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Few shop security ideas:

1)Try to think like a criminal and attempt to break into your own shop. Pay attention to weak areas or things that can be broken into/through.

2)Most people don’t realize is that most locks are USELESS! They have all of the tumblers at the top which makes they a) easy to pick, and b) easy to open in 2 seconds with what is called a ‘bump key’. Most criminals will be able to waltz into a standard locked shop. Look for locks with additional tumblers and/or off axis tumblers that can’t be bumped up. Additional, steel doors with a steel frame is a must!

3)ALWAYS cover your windows when you leave and never leave your garage door open when you walk away for a bit. In addition, making the shop open and visible from the public is another cause for concern. Most break-ins happen as a result of people casing or snooping. You can assemble sliding metal grids relatively easily to slide and latch closed from the inside. No one would be able to get in from the exterior.

Just a few ideas 🙂

Great show guys, listening to the discussion on work shop security reminded me of my own example of locks only keep the honest person out, 20 years ago my work shop space was a simple corrugated iron and timber frame shed about 4.2m X 3.0m with a slide bolt and pad lock on the door . The week after returning from a holiday I unlocked the shed to find all my tools gone, while I was sunning on the beach someone had unscrewed the sheets of iron at the back of the shed ,helped them self to the tools then put a few screws back in the iron so it looked as if nothing had changed. If I had not opened the door it could have gone unnoticed for months. Lucky for me I was insured and all the tools were replaced with superior quality products, many years later a friend purchased a car from a neighbor and dropped by the same day to show me his new ride, we pulled the spare out of the boot to put some air in and there in the bottom of the wheel well was a screw driver, one of my screw drivers that had gone with the rest of my tools, all my tools are marked and I now have an IP camera in the shop that records to SDcard and PC over the internet.