On 19 Nov, 15:46, Huge wrote:
On 2007-11-19, wrote:

A friend locked herself out of her flat this weekend.
I offered to come round and use my size 11 skeleton keys on it :-) but
she called a locksmith instead.

The lock was a single yale-type lock which locks when the door is
pulled closed.
My question is - how would a locksmith open this?

By drilling down the shear line so the plug can be rotated. Takes about 30
seconds including the walk from the van, and that'll be 90 quid, thanks.


She get a bargain at 75 quid then!
What is the shear line?
Right through the middle of the barrel?

Mark.