r/holdmybeer • u/tspike • Aug 25 '24
HMB while I drill out this lock. Watch and learn, kid.
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u/Silphire100 Aug 25 '24
Genuinely thought he was gonna drill through his hand that first attempt
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u/saladmunch2 Aug 25 '24
Ya he couldn't have picked a more dumb way to hold it
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u/Trypt4Me Aug 25 '24
I had to pause and look what sub I was on before I continued.
Not that I wouldn't have finished watching it - I was just going to prepare the deep breath work of frustration.
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u/silentsinner- Aug 25 '24
I was waiting for the bit to catch and the drill twist breaking his wrist.
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u/repsolcola Aug 25 '24
Why is he dressed like Ace Ventura when he goes to the asylum?
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u/silentsinner- Aug 25 '24
Meth.
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u/puterTDI Aug 26 '24
Ya, you think that was his storage locker?
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u/Bspkr Aug 28 '24
Right? That was my first question. If it IS his locker, how hard is it to not lose your key? And Dude, wash your shirt.
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u/Mindless_Ad_6045 Aug 25 '24
"Ah fuck, there's a hot, sharp piece of metal in my eye, I think it's all good though "
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u/tspike Aug 25 '24
Kid's even trying to help him get a better video by suggesting a redo and he just ignores him
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u/realdeal360 Aug 25 '24
New video means buying a new lock, he can't afford that
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u/fishee1200 Aug 25 '24
You know much it costs to charge that phone battery?! Sounds like something a dad would say
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u/WhatTheFlippityFlop Aug 25 '24
I did this last week, cylinder lock, same soft brass key mechanism that gets drilled out but then had to use a screwdriver to make the actual mechanism turn. Took about 5 minutes, successful in the end, got caught by the onsite person, he asked me to not do it again because it’s easy to damage the cylinder opening of the door latch.
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u/whoamiwhatamid0ing Aug 25 '24
At a lot of storage places this is considered breaking and entering even if it's your own lock. Always ask the staff for help. Also, these disc locks are a lot easier to cut with a grinder than to drill one out. Never drill out a lock that has the potential to move around!
I would say the door latch is less of a concern to me and more that if you hurt yourself on site that can be a whole kettle of fish.
Also, it makes you look really suspicious and they will probably keep an eye on you for the rest of your tenure at the facility.
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u/jons_myth Aug 26 '24
I run a storage facility and i have a section in the lease they sign saying we are not liable for bodily injury. So, if they hurt themselves doing dumb shit like this, i would just tell them it sounds like a personal problem.
And also i do not allow them to cut their own lock because repairing latches and doors gets expensive when they damage our property. I don't charge anywhere near $70 though.
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u/whoamiwhatamid0ing Aug 26 '24
I also run a storage facility. The fun/infuriating part about our contracts is they seem to be unenforceable if you get a judge that's sympathetic towards the customer. Makes the management company I work for scared to get sued about anything.
We only charge $25 to drill/cut a lock and I have some flexibility on that if someone is really hurting for money. $70 is definitely ridiculous.
I also have no faith in people anymore and I've had coworkers at other facilities who have had their dumb customers cut the wrong locks.
I did have one person once who was past due and locked out of their unit. They got in the gate using the code of a friend who also had a unit and drilled their lock and took what they wanted and ditched the rest.
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u/sleepytaquito Aug 26 '24
I work at a storage facility (not one of the major corporations) and drilling your own lock is absolutely considered breaking and entering and destruction of property in my state. As in, we could and probably would press charges. We also restrict access to business hours only, and you would have to make an appointment to go to your own unit. If this incident alone doesn’t terminate your lease, we now keep such a close eye on you that any violation of the lease thereafter would result in termination.
To be fair, we only charge $30 to drill and replace the lock, and oftentimes we waive the fee if we know life’s kicking your ass lately.
But like, don’t do this guys. You never know if the people behind the desk are hard asses who will press charges, or at least make your life more difficult.
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u/icyhotonmynuts Sep 19 '24
Ex storage place lacky here...that's bullshit about damaging the door latch.
Several years of it, and drilling through sometimes dozens of locks a month, it's never damaged the door latch. It's more likely the customer fucks the door pulling it hard up and down each time and then forcing the latch on a misaligned door.
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u/Cattywampus2020 Aug 25 '24
Hospital visit to remove metal from kids eye > $70
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u/573IAN Aug 25 '24
Dad is taking that shit out with tweezers in the next video.
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u/johnboy2978 Aug 26 '24
"$5k for an ER bill to get a metal shaving outta my kids eye?? Fuck that. I'm gonna show you to do it with a standard shop vac you've probably got laying around, small funnel and some duct tape ... $7.95"
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u/Greengiant304 Aug 25 '24
Dad definitely just used a giant magnet to get the metal sliver out of the kids eye.
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u/mjolle Aug 25 '24
I got a small metal shaving in my eye once. Was not fun to remove at all. Not painful but stressful.
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u/dssstrkl Aug 25 '24
Ballistic eye protection is also cheap…
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u/A_TalkingWalnut Aug 25 '24
Not cheaper than squintin’
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u/dssstrkl Aug 25 '24
Cheaper than getting that metal shaving extracted
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u/A_TalkingWalnut Aug 25 '24
“I got three more kids, and two on the way, and they already have three kids. By my math, that’s at least 11 more good eyes.”
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u/_mully_ Aug 25 '24
He has glasses on top of his head (albeit I don’t think they’re safety glasses).
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u/Dry-Salary2347 Aug 30 '24
He also had sunglasses on top of his head. Tint wouldn’t be perfect but hey.
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u/Xryanlegobob Aug 26 '24
For real was waiting for the camera to pan back to a hand with a drill bit all the way through it
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u/UltimatePrimate Aug 25 '24
The movie Idiocracy used to be comedy. These days it feels more like prophecy.
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u/cat-from-venus Aug 25 '24
i know people dumber than every single character on that movie. They actually listened to the smartest person on the planet, IRL we just worship the richest idiots.
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u/Cattywampus2020 Aug 25 '24
The next video is a similar format with the guy explaining how you can save thousands of dollars on an ER visit using a magnet to remove metal from an eye. (WARNING - do not do this youself. If they have iron they can get magnetized during the process that made them. The magnet might push them further in instead of pulling them out)
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u/mermicide Aug 26 '24
This dude has a $200 drill with almost no wear on it… bet he’s the type that buys shit just to have it lol
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u/Altruistic-Cut9795 Aug 25 '24
Buy a $5 pair of pliers from Walmart or Harbor Freight so you don't jeopardize your fingers ?
Just saying.
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Aug 26 '24
This is simply the greatest video short I have ever seen.
"OW, FUCK, OW, I GOT IT IN MY EYE"
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u/timberwolf0122 Aug 25 '24
I really thought that was going to end with a drill through his hand or nearly loosing an eye from a broken drill bit
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u/kashuntr188 Aug 26 '24
Spend another $5 and get a wrench or something to hold the lock with. Don't use your hands. Wtf
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u/ChewyTender81 Aug 26 '24
How about trying and getting out of living this way so you don't need to do do shit like this. 🤦
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u/2278AD Aug 26 '24
This could be in r/unexpected. I didn’t think there was any way that lock was coming off without blood flowing
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u/WeBornToHula Aug 25 '24
Great invention called bolt cutters can get through those cheap shackles. Hell a big hammer can probably break the body of them even faster.
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u/rapafon Aug 25 '24
Bolt cutters big enough to go through those padlocks would set him back probably close to the £70 he's trying to save, if not more.
Hammers do work well with many padlocks, although these round ones are trickier to hit, but the main issue is damaging the door as I bet the storage place would charge a fortune for damage.
So I think this guy had the right idea with drilling but I was cringing the whole time because of how he was doing it, in my head I was thinking why isn't this marked as NSFW because I'm positive I'll see a pool of blood soon, dude's lucky to have his hand intact.
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u/Meowmixxtape Aug 25 '24
You cannot cut those with bolt cutters. I used to manage a storage facility and nope not happening
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u/continuallylearning Aug 25 '24
Currently manage a storage facility. Bolt cutters won’t get off those disk style locks with the shackle protected by the body. An angle grinder is how I take them off.
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u/falloutvaultboy Aug 25 '24
Anyone with glasses tucked into their hair like that has no business with power tools
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u/Andronicus_0 Aug 26 '24
Always wear your PPE, especially goggles, he's obviously just wearing the safety squints!
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u/Bender_2024 Aug 26 '24
Wouldn't a pair of bolt cutters be easier and safer?
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u/Darklord_Bravo Aug 26 '24
My bolt cutters would have done that in a matter of seconds. I've lopped off more than a few padlocks with em. Agreed, much safer too.
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u/HatAdept7513 Sep 24 '24
The most telling part of the video is when metal flies in his son’s eye, and he doesn’t even bat his. He just keeps on drilling.
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u/cornboy22 Aug 25 '24
Yea that drill bit is five bucks and by the way the drill with battery and charger is $300. So yea you saved 70 bucks
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u/Mountain-Ad-460 Aug 25 '24
if you think this man paid 300 bucks for that drill and battery well......
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u/cornboy22 Aug 26 '24
Bro Milwaukee is expensive , he probably started with black and decker then worked his way up as he ripped off more and more storage units
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u/Mountain-Ad-460 Aug 26 '24
You can be rich and dumb with nice power tools, or you can be broke and dumb with someone else's nice power tools.. and this guy don't look rich. I bet he didn't know how much the bit cost because he borrowed that too.
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u/relic1882 Aug 25 '24
There's a certain spot you can drill on a discus lock with a 3/16-in drill bit that will pop it right open. I work at U-Haul and I've done it to pop open people's stuff for auctions.
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u/nostigmatahere Aug 25 '24
Dear everyone watching this video, Please put on safety glasses on before you ever do anything even remotely sketchy like this. It’s so easy and can save you so much in the long run. I see people using weed eaters all the time with no eye or ear protection. I’ve had shit get in my eye even with glasses while weed eating. Lucky it was not a direct hit so no harm done.
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u/BeerBellies Aug 25 '24
These are literally one of the easiest locks to pick. I did it in like 20 seconds with a pair of tweezers and a small flathead screwdriver.
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u/rickztoyz Aug 26 '24
See son, I saved 70 bucks, but just think it could of cost over 7 grand for a hospital visit to stitch me up.
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u/FanchLaplanche Aug 26 '24
Dude looks like and got the vibe of that one guy in The Famous Jett Jackson.
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u/SokkaHaikuBot Aug 26 '24
Sokka-Haiku by FanchLaplanche:
Dude looks like and got
The vibe of that one guy in
The Famous Jett Jackson.
Remember that one time Sokka accidentally used an extra syllable in that Haiku Battle in Ba Sing Se? That was a Sokka Haiku and you just made one.
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u/stacker55 Aug 26 '24
a set of lock picks is like 20 bucks. most pad locks are dumb easy to pick. also this video smells like sour clothes and meth
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u/AnxiousHand247 Aug 27 '24
U-Haul employee here! Cutting off your lock is illegal and you will get prosecuted, in most states. It is illegal for us to cut your lock, WE will get prosecuted. You must have a licensed locksmith cut the lock to avoid breaking the law. Thanks for coming to my TED Talk.
EDIT: Also the drill bit he's using is way too big for me the first go
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u/Successful_Year_5413 Aug 28 '24
I also tried something like this with shit bits and pretty much just heated up the lock and ended up burning my hand pretty bad
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u/princess_ehon Sep 03 '24
That's a mster lock it will open with about any pointy tool. Just give it a poke or a whack.
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u/sagephoenix1139 Nov 20 '24
Damn. I wish my Locksmith dad, Locksmith brother or Locksmith son were still here so I could consult their "peanut gallery" reactions. As a former lock picker and welder, I was already stifling the ugly laugh before his "demonstration" even began... 😭🤣
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u/JoPoxx Aug 25 '24
Would have been easier with an angle grinder or bolt cutters
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u/Meowmixxtape Aug 25 '24
You cannot cut those off with bolt cutters. I used to manage a storage facility.
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u/Archesik Aug 25 '24
I’m surprised he still has all his fingers