Ok so insurance paid out. I exceeded my policy limit, but not badly, so not in the penalty range. If you're policy covers 80% of your stuff, no penalty. I will have enough to buy a new lathe and mill and minimal other stuff. Things will be tight for a while, but should be ok. I did lose a fair amount with not having total coverage, but on the upside, both machines will be brand new which is worth something.
So, almost a month to the hour of the fire and my still limping but functioning security camera sends me some images at 5am with people in my space. Called cops. Apparently they showed up but haven't called me. I get out there a few hours later and find the plywood door had been pried off, pallet jack and cart loaded by the front door. Not sure if cops ran them off or caught them, I hope to find out. Back to open carrying. I thought the area was getting nicer
They got a bunch of building copper. Cut power cords of some stuff. They must have made one trip already because I know a dolly is missing and a bunch of 6061. The lathe had water get into the electronics. So, I had to cabinet open to air out. I was planning to rent a generator and get out there and try to power it up. Well, jokers got in there for copper wire, so not so much for powering up.
Last thing I'm waiting on is salvage bid from insurance. I might be able to buy the wreckage for pennies on the dollar. Chopsaw, air compressor, dryer, buffer all seem not very damaged, so we'll see. Buying a new mill will eat all the recoverable depreciation I can get out of insurance as I'll hit policy limit, so would be nice to take salvage. We'll see. Walking the F away also has appeal. Got new lease on 2000SF in much nicer area, so hoping to land new machines in a couple weeks.
