"Too_Many_Tools" writes:

Maybe I should add this request....what temperatures and temperature
ranges are useful in a home shop environment?

Depends entirely on what you want to do. If you go for pottery (not
uncommon in home shops) you need something above 1000 degrees Celsius,
enhancing carbon content for hardening mild steel also needs that
during several days and a controlled atmospehre, too,
soldering (some parts are soldered in Ovens) you get away with a few
100 degrees, breeding bacteria needs less than 40 degrees...


Any ventilation issues that one needs to consider when doing certain
operations?

You ought to be more specific as to what you want to do.

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