools to do the job...
I can't find the thread but I think the things were called lock "somethings", ....er picks, yep that was it "lockpicks"-anybody else remember a thread like that?

[Chrispy]

You could always try jamming between the drawer and the desk and working the bolt back.

[raimundo]

Use the larger type of hairpin (bobby pin) to make a tension wrench and the smaller type to make a pick, these hairpins are much better than paper clips.