Perfect timing this topic,
on saturdaynight,i did get an unwanted visitor,him trying to prye open the old wooden door of my shop that cracks and pieps woke me up and hang out the window as the shop is on the same side,i only saw a dark figure.
My first reflex was just yell as loud as i could,wich made him take off like a grashopper,my yard is closed of by one side with a 10 feet hi concrete wall wich was no obstikle for the guy tojump upto and climbe over in secconds,gone with nothing but my nightrest.
I've been thinking over several possible safety items,all been mentioned above but i wanted to add one more;it apeared to me that in the 37 years i lived here,i never had any unwanted visitors,only now when i bought my lathe and all the tooling needed,this guy pops up,not only the right timing but also,he seemed to know exactly where to go look for the goodys.
So my thoughts were going in the direction of the moving company that brought in the machine and the fact that nowaday hoodlums are following up maybe on the digital side ,maybe able to check customerlists of companys and what's been sold to them.
One thing i think is indeed the most important start of keeping away the nightcrawlers;try to keep the number of people knowing what you have to a absolute minimum,it may feel fancy to show off all tha lathes,mills and shiny tools but you never know how far the word goes...
Danny