LOCK How-To Videos & Articles

Follow these lock tutorials to learn all about lock with WonderHowTo's collection of free how to articles, like Pick a lock or padlock with household items, Lock in a Mortgage Rate, and Repair a Broken Key While It's in the Lock.

You'll also find several great pranks & cons tutorials in the Pranks & Cons category.

232 how-to articles
Previous Page12345...12Next Page

How To Pick a lock or padlock with household items

Pick a lock or padlock with household items

By LukeLiu4434 Knowing how to pick a lock can come in handy if you ever lose your key to your house, bike, or anything else secured by a ...more

C+ Article
Written last month by rmansur | Comments 0
Views 97

How To Lock in a Mortgage Rate

Lock in a Mortgage Rate

OK. You've spent weeks, maybe months shopping around for a mortgage--filling out forms on the internet, waiting on hold on the phone ...more

C Article
Written 4 months ago by WikiHow | Comments 0
Views 98

How To Repair a Broken Key While It's in the Lock

Repair a Broken Key While It's in the Lock

You've broken your key off while in the lock. Now what? If the key has been broken off while fully inserted into the lock, the lock will ...more

C Article
Written 4 months ago by WikiHow | Comments 0
Views 907

How To Open a Combination Lock

Open a Combination Lock

A combination lock is very easy to open. Just follow these steps. If you forget your combination, check out this article , it may help you ...more

C Article
Written 3 months ago by WikiHow | Comments 0
Views 723

How To Bump a Lock

Bump a Lock

"Bumping" a lock vs. picking a lock. - Bumping, also referred to as "rapping" is not a new technique for opening locked car doors. In fact ...more

C Article
Written 3 months ago by WikiHow | Comments 0
Views 881

How To Crack a "Master Lock" Combination Lock

Crack a "Master Lock" Combination Lock

If you’ve forgotten the combination to a Master Lock combination lock , you have a few options. If the lock isn’t locked onto anything, you ...more

C Article
Written 4 months ago by WikiHow | Comments 0
Views 9,323

How To Change a Lock Cylinder

Change a Lock Cylinder

Removable core lock cylinders or "Interchangeable Cores" are used primarily in commercial hardware, and have the advantage of being easily ...more

C Article
Written 3 months ago by WikiHow | Comments 0
Views 1,865

How To Change a Mortise Lock Cylinder

Change a Mortise Lock Cylinder

Mortise locks are most commonly found in older homes and in commercial applications. There are many variations, but they all basically work ...more

C Article
Written 4 months ago by WikiHow | Comments 0
Views 493

How To Make a Padlock Shim

Make a Padlock Shim

Have you lost the key to a padlock? You could call a locksmith or cut the shackle, but you may be able to quickly and easily open it with a ...more

C Article
Written 3 months ago by WikiHow | Comments 0
Views 372

How To Change a Lock

Change a Lock

Changing a lock is a fairly simple task to do and it only takes a few minutes. A little effort can go a long way to providing you with great ...more

C Article
Written 3 months ago by WikiHow | Comments 0
Views 541

How To Fix a Sticky Lock

Fix a Sticky Lock

A sticky lock can be a daily nuisance unless you do something about it. The good news is that you can fix it easily enough with just a tube ...more

C Article
Written 3 months ago by WikiHow | Comments 0
Views 688

How To Override Lexus Navigation Motion Lock

Override Lexus Navigation Motion Lock

Lexus Models with the navigation package disable access to several useful navigational functions when the car is moving. While this ...more

C Article
Written 3 months ago by WikiHow | Comments 0
Views 905

How To Use Purse Twist Turn Locks

Use Purse Twist Turn Locks

Purse twist turn locks can look very professional on bags and clutches; as a design feature they really do add interest and they make your ...more

C Article
Written 4 months ago by WikiHow | Comments 0
Views 214

How To Give Yourself Dreadlocks

Give Yourself Dreadlocks

Have you always wanted to have awesome dreads without having to pay someone else to do it? With this guide you too can have super locks ...more

C Article
Written 3 months ago by WikiHow | Comments 0
Views 1,101

How To Unlock Your Nokia Cell Phone

Unlock Your Nokia Cell Phone

Typically when you purchase a cell phone, the company that sold you the phone (ex: AT&T) 'locked' the phone before you bought it, so you can ...more

C Article
Written 3 months ago by WikiHow | Comments 0
Views 3,217

How To Unlock Motorola Phones with Windows

Unlock Motorola Phones with Windows

When you buy a new mobile phone you will probably get a good deal by signing up with a service provider at the same time. To make sure you ...more

C Article
Written 3 months ago by WikiHow | Comments 0
Views 1,963

How To Dreadlock Straight Hair

Dreadlock Straight Hair

Are you dying to get dreadlocks? Unfortunately, straight, fine hair doesn't lend itself easily to dreadlocks - which are strands of matted ...more

C Article
Written 5 months ago by WikiHow | Comments 0
Views 533

How To Make a Nakamura Lockapaper Airplane

Make a Nakamura Lockapaper Airplane

This is how you make a very good paper airplane called the Nakamura lock. You may think that it is a bad plane if you throw it too hard. You ...more

C Article
Written 3 months ago by WikiHow | Comments 0
Views 93

Hack a padlock with a soda can shim

Hack a padlock with a soda can shim

Yes. It works. But only if it's your lock. Otherwise it definitely does not work. In fact if you try this on that nerdy kid's locker and ...more

Cons Wonderment
By bird crick | Comments 0
Views 326

Crack a Master Lock - Mathematically, No Shim

Crack a Master Lock - Mathematically, No Shim

Apparently it is possible to reduce 64,000 possible padlock ...more

Cons Wonderment
By rmansur | Comments 3
Views 44,427

LOCK (232 how-to articles)

Previous Page12345...12Next Page

SPLAT! Art Made from Everyday Household Items

Tom Friedman. One of my very favorite contemporary artists. Friedman injects the wonder into the humdrum. He creates magic from the unsuspected with his incredible sculptures assembled from simple ...

Cheat Your Way to 300 (via Remote Control)

This is full blown cheating - no ifs, ands or buts about it. Introducing the RC900, a remote-control bowling ball invented by San Antonio, Texas-based 900 Global. Says Popular Mechanics, "The ...

World's Fastest Bicycle Goes 75mph

Cycling enthusiasts, behold. Fastest bicycle in the world, designed by VARNA of British Columbia. Pretty impressive. Check it out, Barbara Buatois of France completes her new One Hour World Record at ...

Knit Your Food

Knitted delectable delights from Ed Bing Lee. Inspired? Gotta start somewhere. Previously, Crocheters Like to Party, Too. English Ladies Knit Entire Village.

Bomb-Proof Your Home With Wallpaper

Incredible. A company called Berry Plastics (in partnership with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers) has developed a working bomb proof wallpaper. The technology has the ability to protect against both ...

loading...