On Fri, 22 Jun 2012 15:14:30 -0700, Larry Jaques wrote:

On 22 Jun 2012 20:26:32 GMT, Winston wrote:

On Fri, 22 Jun 2012 06:39:46 -0700, Rex wrote:

On Jun 22, 6:40Â*am, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote:
"Winston" wrote in message

... Use your refrigerator to dry
the air in your house. Pull the condensate out of the drip pan with a
small positive-displacement pump.

I don't have water at my shop, because I'm cheap and I don't need much
water. But I do have a small window unit, and a barrel under the
condensate drip hole. Right now I have about 20 gallons in the barrel.

Holy Cow! How long have you been collecting that water?

It will do until I get the rainwater catchment system finished. then
i can clean the shop floor

Building on Jim's idea, it'd be nifty to use an open-top drum lid as a
hoop to secure the fabric.

http://i21.geccdn.net/site/images/n-...p/30038291.jpg

The hoop, not the lid.

Well, yes the hoop part that normally holds the lid to the barrel.

And you could fab one from some spare water
heater holddown strapping.

Methinks that'd be of insufficient diameter for a 55 gallon
barrel, unless one could get a hold-down strap made for a
larger diameter water heater than I am accustomed to.
The good news is that I could roll some mild strap into
the same shape and clamp it in place with a bolt.

This cat can be skinned in many different ways, I suspect.

--Winston