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[snakeshack]

I was robbed Saturday in the middle of the day! I got up early Saturday and moved some stuff so I could get to all my tools. I laid out the wood that I was going to do some work on and obviously didn't notice or pay attention to people walking or driving by. We had taken the dogs and the kids out for a walk in the Red Woods 20 miles away, and when we got home the garage door was open and most of my tool were missing. They even got my lattice wood and African Mahogany! They took my band saw, table saw, rotary oscillating drum sander, my drill press, and my router. They didn't get the stuff I had bolted down to a big bench and they didn't take my Motorcycle, thank goodness. I'm still trying to make a list of all the stuff they took! None of my neighbors saw a thing!

I used to like to work with the garage door open, but never again! I'm just soooo upset!

[lucifer93]

snakeshack, on 22 November 2010 - 12:44 PM, said:

I was robbed Saturday in the middle of the day! I got up early Saturday and moved some stuff so I could get to all my tools. I laid out the wood that I was going to do some work on and obviously didn't notice or pay attention to people walking or driving by. We had taken the dogs and the kids out for a walk in the Red Woods 20 miles away, and when we got home the garage door was open and most of my tool were missing. They even got my lattice wood and African Mahogany! They took my band saw, table saw, rotary oscillating drum sander, my drill press, and my router. They didn't get the stuff I had bolted down to a big bench and they didn't take my Motorcycle, thank goodness. I'm still trying to make a list of all the stuff they took! None of my neighbors saw a thing!

I used to like to work with the garage door open, but never again! I'm just soooo upset!

Sorry to here about that, it sounds like they never had a vehicle or they would have taken it all. I would check your neighborhood for neighbors that could me stoner junkies or teenagers. I am not pointing the finger at anyone but it seems that whoever took your stuff knows you.

[Tom Krein]

THAT SUCKS!! I hope you recover your tools. Hopefully you were insured...

Tom

[frogman]

sorry too hear that! Things like that hurt way down inside.

[snakeshack]

Well, we have a description of the guys! A neighbor across the street and down a few houses came over and told my wife what the guys looked like and what they were driving. He saw the police car and assumed we were robbed, but didn't want to come over while the police were around. He's an old Vietnamese gentlemen and barley speaks English. He said it was a boy in his late teens and a older man in his 50's in a cruddy green minivan. No plate #. My wife is calling the police now. I'm checking Craigslist, Ebay, the classifieds...




What really stinks is that I just got the Rigid rotary drum sander 3 days ago!





Thanks for the support guys!

[snakeshack]

The police told my wife that is sounds like some homeless guys that they have been getting calls on. The problem is this is a big city. They said that they will check houses out when they go through you garbage to get your recycling (a whole other problem!). They sit on the stuff for a few weeks and then sell it at the Flea Market. We have two that are open 4+ days a week. I can't believe they didn't take my motorcycle, it had the keys in it! I won't do that again!




Oh, they got in by hooking the manual disconnect for my automatic garage door opener. It's really easy to do with a metal rod with a hook on it. They push it through the top of the door gap and hook the rope above the knob. The Police said to remove the plastic knob and leave the rope so it can't be hooked. Lessen learned!




Man I just feel violated! My wife and kids are scared now!

[Darb]

Oh man, that sucks..

Best security system I ever bought for my car was a simple blinking red LED for the dashboard, cost me all of $5 for the bulb and wires, and a handy friend to install it. You could do the same thing for your garage and/or front door (right below the peep hole) ... people see the red LED and assume it's a high-tech security system, when in fact it's a visual bluff that simply encourages would be thieves to move on to easier targets. I never tell my friends it's fake either - nobody, except my wife, and the friend who installed it, knows that my car alarm is fake.

[huey224]

sorry to hear about that mate i hope you catch them!

[Devoman]

I am sorry about your loss, I hope you get em! Thanks for the tip on the garage door...that is so easy to do!

[A+ Slingshots]

Wow snake!!!! I'm so sorry to hear about this!!! I'm a bit concerned about mine as well. We have had quite a bit of theft in the area and from us in the past. Prayin' for you and your family!!

[Jaybird]

Darb
Now everyone knows your car alarm is a fake.

[Rayshot]

Snake, I truly feel for you! I was home and some scum made off with 3 tools worth $800.00 out of my garage. One a good compressor, turned on 4 times.

I thought that was infuriating.

I immediately purchased a Reporter alert system. Now I know when someone is in my driveway and then next to the house.

[snakeshack]

Many thanks to everyone here.

Well now I'm really mad! My wife called me and asked if I had checked the beer I was brewing. They also removed the air check on the top. Even if it was still good, I wouldn't know if they had put something inside. They also took my laundry detergent.

Things learned:
Insure everything!
Dead bolt side garage door and padlock garage door! I think I may make a dead bolt that I can use a solenoid and a remote to activate.
Get a loud alarm.

Looks like I'm getting new tools this spring.

[Darb]

Jaybird, on 22 November 2010 - 06:17 PM, said:

Darb
Now everyone knows your car alarm is a fake.

I'm not losing sleep. Although a gentleman to the core, I'm not entirely adverse to the idea of dancing a jig on the grave of any would-be thief who's too stupid or ill-mannered (possibly both) to go on living.

[snakeshack]

I have NO tolerance for thieves!

[Performance Catapults]

Sorry to hear about that Snake. Thieving during work hours seems to be the way thieves roll these days. Happen to a co-worker just a few weeks after he moved into his new home. They pull up, kick the door in when the coast is clear, then just act normal while carrying out stuff. Anyone that may drive by, doesn't think any different. I hope you are successful at regaining your loss.

[ZDP-189]

That's sad to hear; I hope you get your stuff back.

[Dayhiker]

Bummer, Snake.

[NoSugarRob]

t.

Edited by NoSugarRob, 19 August 2011 - 02:22 PM.

[Gib]

That is a massive bummer! I dont think the locals around here have the balls to do such a thing but regardless we have a cheap webcam set up on our driveway that is motion detected ($20 webcam and some software) which records and saves any video, This is not so much for theft issues but because we like to know when someone pulls in our driveway for our business

[snakeshack]

Well, it was a long night! My 10 year old daughter was up most of the night because she was afraid someone was in the house. I told her the dogs would know and get them, but fear is irrational. To make it worse, the dogs did go off at 3am, not something they normally do, so I got up and took an armed walk around the house outside. It's not like living in the country, caring a shotgun outside around your house can get you it a heap of trouble, or even shot by the cops. It turned out to be nothing, probably just the rain, but I was wide awake after that.

This also stinks because I was going to make my brother a bow and my nephews slingshots for Christmas. I guess I'll be at the hardware store on black Friday retooling. I did finish the slingshot forks last night for the secret Santa the hard way, with a coping saw and files. I'm glad I still have my 4" belt sander. I just can't imagine making a bunch that way, I would have Popeye arms by New years. I just have to decide if I want new cheep tools of do I want to get some good quality used tools. I DO like shopping for tools!

[Jaybird]

snakeshack
Buy the best tools you can afford.They will last a lifetime,unless someone steals them.I hope that never happens again.Buy once,cry once.

[dgui]

Gib, on 23 November 2010 - 07:48 AM, said:

That is a massive bummer! I dont think the locals around here have the balls to do such a thing but regardless we have a cheap webcam set up on our driveway that is motion detected ($20 webcam and some software) which records and saves any video, This is not so much for theft issues but because we like to know when someone pulls in our driveway for our business

Thats a great idea.