How To Lock Your Door With A Fork

Do you need an emergency door lock some times.

How to lock your door with a fork.

Here is a door locking trick you can do with a dinner fork. 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. The handle of the fork should be able to fit in between the prongs of the fork. The fork will be used as the lock itself although this diy project does require you to get your hands dirty at least for a little bit.

You ll need a vice a hammer and a metal saw but the whole process only takes a few minutes. It s the perfect method to quickly modify a door and make it more difficult for intruders to come in. If the prongs are too long i bent them backwards so the sit in the hole. Advertisement of course most places you ll stay already have a lock.

The dinner fork door lock trick. You want to leave enough of the fork sticking out to allow yourself to stick in th e handle when it comes especially time to lock. The next time you re traveling and need an easy and portable door lock try using a broken metal fork. Essentially you re just bending the fork and in a few minutes you have an amazingly simple door lock.