Shop Door Security

There was a local legend in my home town that the bank hired to break into their vault. The door mechanism failed. They hired him with the stipulation he did not cut the door.
Legend has it he contacted the safe door co. and they assured him it could be fixed from the inside.
He jack hammered a hole in the roof large enough for a vault door rep. to get into the vault. The story ends with the door being opened unscathed, and the man made a hefty paycheck to make the hole then repair the hole.
Didnt mean to highjack your thread, just wandering down memory lane.

Sent from somewhere in East Texas Jake Parker
 
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If I were a criminal and I saw a door that tough, I'd go through the wall.
 
signs plus hidden cameras watching other cameras watching entrances/property and a dedicated security dvr recording motion on any cam and triggering alarm/transmission to you leaves u with "what do I do with the bodies" ;>|
 
As has been mentioned, you can stop the curious. But you can only slow down a determined thief.

Not making your place "interesting" would be a step in the right direction.

My barn/shop doors would give way to a chain saw in seconds. The fact that there are no places to hide, it is very visible from the house, less than 30' from the road and nothing expensive near it keeps the ill-intentioned at bay.
 
Solenoid controlled throw bolts on garage doors, alarm and four GSD keep our shop secure. If that fails, then double taps will follow.
 
Those locks have brass tumblers, that can be drilled out silently and quickly. Cordless drills are quiet and common, I would look for a lock that had hardened steel or something that would stop a drill from going right in if possible.
 
As far as drilling the lock. Easiest way to stop that is to shield the lock face with a plate. If you use a hockey puck lock and put a blocking plate so that you can only have room to get the key in it and unlock it, that deals with the drilling. Drilling the plate and putting a ceramic rod or two in it keeps it from being cut easily. Abrasive wheels tend to go right through most metals, but ceramic stops them cold. A solid carbide end mill could also be used and would have a similar effect. Again, it's effort to slow them down... you can never stop then cold.... you can just require lots of time and lots of noise to gain access. That gives time to be noticed, police to respond, and arrests to be made. But bear in mind that if it's not heavy enough to take a hell of a beating with a sledge hammer attack and still work,,, you will be the one out there trying to figure out how to get it open.
 
For saw proof how about a pipe with a smaller diameter bar inside that can rotate freely - you can hacksaw through the outer pipe but when you hit the bar is just spins.
 
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