Fork Lock Door

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Fork lock door. Bending the fork take the pair of pliers and bend the prongs to a 90 degree angle. The youtuber who posted this readily admits that it is made to be a privacy lock. His creation is very useful when wanting to add security in public places that may have broken locks such as motel rooms public restrooms and dressing rooms. Making an emergency lock for your secret chambers step one.

As a first step open the door and hook the head of the fork into the hole of the strike plate. Now the door is locked. The fork lock however is easy to make and is very useful when wanting to add a little extra security to a motel room public restroom which often have broken locks or on any interior or. This is pretty cool.

Marking the latch slot before you even begin make sure the fork can fit into the latch hole of your bedroom. You ll need a vice a hammer and a metal saw but the whole process only takes a few minutes. It won t do much to keep out bad guys. With a couple of small modifications you can use a simple dining fork to create a gadget that will lock a door that swings into your room.

Here is a door locking trick you can do with a dinner fork. Do you need an emergency door lock some times. Now that your diy two part fork lock is ready here s how to use it to lock a door. It s the perfect method to quickly modify a door and make it more difficult for intruders to come in.

As you bend by the way. Things you can make. Slide the fork handle in between the middle tines teeth. The video shows cutting the handle off the fork to but there are probably other things you could use for a wedge if a hack saw wasn t handy.