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[Closed] Securing an angle grinder (discs)?

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Bought a shiny new Makita LXT angle grinder recently. The thought of having this in the same location as my bikes is a concern as it is a great tool for going through locks.
I have thought of buying a padlock that I can thread through the angle grinder discs to keep it from being used by anyone breaking in. I don't really want to keep the angle grinder in the house. What do other folk do to ensure that tools like this are not used by scrotes breaking in?


 
Posted : 11/06/2016 7:49 pm
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I keep them in the house.


 
Posted : 11/06/2016 7:51 pm
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Or you could buy a metal kit box and lock them in there.


 
Posted : 11/06/2016 7:52 pm
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or switch off the electricity to your shed
edit: which is of course useless as that is a cordless model 🙁 (and very nice too)


 
Posted : 11/06/2016 8:26 pm
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Just keep the batteries in the house.


 
Posted : 11/06/2016 8:27 pm
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ah, dd to the rescue


 
Posted : 11/06/2016 8:28 pm
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If you can find my grinder in my garage you deserve my bike.

On occasion I can't even find it and I know where it's supposed to be.


 
Posted : 11/06/2016 9:08 pm
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Yup, batteries in house or hidden in the shed/locked in a box.

Or hang the grinder on some chain as a booby trap Home Alone style. Just don't forget it's there yourself.


 
Posted : 11/06/2016 10:19 pm
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Lock the disks to one of the bikes with a short chain


 
Posted : 11/06/2016 10:25 pm
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keep the disks in your CD rack or put them to use as drinks coasters


 
Posted : 12/06/2016 7:02 am
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It's not that hard surely, just keep the cutting discs in a different place. I keep the detachable power cable in a different place to the grinder.


 
Posted : 12/06/2016 7:08 am
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Marcusiskeen for the win.


 
Posted : 12/06/2016 8:50 am

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