6 ways to get rid of a padlock

Cases of a key breaking in a padlock are not uncommon. What to do in such a situation? In addition, it could rust or jam. I'll show you six ways to get rid of a lock.
6 ways to get rid of a padlock

Melt with a gas burner


Locks are often made from silumin, an alloy of aluminum and silicon.
The lock is heated with a gas burner.
6 ways to get rid of a padlock

Silumin melts when heated to 480 - 670 degrees Celsius. A minute of heating - the case will melt and the lock will fall.
6 ways to get rid of a padlock

6 ways to get rid of a padlock

Security measures. Clear the work area of ​​flammable materials, cover it with sand, and cover it with a sheet of metal.

We use a lever made of two wrenches


Breaking the lock body or shackle. Use two large wrenches as levers. They are inserted into the space of the shackle near the lock body and the free ends are moved together.
6 ways to get rid of a padlock

The longer the keys, the less effort. Large keys can be inserted between the body and the top of the lock shackle.
6 ways to get rid of a padlock

If you have access to liquid nitrogen


It is known that metals become brittle when overcooled. The lock body is made of non-frost-resistant materials. If the lock is cooled to the brittle temperature of the metal, it can easily be broken with a hammer.The metal is cooled with liquefied nitrogen or oxygen.
6 ways to get rid of a padlock

Pour liquefied gas into a glass glass and hold the lock in it.
Attention. It is dangerous to take a glass with bare hands - you can get frostbite on your hands.
A couple of minutes of cooling and the lock is broken with a hammer blow or with mitten hands.
6 ways to get rid of a padlock

6 ways to get rid of a padlock

Destruction by “burning” using a thermite mixture


They set it on fire with a special ignition strip. When burning, it gives a temperature of 800 - 850 degrees Celsius and heats the mixture until it ignites. When the powder burns, its temperature increases to 2000 - 3500 degrees Celsius.
To use this method of destroying a padlock, you need to lower it into some container, for example, made of magnesite, pour thermite powder into it and insert the ignition strip.
6 ways to get rid of a padlock

Place a sheet of asbestos on the bottom, but not metal. Drops of burning thermite can burn right through it.
6 ways to get rid of a padlock

Attention. It is better not to approach it until the mixture finishes burning.
6 ways to get rid of a padlock

Use master keys


Next method. Manipulative opening, that is, they open with master keys of different shapes. Used for the so-called. "English castle" This lock has a cylinder mechanism based on a set of pins. The pins are cut into two, usually unequal parts, and are spring-loaded.
6 ways to get rid of a padlock

A flat key with a shaped cross-section, having teeth on one side, is inserted into a shaped slot in the cylinder. The spring-loaded pins, with the teeth of the key, each rise to a strictly defined height. The cut locations of all pins form a line coinciding with the outer surface of the cylinder. After this, the cylinder is turned with a key and the lock opens.
6 ways to get rid of a padlock

An aluminum can will help us


6 ways to get rid of a padlock

A T-shaped figure is cut out of thin elastic aluminum, for example, from a Pepsi-Cola can.
6 ways to get rid of a padlock

The “leg” of this “letter” is placed in the gap between the lock shackle and the body.The upper part is wrapped around the shackle and, like a handle, the aluminum figure is turned around the lock shackle.
6 ways to get rid of a padlock

She pushes back the latch that holds the shackle in the case. The lock opens.
6 ways to get rid of a padlock

6 ways to get rid of a padlock

There are other simple ways to “deal” with a closed lock without a key: cut the shackle with a cutting torch using gas or electric welding, cut the shackle with hand wire cutters, cut it with the cutting disc of an angle grinder.

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Comments (4)
  1. Guest Anatoly
    #1 Guest Anatoly Guests 8 October 2019 16:42
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    Or even better, a directed thermonuclear explosion)))
  2. Guest
    #2 Guest Guests October 9, 2019 04:41
    1
    The grinder probably broke along with the lock.
    1. Ivan Novoselov
      #3 Ivan Novoselov Guests 18 March 2020 12:56
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      she's so loud
  3. Basil
    #4 Basil Guests December 29, 2021 06:15
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    Can be torn off with a crowbar.