Open locked door with zipties

Earlier today I was bored and tried to open a locked door with a card (like they do in the movies). It was easier then I thought (there is probably an indestructible on it somewhere, but here is the wikihow article http://www.wikihow.com/Open-a-Door-with-a-Credit-Card), but it only works if your on the correct side of the door (with the sloping side of the latch facing you). So I tried to think of a way to open it from the other side and came up with this.

This tool like the card only works on one side of the door. But unlike the card it works on the side of the door that has the sloping side of the latch facing away from you.
This dose not work on doors with deadbolts.
This tool is made of a paperclip and 3 twist-ties.

Disclaimer: THIS SHOULD NOT BE USED TO BREAK THE LAW

On a side note, I apologize for any spelling errors/wrong use of words. Spelling and spell check are two things I can't seem to get a good grasp on.

Step 1 How it works

How it works:

The wire loop is pulled down on the sloped part of the latch. The latch moves in order to allow the wire to move down. When the wire reaches the end of the latch the door can be opened but only in that instant.

Comments

[11877]

Instead of going through all this can't you just use wire ?

[T_T_]

you could also add solder to that twist to make it stronger

[patowc963]

So let me get this straight...
YOU are in the INSIDE of a room trying to UNLOCK the door when the little BUTTON is right there....
Please explain to me the purpose/logic of this instructable?
Everyone, if you really want to unlock a door, get a set of picks.

[T_T_]

this would work well school doors, any other door though is pointless

[mr. clean]

this will unfortunately only work with doors that swing out to go in the room.

[salomon1996]

just use a credit card! lol

[Ian01]

It would probably be easier for most people to just get a wire of the right gauge and length than burn and put together some twist ties. Related: why does the title say "zipties" when you're using twist ties?

[silencekilla]

lol i have those same needle nose pliers

[cdousley]

me to

[madhops0620]

haha I do too

[cdousley]

glaseyes has a card that opens both sides
www.instructables.com/id/Universal-Locked-Door-Opener-does-not-work-on-de/

[cdousley]

i got the same pliers

[Colonel88]

Yet another reason why to use dead-bolts...

[nave]

my friends and i used to use butter knives to do this

[electrick]

Why not just pull the paper/plastic off?

[4455221]

You can I think(never tied). Burning is just easier.

[harrypoter]

something is wrong with your system.to open a locked door your system should be design to use from out side.But this one is design to use from in side.

[4455221]

Some doors have the sloped side of the latch facing the inside and some have it facing the outside. I see both every day, in many places. The door to the front of my house would require the card while the one at the back would need this. The door in the pic is from the inside because it was raining and I didn't want to get my camera wet using the outside door.

[fegundez1]

why not just use a small gage wire?

[4455221]

You could, this is just an easy way to get small gauge wire

[mikeasaurus]

why not just use the persuader?

[hominid]

good one!!!

[karossii]

One important note: those are not zip ties; they are twist ties. A zip tie is a plastic or metal band with teeth, that seal by sticking the teeth through a little locking mechanism on the other end. Some (most) can only be used once, others can be released and opened to be reused. A twist tie is simply a very small gauge wire inside a plastic or paper sheath, which can be twisted into various shapes.

[4455221]

Thanks, wasn't quite shore what they were called and ziptie sounded good. ill change it to twist tie.

[Holden_vy_s]

Yep, was going to mention this.