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I've done two things to help with light in my shop:

1. Clean the top surface of any exposed fluorescent bulbs. I noticed when changing a bulb that they were covered in dust on the top. It was like I doubled the number of fixtures.

2. My shop is an attached garage with a door opener that has two 60 watt incandescent bulbs under it.  The bulbs can be operated separately from the door opener and they are directly above my tablesaw.  I removed the 60 watt bulbs, installed a "Y"socket in each receptacle and installed 2, 100 watt CFLs into each "Y".  This increased light output from 120 to 400 watts equivalent and only demands 92 watts total so there is no concern about overloading.

Ken,
You can set up a custom search in Google by going here:
http://www.google.com/alerts?hl=en&gl=us  and paste this into the search query box:
tormek site:craigslist.org

This will alert you when a anything is listed with the word Tormek in the ad on all of Craigslist. 

Now that a bad guy knows you have a shop with tools, make it less appealing to him when he or his friends return.   Put any tool of value behind locked doors.  Use vinyl coated steel cable to secure workbench or freestanding power tools you can't put away to a big eye bolt sunk into a nearby stud.   Buy a handful of cheap Harbor Freight/Yard sale/Flea market power hand tools and leave them out in plain sight near the door.  Make it easy for them to scooped up.  It's all about convenience for the crooks.  They want to be in and out fast with something they can convert to whatever they need. 

Thanks again for the assistance on this!

I was able to disassemble the wheels and double box the main unit with foam peanuts separating the boxes.  In additon I had some air pillows cushioning the outer box in my large suitcase and foam peaanuts in the outer pockets of the suitcase.  TSA left me a nice note.  I'm sure they wondered what the heck it was.

The stone wheel was triple wrapped in bubblewrap and I made a custom cardboard box for it packed between my clothes in another suitcase.  Thankfully I don't have to pay for checked bags and the luggage handlers were nice to my lugggage.  Everything made it home in one piece.

Thanks Herman!

I have to transport a Tormek SuperGrind 2000 without the original box back from a business trip this week as checked baggage and all I see are the T-7 dimensions.  If I take the stone and stropping wheel off, what's the smallest box the main part will fit in? Do I need any tools to take the wheels off of the stock version?

If anyone has one and could take a few measurements for me quick I would appreciate it.  I leave Wednesday morning early.  It will keep me from scrounging around for boxes away from home.  Thanks!