Keeping a lathe and mill warm over winter?
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Pete Bergstrom wrote:
Any other suggestions? I have a Model Engineer's Workshop issue from a
few years ago that has a DIY thermostat and heater project, but I'd just
as soon use something cheap and ready-made.
Farm store - heater that screws into light socket (but unlike a light
bulb, does not burn out, or visibly glow).
Farm store - poultry waterer heater (heater that sits under poultry
waterer to keep it from freezing).
Pet store - "hot rock" for reptiles.
Household/closet store - "closet heater rod" - low temp heater to keep
the closet from getting mouldy.
And finally, the best suggestion of all (expensive, though):
Rip out the slab, put in insulation, put in radiant tubing, pour a new
slab, insulate the rest of the shop, run the radiant heat in the floor
to keep the machines warm, and crank it up half a day before you go to
use them, rather than letting them sit idle all winter...
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