3 ways to open a lock life hacks duration.
Lock a door with a fork.
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.
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First up make sure that you have a fork that fits into the latch hole.
Dinner fork door lock duration.
It sort of creates a deadbolt.
The youtuber who posted this readily admits that it is made to be a privacy lock.
When someone tries to open the door it will immediately hit the handle pressing it firming into the fork head which is lodged into the latch hole.
Insert the fork head with the bent prongs into the latch hole close the door to secure it in place and slide the handle into one of the exposed prong slots.
It won t do much to keep out bad guys.
The fork will have to be pretty strong though.
It should span the length from the door handle to the door frame.