The tab that gets caught by the custom tool can be hidden behind a washer glued on with epoxy, then the latch reassembled into the door. I'll do that for the locks I installed on my house, so even with that clever tool *and* the accessory kit, you'd have to brute-force it.
this is the 1st of your videos I ever watched. thanks for so all of the entertainment & education you brought to the community. I hope you enjoy your retirement, you will be missed but not forgotten.
I got my 1st pick set 3 days ago and my kwikset on my front door was my 1st try and I tried until my fingers hurt and figured I just suck at trying. This video has made me feel so much better lol
The kwikset in this video is a more modern, but fairly common, SmartKey model. You can identify them by the little rectangular hole to the side of the keyway. If that's what you were picking, no surprise you didn't have any luck. Normal run-of-the-mill kwiksets look exactly the same and are for the most part fairly easy. But believe me when I tell you, every single lock you encounter could potentially be the bane of your existence, no matter how crappy. To learn to really pick a lock correctly takes constant practice. An intimate understanding of the mechanism will combine with your muscle memory to form a mental picture of what exactly you are doing/feeling. Your fingers will bleed, your back and legs will ache, your picks will break. At the end of your journey, once you master the craft... you will still be defeated by a god damn kwikset.
Before finding your channel, I’ve been practicing with this exact lock and I’ve gotten so frustrated only to find out that it’s not entirely me, it has been the tools I’ve been using. Thank you
The tool works on standard and smart key kwickset knobs if anyone is wondering. So yeah the standard kwickset is easy enough to pick. But this bypass works also.
Cant believe Im watching this.....over a year ago I was looking for other ways to defeat kwikset locks other than picking them so I made a tool very similar to this from a chevy linkage rod and found this method to work consistently, only difference is a standard kwikset has to be drilled with 3/16th bit in the 3 or 6 o'clock position depending on the orientation of the door.....apparently pot metal was less expensive then 😑 so there wasnt a pre-casted sqaure hole like there is on this one. I need to start patenting my ideas obviously. This channel is always in my feed.... good stuff guy!
I've been a investor/landlord for over 10 years. After replacing numerous door locks I came across these kwikset lock. It was so convenient to rekey my own locks. There is so many reasons I needed to replace the original key. The first problem I found was locksmith could never pick these locks. They needed to destroy the lock. If the lock needs to be destroyed I might as well do it myself. This is when I learned how easy it was to get into these locks, or should I say pretty much any exterior door knob. Honestly it is so much cheaper to replace the lock rather then pay a locksmith to open a door even if they could save the lock. For this reason I thank you for sharing your knowledge. It's especially helpful during a eviction. I need to know what I'm doing because the constable is not going to wait around for you to fail at opening the door. I might still use one but not as a only way to lock the door. A deadbolt is a must.
This has got to be the best advertisement for kwikset smart key I've seen. I really doubted that they were bump proof before seeing this video. So sounds like a kwik set smart key and a bottle of super glue for that face plate will make our doors more secure.
That's 100% right. San Francisco's head locksmith told me that same thing years ago. I had a shop that was almost impossible to enter through the doors or windows - so they ripped off part of the siding and helped themselves and took off before the cops came. If they want in, they will get in.
So long as there are products produced with a weakness in its design, there will be folks coming up with ways to exploit those weaknesses. Always amazed at how much new stuff keeps being developed. Cool stuff! Thanks for the video Bill, great review and demonstration!
Povl Kvols it gets worse I have one you can pull the guts out of with an Allen wrench loosen the set screw you can pull the knob off and the lock is held on with a c clip pop it off the whole lock cylinder comes out
@@Lunas2525 No you can't. When the leversets that use the setscrew are locked the hole in the stem doesn't line up and hence you can't remove the lever.
Peter Carlson I checked when I assembled it nothing with the set screw changes locked or not I just need the Allen key it came with I can back it out pull the lever off and the ONLY thing holding the lock in place is a c clip. Mind you the Allen key is a lot longer than typical. But when you get it to that point a flat head screw driver can open it. And it will take you some time to sit there taking apart the lock.
Outdoor lock should be screwed from inside only and there should not be anything you can remove outside ...good example Abloy www.bcsiteservice.com/product/abloy-high-security-dead-bolt-lock-with-double-cylinder/ You can also improve that lock .... grind that part the bypass tool grabs totally off or round it up ... other way is to cut a small piece of pipe that you fit on to that to block the tool grabbing , it would just be a free wheeling part on it .
The only way to get to the outside lever retaining screw is when the stem is turned to the unlocked position. It actually has a hole through it that does not allow your allen wrench through the handle to it unless it's unlocked. Not only will the allen wrench not reach it, but the set screw cannot back out far enough to remove the handle. You can see that as part of the instructions on reversing the levers on kwikset's website. Pull the stem out and you will see why you can't get it while locked, the stem is in the way of the set screw and thus has a hole in it for access to the allen key... They of course put it in a direction that it can only be reached in the unlocked position. www.kwikset.com/Customer-Support/Product-FAQs/faq/50160000000HiyHAAS.aspx
That is a Micro PDR (Paintless Dent Removal) tool also just with the tip bent a little different. I have one from doing PDR back on the day to remove hail damage from cars.
Dead horse alert: Your audio is awesome! That buzz is gone! I haven't seen the last month of video - been busy with work...but the audio matches the effort you've put into it! Awesome!
Nicely done bro. I would suggest putting acouple layers of no stick painters tape down so as to give a smaller gard against scuffs and nicks. But very good. 👍👍👍
I wish I knew about this tool 2 years ago when I lived in my old apartment. We had the same locks on every door and had people ask me multiple times to pick their locks when they’d lock themselves out. Always told them I just couldn’t do it, and just to wait until morning for maintenance.
I'm sure all you guys complaining about the price of a 'bent coat-hanger' have your own hand make rakes and picks also. Because why pay forty bucks for a pick set when you can just grind down a butter-knife? Do you guys make your own drills and screwdrivers also? Because this thing is a tool, folks. By the looks of it, a well made tool, precisely engineered to the job.
40 bucks for a small bent piece of steel wire half-covered in rubber is expensive, no matter how you put it. The margins must be astronomical. I'm not saying it's not worth buying it, but the manufacturer could sell it at 10 bucks and still make lot's of profit on the thing. That's what makes it "expensive" for me. When the price for the final customer is way more than the total manufacturing costs. The same thing happens with a lot of automotive tool brands.
+Glenn Wyant - Some people don't understand supply and demand, engineering costs, the value of a well designed tool, or the value of time. If you are a locksmith, it might pay for itself after the first use. For everyone else as a hobbyist, go ahead and make your own and stop complaining. Have you ever made anything out of wire of this gauge before with precise bends? Good luck, and let us know how it turns out. Be sure to keep track of your time.
Why tip someone for a job I'm capable of doing myself? I can deliver food. I can drive a taxi. I can, and do, cut my own hair. I did however, tip my urologist, because I am unable to pulverize my own kidney stones.
Great stuff. Regrettably Kwikrap sticks this cylinder in many other lock styles and brands(RIP Baldwin) without this access but there are tons of these locks out there. I bought the visual reader with mixed results.
Real slick tool, I might have to buy one, Locksmith ledger had a write-in trick using a flat steak knife slide between the lock body and the door but it would marr and scratch the door frame pretty badly.
Okay, Now y'all have made & played, With this tool... For those who wish / want a cheap & easy defeat of this bypass (as follows, if knobs aren't already equipped): * get a 1-1/2" pvc solvent coupling * cut off 1/2" from the end (from both ends if for 2 doors) * remove hand assembly & Slide pvc over the perma-sduds (w/female thread to accept mounting screws) * reassemble the handset to the door.
The cover on my kiwksets do not remove as you indicated. Glad I didn’t spend the money until I had looked at my kiwksets and tried to pry off the cover.
An old, experienced locksmith I know used similar locks but he always 'touched' an arc welder tip to all locks, leaving a 'bump' of welding slag. Now I know what he was doing - making it impossible to mess with the locking pawl!
Hopefully it works better than the HPC Schlage "F" series tool. But it's a Kwikset. Not exactly a high ticket item. Nice for a non-destructive approach for knobs. Limited to those only though. Deadbolts not so much.
Everytime you see Bill's face, it's all blurry. Bigfoot is always blurry, too. Therefore, Bill = Bigfoot. Big question though, is Bill Bigfoot's Clark Kent, or vice versa?
@@YTANDY100 I've never seen a blurry Bigfoot in a blurry cape. But I certainly won't rule out the possibility Bill wears one. Did you ever see Bill's video where he picks a lock 'under real pressure'? Takes a bigger man than I.
Truth is most not all but most thieves will just break something to get in. It's actually very rare for someone to take their time to bypass locks. Better off getting a bigger dog then trying to put to much security into a lock.
Great video, and additional info. To show exactly how it works 👌👌I'm a visual learner and this was very informative! I was going to buy this tool but the only issue I see is I need something that will work on deadbolts as well and I don't think this will do the trick anyone that can point me in the right direction please
Mark England But spies do, they don't want obvious signs they bugged your home to film your daughter/wife naked or find out next years product plans the company you work at.
@@markleng67 I'm a locksmith and don't know any locksmiths who would have use for such a tool. Locksmiths who depend on gimmiks and bypasses like this we call 'hacksmith's" or "drill jockey's" .
This used to work. Kwikset now has the cover screwed down prior to installing the handle set. The only cover that can now be removed is inside the house.
Good job now every bad guy know how to get in my house thanks to you thanks so much now I will have to buy a more expensive and secure lock for my house!
You are welcome. Do you think for a minute that criminals didn't already know about this vulnerability? These locks have had this design defect for at least 20 years, probably more. And yes, you really ARE welcome for the education and making your family and possessions safer.
@@bosnianbill Thank you. I understand that the technique demonstrated was intended for the legal locksmiths and others who have a legal need to gain entry. For those who are sufficiently parnoid, defense-in-depth. Metal door jambs, centrally monitored security system, cameras, etc. Again, thank you for the education. Some lock designs are somewhat better than others. It's just how bad I'm willing to accept for my situation.
Thieves and burglars don't waste time with lockpicks and other tools to gain access to any residence. A size 12 workboot does the trick or a hammer to break the glass sidelight next to the lock. Get a video security system and that may help a great deal. Once the thief sees this he /she will go next door.
lol for all of you wondering what the censored section is, it's his face, and you can see it in other sections if you go in a frame-by-frame progression ;)
Video is probably using the old easily picked locks. The latest gen had things added. Would LOVE to see this done on the latest smartkey lock to see if they really did improve it.
I had involved in a series of production development in an OEM manufacturer for lock brands of kwikset, Baldwin, Master Lock, Schlage , dorma and kaba, I'm intrigued to learn how the de-application is carried out on those locksets... This kwikset keyed-entry knob is actually of low security as you'd just have to knock off the knob to break in... I don't remember the steel liner has notch on the rim for the crooked tool to go thru, until i see the little gap between the rose cover and the mounting bore... such tubular latch set utilizes a spindle and slide mechanism on the chassis for locking/unlocking(as you rotate the turn button indoors), it becomes vulnerable once there is a way to penetrate thru the mounting to its interior cavity... Suggestion is use a mortise lock with both a latch and a auto-throwed deadbolt for maximized security..
Now I want to go to the store and pick up a dead bolt to check it out and see if it could work on one. Of course before I saw this I would have just said two locks to pick more time required so lock them both.
The kwikset deadbolts are easy to open without any form of destructive entry. Every customer that watches me grimaces at first when they see me pull out a thin blade and drill bit(and drill) which is literally all you need to disassemble any kwikset deadbolt externally without any damage in 30 seconds or less. Once opened I just have to reassemble it and ask the customer to test it to verify no damage was done and their key works as it should. Majority of my customers are impressed after and will tell me they thought I was going to destroy the lock by drilling it lol I should also add this same blade and bit method works for all the big box store versions of the Baldwins with smartkey cylinder AND even the Schlage keyway version....
@@bosnianbill oh wow, really Bill? I strangely would love some Lock Lab stickers. I think I previously mentioned sending anything via my fellow picker buddy Squint in San Antonio. Save some cash on postage. 🍺😁🇦🇺
Your face is a secret? Not that I ever thought about it or mind but I noticed the blurring of your reflection. 40bucks for a wire though, I have the feeling copies will just pop up quick for a lot less, can probably make your own as a locksmith just from this video.
Holly Wood , I've made a lot of tools, not just for locks & doors... but, job in public works (current), production, maintenance, security services, & tinkering ... when you say what is your time worth. sometimes you have to ask yourself, is it cost effective to wait just for the convenience ? not to be rude, just saying.
Most locksmiths with any signifigant experience are experts in making wire tools for their own unique applications. They know your shop will only buy one then copy them for everyone else in the shop.
The door could be recessed 3 feet, the knob is still on the door. The video stated that if the knob is on the left side, than the pawl will be on the bottom, I'm not sure if there are holes on both sides, but in that case the hole that Bill used would now be on the right side giving you access.
In the last six months I've drilled one SmartKey lock, and frankly I probably shouldn't have. The rest have been picked. They really aren't that difficult.
The new ones are dimples. But they sell this tool with an add-on drill bit ect. To make that hole where the dimple is to unlock it and epoxy to refill that hole that was made.
@@tomduke558 very much so. Lol I just don’t see kwickset doing that. Aside since Bill made this video. Or we all commented. LockTech made a smart key Bluetooth decoder tool for any generation of the smart key series. For $345 This tool was great it just did nothing good for deadbolts. Had it been able to do some of the deadbolts would of been awesome
Thanks for teaching the thiefs of the world how to bypass the locks on our homes I really appreciate you making it easy for them if you don't think that most of 200,000 views on this video are people wanting to be a locksmith you are a fool?
I could not agree more. Unfortunately, building contractors use these pieces of junk because they are cheap and easy to install. I'd estimate that about 70% of new home construction has these type of locks. As most homeowners are not educated about lock quality, they simply say "ooooohhhhh, shiny lock! VERY classy!" and leave them in place. Yes, Abloy disc detainer locks are unquestioningly the BEST locks but they are not yet very common in the US.
Medeco locks are my preferred choice here in the U.S. But they’re even expensive to homeowners who are serious about lock security. Now electronic deadbolts are starting to take over.
well done you you have just shown he people you don't want to know now every house what has this in is not safe,how does it feel this should never be shown crime pays when you have shown them how its done.
@@DeadlyVenomKing why does it sound like an inside leak. As long as there are locks, there will be people who develop tools for opening them - some of them locksmiths, and some criminals. Locks only keep honest people honest. It's been that way for centuries - long before Kwikset ever existed. That's why there are different grades of locks. The better the grade of lock, the harder they are to defeat, but there's no such thing as an unbeatable lock.
@@garrisonaw it seems like this design flaw is fixable.. perhaps even with a part the manufacturer could make and provide to lock owners.. something to block access to the middle piece.. and perhaps a harded steel ring that can be inserted under that steel bit with the hole in it?
@@manp1039 that's a notch on the steel liner for the decorative brass cover to click on by its dimple... Yup, solution is don't cut that notch, make a likewise dimple or punch a square recess without piercing the material through
Save yourself 40 bucks + shipping and make one from a coat hanger or whatever wire available. Thanks for showing it's operation though. Pretty cool technique.
But they did the job YOU couldn't do. Don't blame the professional for using different techniques. He got the job done. And it sounds like he didn't do any damage. Besides, it sounds like he came to you in the evening. There's usually a higher fee for that. If you work late, don't you charge O. T. ?? Think about it.😉
Nice bypass tool , thought for a moment that it's gonna be kind of decoder tool , and , for this type of keyhole , there's a tool called "Sputnik" , originally made in 80's , in West or East Germany , by some criminal gang. It got its way to legal use , and , there are 6 and 7 arms versions , depending on how many pins are inside lock. 5 pins - 6 arms , 6 pins - 7 arms. Extra arm does nothing except that is used for rotating core more easily.
Wouldn’t matter. Lol they sell the tool I believe with a package up that comes with the perfect sized drill bit to make the hole. One of the other versions that hole is filled/don’t exist. And you pull the beauty ring off an make that hole
so smart key locks are harder to pic than regular locks, good to know. Thought I got them just for convenience to re key easily. I think mine doesn't have this hole to put the tool in and it won't work on the deadbolt.
Lol wish I knew that the two times I locked my keys in my room. First time I punched a hole through the door and reached in and unlocked it. Later I had a knob pop off in my hand when a door was having trouble closing so I took my rubber mallet and went to bash the knob off and giving me more faith in house knobs it actually smashed tf out of the knob before coming off, but back to my loss of faith the lock itself flew out of the knob from the second impact even though the assembly almost distorted beyond being able to turn the knob from the inside when I was done. But I had a spare knob and reversed engineered the assembly and took the knob I had but lost the key to that was worn out and knocked the lock out of it and fitted the one I had a key to in it. I will say I don't recommend that for an outside knob because the lock may pop out easier from extra wear put on the internal clips and in both locks removal it looked like part of one of the pressure locking tabs identically snapped off then after reassembly I had to metal work the base of the knob to be flush again. But seeing this I've lost faith in house locksets again, though this could easily be avoided if you had some sort of metal or even wood ring in the outside of the housing to reject the tool or coat hanger wire. But all the more reason to not screw up and forget your keys lol.
Well I haven't seen that lock (with Smartkey cylinder) installed even once. I saw it briefly being sold at Home Depot but I think they stopped selling it maybe because it's competing with the higher grade model???) Most of the time it's regular cylinder that I can pick faster than that tool can unlock. Secondly, the higher grade ones with smartkey cylinders do not have the holes and I don't risk damaging the door surface with that step drill bit. I bought the decoder instead, yes it's more expensive but it paid for itself in a couple of lockout services, and customers appreciated that I didn't do any damage to the door and gave me tips. Either way I don't sell or recommend Kwikset Smartkey locks. They are prone to fail, without any sign especially if you use bad copies, and the customers pay more to get it destroyed for entry.
I am thinking these kwikset smart key cylinders is a low cost lock for rentals.. the keys can be changed to one of a number of lock keys without having to pay each time a rental is rented out.. And this too would be applicable to AirBNB rentals with such a high turn over?
I heard someone trying to pick my lock. It was around 3.00am. I fired 2 blast of 12 gauge buckshot true the lock. I found blood and fingers on my porch. I washed of the blood and barred the fingers.
Local burglar was caught by a vigilant home owner. The only tool he was carrying was an old rusty crowbar. These fancy things are for pro locksmiths and hobbyists. A motivated criminal can Undo just about any lock/door/window with elbow grease.
That particular lock has given you a pretty generous slide back space to work through once you've pryed the cosmetic covering off it's press fit. Others, perhaps a bit more upmarket (because of the underside contour of the door handle) only allow you about 1 to 1.5 mm slide back, ...and which may require some extra 'space making' work.
An idea came to me the other night looking at a KWIKSET door knob lock. take a Kwikset key remove the metal pieces from the inside bow so a thick long screw driver will fit through. then file 2 straight cuts one at the last pin and the other at the 3rd pin making a lock out key. insert the key, then take the driver and putting it through the bow, you should be able to pull the cylinder out as it is only held in place with the 2 spring steel springs. then take a needle nosed pliers and turn the tail piece. now your in. just an idea.
I saved the link to this tool and kit to a page on my phone so I can order it later. I do plan on getting good enough at lock picking so I won't need it but I still want it :)
@@BlueandWright I will have to learn about smart locks. I was given a new TRU-BOLT Grade 3 Bump Protection Door Lock and it seems to have serrated pins in it or something like that? I have not been able to pick it open yet. But yeah I'm going to order that bypass tool
I do not like how many videos show how to pick locks and bypass security items. But I also believe that without the this type of video that highlights the security flaws, the companies that supply the locks and new smart locks would not be trying to get the products for its customers. So if in the long term it will be a plus for when you go to buy a product you will know that the companies have used quality items and plenty of testing so that it does not land up on the web and UA-cam making the companies look stupid and more interested in your money and not the end user thinks .
Excellent! Being a handyman and maintenance guy for a property manager, I'm having to rekey things. But, if someone gets locked out, I don't need to go through a long lock picking process. Too bad this was a year ago. I would like to win one. I might also like to buy things from the website. I will look into it
Don’t you understand 90% of the people that watch your UA-cam videos are thief’s ? Or atleast that’s what I’m worried about because I’m thankful you just showed me my lock isn’t as safe as I thought. I have convenient stores and crooks always break in from time to time and I’ve been amazed and fearful of the crooks that have been able to open the office locks
Looks like I'll be buying a new tool ASAP, ingenious design in the category of "why didn't I think of that??" !!! To anyone complaining about the price, Yeah I COULD make it, but it's worth it to just buy it to avoid trial and error... Besides it's an obvious work expense, I get a new toy AND a deduction... Win Win... Typically I DO drill Dumbkey locks without bothering to attempt picking..... but ,... ONLY AFTER exhausting every other option... For example, can the latch be loided? (since a lot of builders do not install to properly engage the deadlatch, especially with the extra thick weather stripping we tend to favor here in the south)... Is there another door that has standard pin tumbler locks? If it does, chances are it's a Kwikset, so even if I have to pick both the handle and a deadbolt, it's only going to take a moment more.. Oh, but that door has a door chain on it... Another two minutes tops, and most of that is untangling my lasso tool and bending a paperclip... So it doesn't take much more time, and the customer knows I went out of my way to NOT charge them more than I absolutely needed to... That makes for happy customers. Happy customers leave good reviews (which bumps me up on search listings, increasing my call volume) and pass out business cards (free advertising)... So while time IS money, sometimes you'll make more money in the long run taking 15 minutes longer on that single job. As to how to handle it with the customer when I DO have to drill.... I've found the best way is to explain, over the phone before even heading out, that if the lock has a slot next to the keyway, I'll have to drill and replace the cylinder and that the replacement cylinder will be an additional $15 (those cylinders aren't expensive, I get them for $10 ea) IF there's no other way in.... That way the customer knows up front, with something they can look at and see for themselves, that I'm not just drilling to upcharge them... While I'm doing that I also have them check for the Schlage + cylinder, even though those are becoming, thankfully, very rare. I've never had a customer complain about the extra $15 at that point. With any non high security pin tumbler lock that for whatever reason I can't pick, bump, bypass, etc, I'll drill and replace with a reconditioned cylinder I've pulled off of hardware I've replaced (I've got boxes of reconditioned cylinders)... and I don't charge residential customers for that, since I didn't pay anything for it... They way I see it I shouldn't make more money for failing an unlock.. So typically I only charge to replace if the customer does in fact have a high security lock. This is both rare (not a lot of folks want to spend that sort of money, and typically the one's who do tend not to have many lockouts)... and THOSE customers don't mind, even when it means shelling out Medeco money... They bought an unpickable lock, so they understand it can't be picked.
I don't quite get the complaints. $40 for a specialized tool like this seems completely reasonable. Hell by the time I factored in time and screw ups, I could probably surpass $40 trying to make one. Use it once and it has pretty much paid for itself.
The tab that gets caught by the custom tool can be hidden behind a washer glued on with epoxy, then the latch reassembled into the door. I'll do that for the locks I installed on my house, so even with that clever tool *and* the accessory kit, you'd have to brute-force it.
Should make a lock display panel out of plexiglass so we can see things like this at work.
Great video. Simple looking tool but does a great job. Customers will love the ‘no damage’ piece of mind.
This is awesome as a construction contractor that works on several hundred rental properties this will save me hundred bucks a pop ..thanks
this is the 1st of your videos I ever watched. thanks for so all of the entertainment & education you brought to the community. I hope you enjoy your retirement, you will be missed but not forgotten.
I got my 1st pick set 3 days ago and my kwikset on my front door was my 1st try and I tried until my fingers hurt and figured I just suck at trying.
This video has made me feel so much better lol
The kwikset in this video is a more modern, but fairly common, SmartKey model. You can identify them by the little rectangular hole to the side of the keyway. If that's what you were picking, no surprise you didn't have any luck. Normal run-of-the-mill kwiksets look exactly the same and are for the most part fairly easy. But believe me when I tell you, every single lock you encounter could potentially be the bane of your existence, no matter how crappy. To learn to really pick a lock correctly takes constant practice. An intimate understanding of the mechanism will combine with your muscle memory to form a mental picture of what exactly you are doing/feeling. Your fingers will bleed, your back and legs will ache, your picks will break.
At the end of your journey, once you master the craft...
you will still be defeated by a god damn kwikset.
As long as there's Engineers,they will always make these kinds of tools. I love the thought that went into this.
thumbs up it amazing, i wish i was an Engineer! Its 2020 guys lighten up!
Before finding your channel, I’ve been practicing with this exact lock and I’ve gotten so frustrated only to find out that it’s not entirely me, it has been the tools I’ve been using. Thank you
The tool works on standard and smart key kwickset knobs if anyone is wondering. So yeah the standard kwickset is easy enough to pick. But this bypass works also.
Cant believe Im watching this.....over a year ago I was looking for other ways to defeat kwikset locks other than picking them so I made a tool very similar to this from a chevy linkage rod and found this method to work consistently, only difference is a standard kwikset has to be drilled with 3/16th bit in the 3 or 6 o'clock position depending on the orientation of the door.....apparently pot metal was less expensive then 😑 so there wasnt a pre-casted sqaure hole like there is on this one. I need to start patenting my ideas obviously. This channel is always in my feed.... good stuff guy!
I've been a investor/landlord for over 10 years. After replacing numerous door locks I came across these kwikset lock. It was so convenient to rekey my own locks. There is so many reasons I needed to replace the original key. The first problem I found was locksmith could never pick these locks. They needed to destroy the lock. If the lock needs to be destroyed I might as well do it myself. This is when I learned how easy it was to get into these locks, or should I say pretty much any exterior door knob. Honestly it is so much cheaper to replace the lock rather then pay a locksmith to open a door even if they could save the lock. For this reason I thank you for sharing your knowledge. It's especially helpful during a eviction. I need to know what I'm doing because the constable is not going to wait around for you to fail at opening the door. I might still use one but not as a only way to lock the door. A deadbolt is a must.
This has got to be the best advertisement for kwikset smart key I've seen. I really doubted that they were bump proof before seeing this video. So sounds like a kwik set smart key and a bottle of super glue for that face plate will make our doors more secure.
Bill I just made a super simple bypass tool that fits in my pick set thanks to this vid. Thank you .
No idea how I got here but I love it ! Love your voice and your teaching style !
Great video, Just proves once again that a lock only keeps an honest person honest...Thanks Bill
That's 100% right. San Francisco's head locksmith told me that same thing years ago. I had a shop that was almost impossible to enter through the doors or windows - so they ripped off part of the siding and helped themselves and took off before the cops came. If they want in, they will get in.
That is what throughout the us, all the locks are as primitive as if in the 1900s
So long as there are products produced with a weakness in its design, there will be folks coming up with ways to exploit those weaknesses. Always amazed at how much new stuff keeps being developed. Cool stuff! Thanks for the video Bill, great review and demonstration!
What a neat tool for a crappy lock design! :D
Very nice video.
Povl Kvols it gets worse I have one you can pull the guts out of with an Allen wrench loosen the set screw you can pull the knob off and the lock is held on with a c clip pop it off the whole lock cylinder comes out
@@Lunas2525 No you can't. When the leversets that use the setscrew are locked the hole in the stem doesn't line up and hence you can't remove the lever.
Peter Carlson I checked when I assembled it nothing with the set screw changes locked or not I just need the Allen key it came with I can back it out pull the lever off and the ONLY thing holding the lock in place is a c clip. Mind you the Allen key is a lot longer than typical. But when you get it to that point a flat head screw driver can open it. And it will take you some time to sit there taking apart the lock.
Outdoor lock should be screwed from inside only and there should not be anything you can remove outside ...good example Abloy
www.bcsiteservice.com/product/abloy-high-security-dead-bolt-lock-with-double-cylinder/
You can also improve that lock .... grind that part the bypass tool grabs totally off or round it up ... other way is to cut a small piece of pipe that you fit on to that to block the tool grabbing , it would just be a free wheeling part on it .
The only way to get to the outside lever retaining screw is when the stem is turned to the unlocked position. It actually has a hole through it that does not allow your allen wrench through the handle to it unless it's unlocked. Not only will the allen wrench not reach it, but the set screw cannot back out far enough to remove the handle. You can see that as part of the instructions on reversing the levers on kwikset's website.
Pull the stem out and you will see why you can't get it while locked, the stem is in the way of the set screw and thus has a hole in it for access to the allen key... They of course put it in a direction that it can only be reached in the unlocked position.
www.kwikset.com/Customer-Support/Product-FAQs/faq/50160000000HiyHAAS.aspx
This will save so many disgruntled customers. I know the was 5 years ago however I am just starting a mobile locksmith service.
for those of you interested on what's going on inside the lock-me! great video as always bill
Dammit! That was beautiful work! And we couldn't even see it. Except for the part when we could. Great video!
That is a Micro PDR (Paintless Dent Removal) tool also just with the tip bent a little different. I have one from doing PDR back on the day to remove hail damage from cars.
Exactly what I was thinking. Maybe a C5?
Dead horse alert: Your audio is awesome! That buzz is gone! I haven't seen the last month of video - been busy with work...but the audio matches the effort you've put into it! Awesome!
Every time I watch these videos, it makes me think of my home security. It also makes me want to be a lock smith.
But you won't.
@@safeshowroom I agree not till something major changes in my life that makes me take a chance.
Makes me want a shotgun!
Nicely done bro. I would suggest putting acouple layers of no stick painters tape down so as to give a smaller gard against scuffs and nicks. But very good. 👍👍👍
I wish I knew about this tool 2 years ago when I lived in my old apartment. We had the same locks on every door and had people ask me multiple times to pick their locks when they’d lock themselves out. Always told them I just couldn’t do it, and just to wait until morning for maintenance.
I'm sure all you guys complaining about the price of a 'bent coat-hanger' have your own hand make rakes and picks also. Because why pay forty bucks for a pick set when you can just grind down a butter-knife?
Do you guys make your own drills and screwdrivers also? Because this thing is a tool, folks. By the looks of it, a well made tool, precisely engineered to the job.
40 bucks for a small bent piece of steel wire half-covered in rubber is expensive, no matter how you put it. The margins must be astronomical. I'm not saying it's not worth buying it, but the manufacturer could sell it at 10 bucks and still make lot's of profit on the thing. That's what makes it "expensive" for me. When the price for the final customer is way more than the total manufacturing costs. The same thing happens with a lot of automotive tool brands.
+Glenn Wyant - Some people don't understand supply and demand, engineering costs, the value of a well designed tool, or the value of time. If you are a locksmith, it might pay for itself after the first use. For everyone else as a hobbyist, go ahead and make your own and stop complaining. Have you ever made anything out of wire of this gauge before with precise bends? Good luck, and let us know how it turns out. Be sure to keep track of your time.
Why tip someone for a job I'm capable of doing myself? I can deliver food. I can drive a taxi. I can, and do, cut my own hair. I did however, tip my urologist, because I am unable to pulverize my own kidney stones.
Alex Rowland Dwight Shrute
Plus the grade of wire has to be right to pull the bypass over and over.
Great stuff. Regrettably Kwikrap sticks this cylinder in many other lock styles and brands(RIP Baldwin) without this access but there are tons of these locks out there. I bought the visual reader with mixed results.
Real slick tool, I might have to buy one, Locksmith ledger had a write-in trick using a flat steak knife slide between the lock body and the door but it would marr and scratch the door frame pretty badly.
Okay,
Now y'all have made & played,
With this tool...
For those who wish / want a cheap & easy defeat of this bypass (as follows, if knobs aren't already equipped):
* get a 1-1/2" pvc solvent coupling
* cut off 1/2" from the end
(from both ends if for 2 doors)
* remove hand assembly &
Slide pvc over the perma-sduds (w/female thread to accept mounting screws)
* reassemble the handset to the door.
The cover on my kiwksets do not remove as you indicated. Glad I didn’t spend the money until I had looked at my kiwksets and tried to pry off the cover.
I love bypass tools!!
I did not hear the click. I am old and heard too many things that went BANG when I was young. But I loved the video as I do all of these. Thanks...
An old, experienced locksmith I know used similar locks but he always 'touched' an arc welder tip to all locks, leaving a 'bump' of welding slag.
Now I know what he was doing - making it impossible to mess with the locking pawl!
Thank goodness they made an accessory kit available...
Hopefully it works better than the HPC Schlage "F" series tool.
But it's a Kwikset. Not exactly a high ticket item. Nice for a non-destructive approach for knobs. Limited to those only though. Deadbolts not so much.
Saves time and money? Can't beat that! Great review Bill
Everytime you see Bill's face, it's all blurry. Bigfoot is always blurry, too. Therefore, Bill = Bigfoot. Big question though, is Bill Bigfoot's Clark Kent, or vice versa?
@Wayne Randall
as you never see either bill or bigfoot he (they) could (both) be superman (supermen ?) , hehe :-)
@@YTANDY100 I've never seen a blurry Bigfoot in a blurry cape. But I certainly won't rule out the possibility Bill wears one. Did you ever see Bill's video where he picks a lock 'under real pressure'? Takes a bigger man than I.
You never see em together
And we have never seen bill and bigfoot at the same time...
@@51-FS And you never see a yeti and the LockPickingLawyer together either. Funny, that... 🤪
I work as an apartment maintenance tech. I replace about 3 of these a week. This is an invaluable tool to save hundreds a month.
Do you have the entrances manned 24/7, because the locks are not going to protect anything?
Thanks, now I have to change my locks to a more high security level. Thieves can gain access to these tools quite easily.
reality is that the person who breaks in will do it by kicking in your door or breaking the window next to the lock.
Truth is most not all but most thieves will just break something to get in. It's actually very rare for someone to take their time to bypass locks. Better off getting a bigger dog then trying to put to much security into a lock.
Another awesome lock picking chanel !
Thanks Bill.
7:48 "Widen the hole just enough to slip your tool up inside..."
" very nice" (borat)
sounds great
You might need to add a little lube prior to sticking your tool in the hole.
Ashley sticks her tool into many holes.
Enough about they sex...how bout the lock!!!
Great video, and additional info. To show exactly how it works 👌👌I'm a visual learner and this was very informative! I was going to buy this tool but the only issue I see is I need something that will work on deadbolts as well and I don't think this will do the trick anyone that can point me in the right direction please
Well, I'm out of jail now.
Convinced on my first Bosnianbill video. Liked and Subscribed.
ow...the joys of american doorknobs :) I'm glad I haven't seen any of these on external doors for years over here....
Fantastic video buddy I always learn something from you great video best one o. Ytube .Thank you 😎🌟⭐🌟⭐🌟
This tool is for locksmiths. Thieves don't care about damage.
Mark England But spies do, they don't want obvious signs they bugged your home to film your daughter/wife naked or find out next years product plans the company you work at.
@@markleng67 I'm a locksmith and don't know any locksmiths who would have use for such a tool. Locksmiths who depend on gimmiks and bypasses like this we call 'hacksmith's" or "drill jockey's" .
Peter Carlson. so what do you do whit customers that have this kinds of lock.. destroy the lock and install a new one ?
Another teachers aid . So cool to know how to do this.
This used to work. Kwikset now has the cover screwed down prior to installing the handle set. The only cover that can now be removed is inside the house.
Good job now every bad guy know how to get in my house thanks to you thanks so much now I will have to buy a more expensive and secure lock for my house!
You are welcome. Do you think for a minute that criminals didn't already know about this vulnerability? These locks have had this design defect for at least 20 years, probably more. And yes, you really ARE welcome for the education and making your family and possessions safer.
@@bosnianbill Thank you. I understand that the technique demonstrated was intended for the legal locksmiths and others who have a legal need to gain entry. For those who are sufficiently parnoid, defense-in-depth. Metal door jambs, centrally monitored security system, cameras, etc.
Again, thank you for the education. Some lock designs are somewhat better than others. It's just how bad I'm willing to accept for my situation.
Thieves and burglars don't waste time with lockpicks and other tools to gain access to any residence. A size 12 workboot does the trick or a hammer to break the glass sidelight next to the lock. Get a video security system and that may help a great deal. Once the thief sees this he /she will go next door.
Wow! Nice touch with the epoxy putty.
lol for all of you wondering what the censored section is, it's his face, and you can see it in other sections if you go in a frame-by-frame progression ;)
Video is probably using the old easily picked locks. The latest gen had things added. Would LOVE to see this done on the latest smartkey lock to see if they really did improve it.
I had involved in a series of production development in an OEM manufacturer for lock brands of kwikset, Baldwin, Master Lock, Schlage , dorma and kaba, I'm intrigued to learn how the de-application is carried out on those locksets... This kwikset keyed-entry knob is actually of low security as you'd just have to knock off the knob to break in... I don't remember the steel liner has notch on the rim for the crooked tool to go thru, until i see the little gap between the rose cover and the mounting bore... such tubular latch set utilizes a spindle and slide mechanism on the chassis for locking/unlocking(as you rotate the turn button indoors), it becomes vulnerable once there is a way to penetrate thru the mounting to its interior cavity... Suggestion is use a mortise lock with both a latch and a auto-throwed deadbolt for maximized security..
A month ago I saw this video and made this tool, and it worked.
Does this work on the deadbolt? Because I usually don't even bother locking the knob, I just lock the deadbolt.
I had same question.
Now I want to go to the store and pick up a dead bolt to check it out and see if it could work on one.
Of course before I saw this I would have just said two locks to pick more time required so lock them both.
No, only the knob version.
No.
The kwikset deadbolts are easy to open without any form of destructive entry. Every customer that watches me grimaces at first when they see me pull out a thin blade and drill bit(and drill) which is literally all you need to disassemble any kwikset deadbolt externally without any damage in 30 seconds or less. Once opened I just have to reassemble it and ask the customer to test it to verify no damage was done and their key works as it should. Majority of my customers are impressed after and will tell me they thought I was going to destroy the lock by drilling it lol I should also add this same blade and bit method works for all the big box store versions of the Baldwins with smartkey cylinder AND even the Schlage keyway version....
EXCELLANT DEMO ,THANKS BILL,i give you a big thumbs up,cheers Mal
Great detailed demo Bill, I want to win but also want some stickers too.😁 Entering now...😎👍🏻🇦🇺
On the way to your PO Box!
@@bosnianbill oh wow, really Bill? I strangely would love some Lock Lab stickers. I think I previously mentioned sending anything via my fellow picker buddy Squint in San Antonio. Save some cash on postage. 🍺😁🇦🇺
No worries, I put them into an envelope and used one of those international postage stamps.
@@bosnianbill thanks so much Bill, much appreciated.😁🍺👍🏽
lol open the door for the customer so he can go get his check book lmao that’s good
Your face is a secret? Not that I ever thought about it or mind but I noticed the blurring of your reflection.
40bucks for a wire though, I have the feeling copies will just pop up quick for a lot less, can probably make your own as a locksmith just from this video.
I imagine BB to look like Richard Karn from Tim Allen's old show Home Improvement haha
Lol the wire is a tempered wire and yes you can make your own but when you factor in your time. It's easier to buy the tool.
Holly Wood ,
I've made a lot of tools, not just for locks & doors... but, job in public works (current), production, maintenance, security services, & tinkering ...
when you say what is your time worth. sometimes you have to ask yourself, is it cost effective to wait just for the convenience ?
not to be rude, just saying.
Most locksmiths with any signifigant experience are experts in making wire tools for their own unique applications. They know your shop will only buy one then copy them for everyone else in the shop.
Too bad you can still see his face if you slow it down before he turns the display.
Excellent video. I didn’t even know this tool existed. Great job UA-camr. I did like and subscribe.
How would that wrok if the lock was on the left side of the door and the door was recessed 3 inches. The tool would not work?
The door could be recessed 3 feet, the knob is still on the door. The video stated that if the knob is on the left side, than the pawl will be on the bottom, I'm not sure if there are holes on both sides, but in that case the hole that Bill used would now be on the right side giving you access.
In the last six months I've drilled one SmartKey lock, and frankly I probably shouldn't have. The rest have been picked. They really aren't that difficult.
Why does that door knob remind me of a inside door knob and not a exterior one?
That sure is a pretty fancy coat hanger you've got yourself Bill.
You can also unlock a car with a coat hanger but it doesn't work best and you kinda look like a jackass.
I hope Bill returns to UA-cam someday. I felt like I lost an old friend when he "retired."
I wish their were a tool for the dead bolts
You are so good at locks always empressed y your teaching thanks
Thats just laziness in manufacturing. Those holes could have been just dimples to hold the cover but holes were easier.
They could also have shrouded that latch, to stop a tool from engaging with it.
This seem to be an intrinsic weakness of the door knobs. Having the door knob stuck out with the keyway inside it this way makes for a weakspot.
The new ones are dimples. But they sell this tool with an add-on drill bit ect. To make that hole where the dimple is to unlock it and epoxy to refill that hole that was made.
@@AquaTech225 then they have to upgrade the design by adding a steel tube covering that locking slide on the spindle
@@tomduke558 very much so. Lol I just don’t see kwickset doing that. Aside since Bill made this video. Or we all commented. LockTech made a smart key Bluetooth decoder tool for any generation of the smart key series. For $345
This tool was great it just did nothing good for deadbolts. Had it been able to do some of the deadbolts would of been awesome
Thanks for teaching the thiefs of the world how to bypass the locks on our homes I really appreciate you making it easy for them if you don't think that most of 200,000 views on this video are people wanting to be a locksmith you are a fool?
Why anyone uses these anymore? All these problems should be solved with abloy lock. That is what we use here in Finland. All door locks.
I could not agree more. Unfortunately, building contractors use these pieces of junk because they are cheap and easy to install. I'd estimate that about 70% of new home construction has these type of locks. As most homeowners are not educated about lock quality, they simply say "ooooohhhhh, shiny lock! VERY classy!" and leave them in place. Yes, Abloy disc detainer locks are unquestioningly the BEST locks but they are not yet very common in the US.
@@bosnianbill i just got hired as a locksmith and the first job i did was install these locks in a retirement community. I want this tool!
Medeco locks are my preferred choice here in the U.S. But they’re even expensive to homeowners who are serious about lock security. Now electronic deadbolts are starting to take over.
i last worked in a shop in 99 but back then abloy cost about 6 times what a kwikset cost, so that's probably the reason
Which are even stupider and made out of plastic.
well done you you have just shown he people you don't want to know now every house what has this in is not safe,how does it feel this should never be shown crime pays when you have shown them how its done.
Kwikset CEO, after watching this video: Okay, who designed those locks? Consider yourself FIRED!!!
Sounds like a inside leak
@@DeadlyVenomKing why does it sound like an inside leak. As long as there are locks, there will be people who develop tools for opening them - some of them locksmiths, and some criminals. Locks only keep honest people honest. It's been that way for centuries - long before Kwikset ever existed. That's why there are different grades of locks. The better the grade of lock, the harder they are to defeat, but there's no such thing as an unbeatable lock.
@@garrisonaw it seems like this design flaw is fixable.. perhaps even with a part the manufacturer could make and provide to lock owners.. something to block access to the middle piece.. and perhaps a harded steel ring that can be inserted under that steel bit with the hole in it?
@@manp1039 that's a notch on the steel liner for the decorative brass cover to click on by its dimple... Yup, solution is don't cut that notch, make a likewise dimple or punch a square recess without piercing the material through
@@tomduke558 watch the entire video though. that's what the accessory kit is for, to drill that missing hole.
Save yourself 40 bucks + shipping and make one from a coat hanger or whatever wire available.
Thanks for showing it's operation though. Pretty cool technique.
I just had a smith come last night. They bypassed my kwikset with a large sheet of thick plastic. $125 later, I felt used....
But they did the job YOU couldn't do. Don't blame the professional for using different techniques. He got the job done. And it sounds like he didn't do any damage. Besides, it sounds like he came to you in the evening. There's usually a higher fee for that. If you work late, don't you charge O. T. ?? Think about it.😉
Nice bypass tool , thought for a moment that it's gonna be kind of decoder tool , and , for this type of keyhole , there's a tool called "Sputnik" , originally made in 80's , in West or East Germany , by some criminal gang. It got its way to legal use , and , there are 6 and 7 arms versions , depending on how many pins are inside lock. 5 pins - 6 arms , 6 pins - 7 arms. Extra arm does nothing except that is used for rotating core more easily.
Well... I'm going to have to take off my lock and superglue that hole and that cover...
Wouldn’t matter. Lol they sell the tool I believe with a package up that comes with the perfect sized drill bit to make the hole. One of the other versions that hole is filled/don’t exist. And you pull the beauty ring off an make that hole
so smart key locks are harder to pic than regular locks, good to know. Thought I got them just for convenience to re key easily. I think mine doesn't have this hole to put the tool in and it won't work on the deadbolt.
Lol wish I knew that the two times I locked my keys in my room. First time I punched a hole through the door and reached in and unlocked it. Later I had a knob pop off in my hand when a door was having trouble closing so I took my rubber mallet and went to bash the knob off and giving me more faith in house knobs it actually smashed tf out of the knob before coming off, but back to my loss of faith the lock itself flew out of the knob from the second impact even though the assembly almost distorted beyond being able to turn the knob from the inside when I was done. But I had a spare knob and reversed engineered the assembly and took the knob I had but lost the key to that was worn out and knocked the lock out of it and fitted the one I had a key to in it. I will say I don't recommend that for an outside knob because the lock may pop out easier from extra wear put on the internal clips and in both locks removal it looked like part of one of the pressure locking tabs identically snapped off then after reassembly I had to metal work the base of the knob to be flush again. But seeing this I've lost faith in house locksets again, though this could easily be avoided if you had some sort of metal or even wood ring in the outside of the housing to reject the tool or coat hanger wire. But all the more reason to not screw up and forget your keys lol.
Well I haven't seen that lock (with Smartkey cylinder) installed even once. I saw it briefly being sold at Home Depot but I think they stopped selling it maybe because it's competing with the higher grade model???) Most of the time it's regular cylinder that I can pick faster than that tool can unlock. Secondly, the higher grade ones with smartkey cylinders do not have the holes and I don't risk damaging the door surface with that step drill bit. I bought the decoder instead, yes it's more expensive but it paid for itself in a couple of lockout services, and customers appreciated that I didn't do any damage to the door and gave me tips. Either way I don't sell or recommend Kwikset Smartkey locks. They are prone to fail, without any sign especially if you use bad copies, and the customers pay more to get it destroyed for entry.
I am thinking these kwikset smart key cylinders is a low cost lock for rentals.. the keys can be changed to one of a number of lock keys without having to pay each time a rental is rented out.. And this too would be applicable to AirBNB rentals with such a high turn over?
I heard someone trying to pick my lock. It was around 3.00am. I fired 2 blast of 12 gauge buckshot true the lock.
I found blood and fingers on my porch. I washed of the blood and barred the fingers.
*buried*
You should have went to jail for a long time ..our justice system is broken
So amazing that you make it look so easy.
You should first demo the tool and open the door in 5 seconds for shock value. Then once you have everyones attention, explain all the details.
Local burglar was caught by a vigilant home owner. The only tool he was carrying was an old rusty crowbar. These fancy things are for pro locksmiths and hobbyists. A motivated criminal can Undo just about any lock/door/window with elbow grease.
Not quietly
That particular lock has given you a pretty generous slide back space to work through once you've pryed the cosmetic covering off it's press fit. Others, perhaps a bit more upmarket (because of the underside contour of the door handle) only allow you about 1 to 1.5 mm slide back, ...and which may require some extra 'space making' work.
Water is wet
An idea came to me the other night looking at a KWIKSET door knob lock. take a Kwikset key remove the metal pieces from the inside bow so a thick long screw driver will fit through. then file 2 straight cuts one at the last pin and the other at the 3rd pin making a lock out key. insert the key, then take the driver and putting it through the bow, you should be able to pull the cylinder out as it is only held in place with the 2 spring steel springs. then take a needle nosed pliers and turn the tail piece. now your in. just an idea.
What should be a crime is $40 for a piece of wire.
You are paying for the time it took to design it. You don't refuse to pay an architect because all he gave you was paper with lines on it
I saved the link to this tool and kit to a page on my phone so I can order it later. I do plan on getting good enough at lock picking so I won't need it but I still want it :)
Can't pick a smart lock, so this is going to be a good tool to have. Planning on ordering one myself!
@@BlueandWright I will have to learn about smart locks. I was given a new TRU-BOLT Grade 3 Bump Protection Door Lock and it seems to have serrated pins in it or something like that? I have not been able to pick it open yet. But yeah I'm going to order that bypass tool
Man I always have trouble with those smartkey lock thanks for the video
I do not like how many videos show how to pick locks and bypass security items. But I also believe that without the this type of video that highlights the security flaws, the companies that supply the locks and new smart locks would not be trying to get the products for its customers. So if in the long term it will be a plus for when you go to buy a product you will know that the companies have used quality items and plenty of testing so that it does not land up on the web and UA-cam making the companies look stupid and more interested in your money and not the end user thinks .
Excellent! Being a handyman and maintenance guy for a property manager, I'm having to rekey things. But, if someone gets locked out, I don't need to go through a long lock picking process. Too bad this was a year ago. I would like to win one. I might also like to buy things from the website. I will look into it
Don’t you understand 90% of the people that watch your UA-cam videos are thief’s ? Or atleast that’s what I’m worried about because I’m thankful you just showed me my lock isn’t as safe as I thought. I have convenient stores and crooks always break in from time to time and I’ve been amazed and fearful of the crooks that have been able to open the office locks
Great instructional video. Thanks.
Excellent as always , good info Sir
I call the "lockpick lawyer" master I just figured out this guy's name is Bill I know his voice too
Another great video bill. I will have to get that tool soon
Thanks for the video, love watching your videos.
I've been seeing a lot of those deadbolts & doorknobs on sale recently, now I know why.
Nicely done. Thanks for posting.
Well made demo on a purpose built tool, sure you could do it with a coat hanger but time is money and a coat hanger will never be that fast
Looks like I'll be buying a new tool ASAP, ingenious design in the category of "why didn't I think of that??" !!! To anyone complaining about the price, Yeah I COULD make it, but it's worth it to just buy it to avoid trial and error... Besides it's an obvious work expense, I get a new toy AND a deduction... Win Win...
Typically I DO drill Dumbkey locks without bothering to attempt picking..... but ,... ONLY AFTER exhausting every other option... For example, can the latch be loided? (since a lot of builders do not install to properly engage the deadlatch, especially with the extra thick weather stripping we tend to favor here in the south)... Is there another door that has standard pin tumbler locks? If it does, chances are it's a Kwikset, so even if I have to pick both the handle and a deadbolt, it's only going to take a moment more.. Oh, but that door has a door chain on it... Another two minutes tops, and most of that is untangling my lasso tool and bending a paperclip... So it doesn't take much more time, and the customer knows I went out of my way to NOT charge them more than I absolutely needed to... That makes for happy customers. Happy customers leave good reviews (which bumps me up on search listings, increasing my call volume) and pass out business cards (free advertising)... So while time IS money, sometimes you'll make more money in the long run taking 15 minutes longer on that single job.
As to how to handle it with the customer when I DO have to drill.... I've found the best way is to explain, over the phone before even heading out, that if the lock has a slot next to the keyway, I'll have to drill and replace the cylinder and that the replacement cylinder will be an additional $15 (those cylinders aren't expensive, I get them for $10 ea) IF there's no other way in.... That way the customer knows up front, with something they can look at and see for themselves, that I'm not just drilling to upcharge them... While I'm doing that I also have them check for the Schlage + cylinder, even though those are becoming, thankfully, very rare. I've never had a customer complain about the extra $15 at that point.
With any non high security pin tumbler lock that for whatever reason I can't pick, bump, bypass, etc, I'll drill and replace with a reconditioned cylinder I've pulled off of hardware I've replaced (I've got boxes of reconditioned cylinders)... and I don't charge residential customers for that, since I didn't pay anything for it... They way I see it I shouldn't make more money for failing an unlock.. So typically I only charge to replace if the customer does in fact have a high security lock. This is both rare (not a lot of folks want to spend that sort of money, and typically the one's who do tend not to have many lockouts)... and THOSE customers don't mind, even when it means shelling out Medeco money... They bought an unpickable lock, so they understand it can't be picked.
I don't quite get the complaints. $40 for a specialized tool like this seems completely reasonable. Hell by the time I factored in time and screw ups, I could probably surpass $40 trying to make one. Use it once and it has pretty much paid for itself.
Exactly.
Would not worry about damaging any lock that can be easily bypassed as it should be replaced by one that cannot be easily defeated.
That is one awesome tool i have a lot of times friend lock there self out of there house.Good Lock everyone on winning this ! ! !
As always a great video come them coming