Thread: Best way to cut a big lock???

Bolt cutters ......the real big ones.

Originally Posted by waynep

Bolt cutters ......the real big ones.

and if that don't work wrap a 30meter chain around a couple of major trees and the tyre and take if like you stole the rig.

Use bolt cutters and then if you have to resort to the mangle grinder

a dremel with a diamond abrading wheel will work but dont let it get too hot or the disc will shatter.

but they are hard to get so in no particular order.

a Die grinder

Big bolt cutters

An Arc welder

A mig welder

A gas axe..


jsut depends on how much room you have

I think big bolt cutters are the way to go.

When I was building my house several years ago, that is what was used by some b******d who cut the lock put on the gate by the Electricity Commission so that he could help himself to my Durden Junior Joiner and a few other tools.
That Elec Comm padlock was pretty big and it did a pretty neat cut.

In fact it always amused me that he chose to cut the hasp on the padlock when the chain links were only about 1/4 the size.

I have seen a locksmith pick one in a few minutes. Not sure how much they would charge.

If you're going the angle grinder, grind the body of the lock - usually brass - rather than the hardened steel hasp.

Cheers
Simon

Ok... so who has some big bolt cutters around my area haha. I have access to a mig, So the idea with using the mig is to make the metal softer by heating it and letting it slowly cool? ANd then hit it with an angle grinder? Or just crank the mig up and try to blast through the metal?

I can see my alloy rim getting punished here

try to freeze the lock with liquid nitrogen and snap it of