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I just cannot see how the secure 2×4 bar holder works! Help!

A reader wrote “I just can’t figure out how this things works. I’m pretty bad mechanically and need all the help I can get. If you can point me in the right direction I’d greatly appreciate it”. Same with me fellow reader! I’m an electrical engineer not a mechanical! I’m assuming you are talking about my locking kit more than anything. I think if I pass along a couple of really high level ideas in Read more

Couldn’t the bad guys just cut the 2×4?

This question came in from the securebarholder mail bag. The reader wrote “couldn’t the thieves just cut the 2 x 4, and they’re in?”. Absolutely they could. Security is a funny thing. It is best thought of in terms of margin costs and marginal benefits. https://overheadwatch.com/marginal-benefits-and-marginal-cost/ So, before I invented my bar holder kit for my own shed, all a bad person would have to do is to bring a crow-bar. So for the cost Read more

Key Feature – EASY TO INSTALL

One of the key features of the secure 2×4 bar holder is that it is easy to install. My original idea was to just make 2×4 bar holders that were BETTER than than the usual 2×4 bar holders from Lowes or Home Depot – mostly due to fitting on a 2×4 instead of requiring a 2×8. I also didn’t like the fact that 2 door sheds required TWO sets of hardware – one to hold Read more