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I went out to the garage today. The machines were waiving at me saying play
with me, play with me, but it was too cold. How many are in this situation at the moment? Wes |
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Wes wrote:
I went out to the garage today. The machines were waiving at me saying play with me, play with me, but it was too cold. How many are in this situation at the moment? Wes TOO COLD? Hell, it's finally cooled off enough to be able go into the shop in the daytime! -- Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to prove it. Member of DAV #85. Michael A. Terrell Central Florida |
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"Michael A. Terrell" wrote:
TOO COLD? Hell, it's finally cooled off enough to be able go into the shop in the daytime! I figured I'd get that response from the Texas / Florida crowd! Wes |
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Cranked up the torpedo heater and did some turning, some facing, some
milling, and some grinding (making a holder for a couple of grinding wheel dressing diamonds I bought off of E-bay http://tinyurl.com/yoz7rg ). Got one of HF's tool grinders for Christmas and need to be able to true the wheels. Got company tonight so I had to quit early to prepare.... Dave Wes wrote: I went out to the garage today. The machines were waiving at me saying play with me, play with me, but it was too cold. How many are in this situation at the moment? Wes |
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"Wes" wrote in message ... "Michael A. Terrell" wrote: TOO COLD? Hell, it's finally cooled off enough to be able go into the shop in the daytime! I figured I'd get that response from the Texas / Florida crowd! Wes Try Baby Bear's shop. It's jussssst right. I think it's located around San Diego. -- Ed Huntress |
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On Dec 26, 5:34 pm, Wes wrote:
I went out to the garage today. The machines were waiving at me saying play with me, play with me, but it was too cold. How many are in this situation at the moment? Wes Wes i'm in the OPPOSITE situation And i'm in canada. I need the weather to be either at 8C or higher or to NEVER go above 0 so i need the weather to be wormer than 8c or colder than -5 because i need to cut the door and window recesses in my container shop. and i need it to either be so cold that everything stays frozen and doesn thaw and cause rust. or it need it to be warm enough to let paint dry so i'm barred form my shop for opposite reasons |
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"Wes" wrote in message ... I went out to the garage today. The machines were waiving at me saying play with me, play with me, but it was too cold. How many are in this situation at the moment? yea , I got the same problem so I move 2000 miles south and go fishin' every day. Right now, my arm is killing me from all the yeloow tail i had to bring in today VBG Karl |
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Lots of projects out in the cold, damp, slushed up shop/garage are
getting ignored for a while. Too much slop brought in by the vehicles to even fire up the heater, it just gets too humid. Downstairs shop is toasty warm but pretty small. I can barely get to the drill press because those 5 boxes of sensors, VFD's, DC motors controls, relays, and such that I scored for free last summer are stacked in the wrong spot. But the body is still recovering from too much turkey and too many relatives from yesterday. Wes wrote: I went out to the garage today. The machines were waiving at me saying play with me, play with me, but it was too cold. How many are in this situation at the moment? Wes |
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On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 17:34:45 -0500, Wes wrote:
I went out to the garage today. The machines were waiving at me saying play with me, play with me, but it was too cold. How many are in this situation at the moment? I spent a couple of quality hours with the lathe today...but it's in the basement. Making replacement parts for ill-fitting Christmas present components, as it happens. Why the FARK am I supposed to be the QA department? |
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On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 23:22:31 GMT, Dave Young wrote:
Cranked up the torpedo heater and did some turning, some facing, some milling, and some grinding (making a holder for a couple of grinding wheel dressing diamonds I bought off of E-bay Any concerns with dumping all of that water vapor right into the shop? |
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Wes wrote:
I went out to the garage today. The machines were waiving at me saying play with me, play with me, but it was too cold. How many are in this situation at the moment? Wes I am. When it goes below 60 degrees I start bitching and my ambition goes down the tidy bowl swirl. Once again I'm looking at the Mr. Heater MAXX LP heaters trying to decide if I want to spend the money to get one and a big enough LP tank to feed it. |
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Wes wrote:
"Michael A. Terrell" wrote: TOO COLD? Hell, it's finally cooled off enough to be able go into the shop in the daytime! I figured I'd get that response from the Texas / Florida crowd! Wes TX here and my shop was just peachy in the summer when it was 106 inside. |
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Dave Hinz wrote:
On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 23:22:31 GMT, Dave Young wrote: Cranked up the torpedo heater and did some turning, some facing, some milling, and some grinding (making a holder for a couple of grinding wheel dressing diamonds I bought off of E-bay Any concerns with dumping all of that water vapor right into the shop? That's certainly my concern which is why I'm looking at something like the Mr. Heater MAXX which is properly vented. |
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I was in the shop for about 5 minutes - took a quick look around and
picked up the sisters-in-laws rocking chair and toted it to her truck. But I was busy installing new toys for the beloved in the Kitchen - and putting in titles in my book list data base. Spend some prime time with beloved after Sister left with her two dogs - calm home once again! Nice visit that was for sure, but nothing like just us. Martin H. Eastburn @ home at Lions' Lair with our computer lionslair at consolidated dot net TSRA, Life; NRA LOH & Patron Member, Golden Eagle, Patriot's Medal. NRA Second Amendment Task Force Charter Founder IHMSA and NRA Metallic Silhouette maker & member. http://lufkinced.com/ Wes wrote: I went out to the garage today. The machines were waiving at me saying play with me, play with me, but it was too cold. How many are in this situation at the moment? Wes |
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On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 18:30:25 -0600, Pete C. wrote:
Dave Hinz wrote: On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 23:22:31 GMT, Dave Young wrote: Cranked up the torpedo heater and did some turning, some facing, some milling, and some grinding (making a holder for a couple of grinding wheel dressing diamonds I bought off of E-bay Any concerns with dumping all of that water vapor right into the shop? That's certainly my concern which is why I'm looking at something like the Mr. Heater MAXX which is properly vented. Another approach might be a quartz-element radiant heater. Heats the stuff in the room rather than the air, and won't add combustion byproducts to the shop. I think you'll still go back through the condensation temperature as it cools down though, but at least you're not making the humidity problem any worse with your heat source. It's a comfortable heat, too. When I'm working in my (heatable but unheated) garage, I'll fire that up for an hour or three before I go out to work on the car or tractor or whatever, and it's quite tolerable (Wisconsin). All the metalworking tools, though, are in the basement, so that's an entirely different situation. Biggest concern in an in-house shop, is picking a cutting fluid that doesn't stink to the point where anyone notices. |
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I went out today and cut some material (Corian) on the table saw. It's
about 40 in the shop. I could fire up the 35,000btu torpedo heater, (kerosene) but with a shop that is 22' x 48' feet and 13' celing, it takes a long time to raise the temp 1 deg so I just put up with it. If I'm going to run the lathe, I'll point the heater at it for about two hours before I run it. When the machine warms up, the heat coming from the machine makes it bearable to stand in front of. I was one day from spraying new gelcoat on my sailboat in the shop when the weather went cold. So I look at it every day and it is saying " Please put my gelcoat on" but I can't do it below 70 so it'll have to wait till June. Ugh. |
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On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 01:25:34 GMT, Dan@ (Dan ) Dan@ wrote:
I went out today and cut some material (Corian) on the table saw. It's about 40 in the shop. I could fire up the 35,000btu torpedo heater, (kerosene) but with a shop that is 22' x 48' feet and 13' celing, it takes a long time to raise the temp 1 deg so I just put up with it. Thread hijack, sorry. Have you found a good adhesive for Corian? The local rep won't sell me any because of an agreement with whoever makes the stuff. I have enough, just not the right shape, and am fine joining it myself if I can get the right stickum. Any suggestions? If I'm going to run the lathe, I'll point the heater at it for about two hours before I run it. When the machine warms up, the heat coming from the machine makes it bearable to stand in front of. Yup, radiant heat is very nice. Hydronic heating in the floor is really really nice in a shop but is pretty much impossible to retrofit unless you want to re-pour the floor. I was one day from spraying new gelcoat on my sailboat in the shop when the weather went cold. So I look at it every day and it is saying " Please put my gelcoat on" but I can't do it below 70 so it'll have to wait till June. Ugh. These things happen... |
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On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 17:34:45 -0500, Wes wrote:
I went out to the garage today. The machines were waiving at me saying play with me, play with me, but it was too cold. How many are in this situation at the moment? Wes Well...the forklift ran out of propane last night, then was a bitch to get started today, so I could unload the Ranger 9 welder from my trailer. Its 40F and dropping at midafternoon, so its not as bad as those of you in the Snow States. After having been gone for 5 weeks, then slept for the last 2 days...tommorow, cold or not (fire up the propane heaters etc)..Im gonna do Stuff!! Gunner "Pax Americana is a philosophy. Hardly an empire. Making sure other people play nice and dont kill each other (and us) off in job lots is hardly empire building, particularly when you give them self determination under "play nice" rules. Think of it as having your older brother knock the **** out of you for torturing the cat." Gunner |
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"Wes" wrote in message ... I went out to the garage today. The machines were waiving at me saying play with me, play with me, but it was too cold. How many are in this situation at the moment? Wes Wes, I'm here in the Northwest (Portland, OR area). We've been having highs around 40° and lows around 36°. The part of my shop with the machinery and play room (21ft x 60 ft) has hydronic heating installed. We added this shop portion on to the existing shop and a casual conversation with somebody pointed me in the direction of having the tubes installed before our slab was poured. I keep the 21x60 area at 61° F. I used to run it at 55° but my SWMBO said it was too cold to do her ceramics hobby. 61° is a little warm for my taste and feels damned hot after walking through the ambient weather to get to the shop. I also super insulated the walls and ceiling in addition to 3 inches of foam under the slab. Probably costs me about $ 600 per year to keep it warm. Downside: You can't really play with the thermostat. While it keeps it dead on the temperature you desire, a request for a two degree raise would probably take more than a day. I wish it weren't so. I would probably lower the heat by about 10° if I knew my SWMBO wouldn't be using the area. If I did lower it, it would take forever to raise it back up. Ivan Vegvary |
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On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 17:34:45 -0500, Wes wrote:
I went out to the garage today. The machines were waiving at me saying play with me, play with me, but it was too cold. How many are in this situation at the moment? Wes I'm waiting for enough of the white stuff so I can start the eight (Tecumseh) ponies and toss the accumulation from my eight car parking lot over the hedge onto the city boulevard, then clear half the back yard so puppy can go puddle without having to get her tummy too cold. Gerry :-)} London, Canada |
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On 2007-12-26, Wes wrote:
I went out to the garage today. The machines were waiving at me saying play with me, play with me, but it was too cold. How many are in this situation at the moment? I was, but not since last year with my homemade 10 kW garage heater. http://igor.chudov.com/projects/Garage-Heater/ Takes a few minutes to warm up. i |
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On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 18:31:44 -0600, "Martin H. Eastburn"
wrote: I was in the shop for about 5 minutes - took a quick look around and picked up the sisters-in-laws rocking chair and toted it to her truck. But I was busy installing new toys for the beloved in the Kitchen - and putting in titles in my book list data base. Spend some prime time with beloved after Sister left with her two dogs - calm home once again! Nice visit that was for sure, but nothing like just us. Father had an expression, relatives make me twice glad; glad to see them come and glad to see them go. Gerry :-)} London, Canada |
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Dave Hinz wrote:
On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 18:30:25 -0600, Pete C. wrote: Dave Hinz wrote: On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 23:22:31 GMT, Dave Young wrote: Cranked up the torpedo heater and did some turning, some facing, some milling, and some grinding (making a holder for a couple of grinding wheel dressing diamonds I bought off of E-bay Any concerns with dumping all of that water vapor right into the shop? That's certainly my concern which is why I'm looking at something like the Mr. Heater MAXX which is properly vented. Another approach might be a quartz-element radiant heater. Heats the stuff in the room rather than the air, and won't add combustion byproducts to the shop. I think you'll still go back through the condensation temperature as it cools down though, but at least you're not making the humidity problem any worse with your heat source. That's the point of the Mr. Heater MAXX, it's a regular permanent vented furnace so there are no combustion products going into the shop and it's on a thermostat i.e. you keep the shop at a reasonable temperature all the time. It also doesn't take much power which is good since even with a 125A sub to the shop, that can get pretty well eaten up by the Syncrowave or the plasma cutter (and it's support). It's a comfortable heat, too. When I'm working in my (heatable but unheated) garage, I'll fire that up for an hour or three before I go out to work on the car or tractor or whatever, and it's quite tolerable (Wisconsin). All the metalworking tools, though, are in the basement, so that's an entirely different situation. Biggest concern in an in-house shop, is picking a cutting fluid that doesn't stink to the point where anyone notices. The shop is 80' from the house, so stink isn't an issue. All the tools are in the shop so I want to maintain a consistent temperature, like 60 or so, since I start to bitch below 60 degrees. |
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Wes writes:
I went out to the garage today. The machines were waiving at me saying play with me, play with me, but it was too cold. How many are in this situation at the moment? I live about 50 miles north of the Mexican border. My son and I finished installing the new garage door today (and will get the opener on it tomorrow). Which means that either late tomorrow or the day after I get to go play with the new MIG welder Santa brought me. |
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On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 21:51:55 -0500, Gerald Miller wrote:
I'm waiting for enough of the white stuff so I can start the eight (Tecumseh) ponies and toss the accumulation from my eight car parking lot over the hedge onto the city boulevard, then clear half the back yard so puppy can go puddle without having to get her tummy too cold. Ahhh...every Tecumseh engine I've had, has been an absolute bitch to start in the cold. Briggs for winter, Tecumseh for winter. Kohler for anytime. |
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On 27 Dec 2007 03:42:51 GMT, Dave Hinz wrote:
Ahhh...every Tecumseh engine I've had, has been an absolute bitch to start in the cold. Briggs for winter, Tecumseh for winter. Kohler for anytime. Bah..."tecumseh for summer" I meant. |
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Father-in-law made it a rule. Three days and company is a bore.
So he always left in 2 or 3 days. Family talk runs out and then small talk... Martin H. Eastburn @ home at Lions' Lair with our computer lionslair at consolidated dot net TSRA, Life; NRA LOH & Patron Member, Golden Eagle, Patriot's Medal. NRA Second Amendment Task Force Charter Founder IHMSA and NRA Metallic Silhouette maker & member. http://lufkinced.com/ Gerald Miller wrote: On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 18:31:44 -0600, "Martin H. Eastburn" wrote: I was in the shop for about 5 minutes - took a quick look around and picked up the sisters-in-laws rocking chair and toted it to her truck. But I was busy installing new toys for the beloved in the Kitchen - and putting in titles in my book list data base. Spend some prime time with beloved after Sister left with her two dogs - calm home once again! Nice visit that was for sure, but nothing like just us. Father had an expression, relatives make me twice glad; glad to see them come and glad to see them go. Gerry :-)} London, Canada |
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This one appeared on craigslist.com this afternoon. Had to stop and
think about it. Infra red, properly vented, much closer clearances to combustibles than the last couple I looked into. http://www.superiorradiant.com/page.asp?page_id=25 Still thinking on a 100K BTU hanging heater. I can get a free used standard floor furnace but the cost of the venting and gas pipe is the same for the el-cheapo solution vs doing it right. Dave Hinz wrote: On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 18:30:25 -0600, Pete C. wrote: Dave Hinz wrote: On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 23:22:31 GMT, Dave Young wrote: Cranked up the torpedo heater and did some turning, some facing, some milling, and some grinding (making a holder for a couple of grinding wheel dressing diamonds I bought off of E-bay Any concerns with dumping all of that water vapor right into the shop? That's certainly my concern which is why I'm looking at something like the Mr. Heater MAXX which is properly vented. Another approach might be a quartz-element radiant heater. Heats the stuff in the room rather than the air, and won't add combustion byproducts to the shop. I think you'll still go back through the condensation temperature as it cools down though, but at least you're not making the humidity problem any worse with your heat source. It's a comfortable heat, too. When I'm working in my (heatable but unheated) garage, I'll fire that up for an hour or three before I go out to work on the car or tractor or whatever, and it's quite tolerable (Wisconsin). All the metalworking tools, though, are in the basement, so that's an entirely different situation. Biggest concern in an in-house shop, is picking a cutting fluid that doesn't stink to the point where anyone notices. |
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Ignoramus4611 wrote:
On 2007-12-26, Wes wrote: I went out to the garage today. The machines were waiving at me saying play with me, play with me, but it was too cold. How many are in this situation at the moment? I was, but not since last year with my homemade 10 kW garage heater. http://igor.chudov.com/projects/Garage-Heater/ Takes a few minutes to warm up. i To maximize the airflow from the undersized fan, there's no guards of any sort. It's self cleaning too, any dirt/dust/bags/leaves that make it in just burn up on the heating elements, then the embers clear out the front. How much for two of these? |
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On 27 Dec 2007 03:42:51 GMT, Dave Hinz wrote:
On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 21:51:55 -0500, Gerald Miller wrote: I'm waiting for enough of the white stuff so I can start the eight (Tecumseh) ponies and toss the accumulation from my eight car parking lot over the hedge onto the city boulevard, then clear half the back yard so puppy can go puddle without having to get her tummy too cold. Ahhh...every Tecumseh engine I've had, has been an absolute bitch to start in the cold. Briggs for winter, Tecumseh for winter. Kohler for anytime. This one is 22 years old - starts in two pulls every time (elecfric start died after five years of seldom being used, and I haven't bothered to try to fix it) provided it gets gas line anti-freeze in every 2 gallon can of gas, and gets run for at least ten minutes every week. We used to go to Florida for February, and heaven help us if we had snow in March because Junior wouldn't start it while we were away. Gerry :-)} London, Canada |
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On 2007-12-27, Cydrome Leader wrote:
Ignoramus4611 wrote: On 2007-12-26, Wes wrote: I went out to the garage today. The machines were waiving at me saying play with me, play with me, but it was too cold. How many are in this situation at the moment? I was, but not since last year with my homemade 10 kW garage heater. http://igor.chudov.com/projects/Garage-Heater/ Takes a few minutes to warm up. i To maximize the airflow from the undersized fan, there's no guards of any sort. It's self cleaning too, any dirt/dust/bags/leaves that make it in just burn up on the heating elements, then the embers clear out the front. How much for two of these? Actually, as of a while ago there is a guard. i |
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On Dec 26, 4:34*pm, Wes wrote:
I went out to the garage today. *The machines were waiving at me saying play with me, play with me, but it was too cold. *How many are in this situation at the moment? Wes No problem in southern CA. TMT |
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Ivan Vegvary wrote: "Wes" wrote in message ... I went out to the garage today. The machines were waiving at me saying play with me, play with me, but it was too cold. How many are in this situation at the moment? Wes Wes, I'm here in the Northwest (Portland, OR area). We've been having highs around 40° and lows around 36°. The part of my shop with the machinery and play room (21ft x 60 ft) has hydronic heating installed. We added this shop portion on to the existing shop and a casual conversation with somebody pointed me in the direction of having the tubes installed before our slab was poured. I keep the 21x60 area at 61° F. I used to run it at 55° but my SWMBO said it was too cold to do her ceramics hobby. 61° is a little warm for my taste and feels damned hot after walking through the ambient weather to get to the shop. I also super insulated the walls and ceiling in addition to 3 inches of foam under the slab. Probably costs me about $ 600 per year to keep it warm. Downside: You can't really play with the thermostat. While it keeps it dead on the temperature you desire, a request for a two degree raise would probably take more than a day. I wish it weren't so. I would probably lower the heat by about 10° if I knew my SWMBO wouldn't be using the area. If I did lower it, it would take forever to raise it back up. Ivan Vegvary What a lucky fellow indeed! Very smart to embed the piping when building the garage / shop. We're just a bit south of you and our shop space (the garage, actually) was here when we bought the house, so no opportunity for hydronic heat :( We did add a 100K BTU suspended gas heater that brings the workspace (24x24') up to about 65 in 15 minutes or so and takes no floor space. It does take a while longer for the tools and machinery to come up to temperature though. Also we insulated the ceiling and 3 of the 4 walls so far (waiting to do drywall and insulation at the same time on wall 4, so we move stuff only once) Makes for a very comfy shop :) Carla Discourage tool theft: MarkMyStuff.com |
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"Gunner Asch" wrote in message ... On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 17:34:45 -0500, Wes wrote: I went out to the garage today. The machines were waiving at me saying play with me, play with me, but it was too cold. How many are in this situation at the moment? Wes Well...the forklift ran out of propane last night, then was a bitch to get started today, so I could unload the Ranger 9 welder from my trailer. Its 40F and dropping at midafternoon, so its not as bad as those of you in the Snow States. After having been gone for 5 weeks, then slept for the last 2 days...tommorow, cold or not (fire up the propane heaters etc)..Im gonna do Stuff!! Gunner You wuss! I took the dogs out for a walk last night in the 20 deg. at 2 AM. I ran into my neighbor up the street and we chuckled when we noticed we were wearing the same outfits. Down parka, gym shorts and fuzzy bedroom slippers...typical in Ohio. |
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On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 17:34:45 -0500, Wes wrote:
I went out to the garage today. The machines were waiving at me saying play with me, play with me, but it was too cold. How many are in this situation at the moment? Wes It's shop season in MN! Summertime is for playing at and in the lake. 100K BTU Reznor gas unit heater, ceiling mounted so it takes no usable space and vented so it adds no humidity to the garage in which there hasn't been room for a car for 15 years. Nice thing about -40 is that ya don't have to ask if it's degF or degC. It's actually a rather balmy +20 outside, been spending some quality time with Mr. Toro rearranging snow. |
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On Dec 26, 9:49*pm, "Martin H. Eastburn"
wrote: Father-in-law made it a rule. *Three days and company is a bore. So he always left in 2 or 3 days. *Family talk runs out and then small talk... Martin H. Eastburn @ home at Lions' Lair with our computer lionslair at consolidated dot net TSRA, Life; NRA LOH & Patron Member, Golden Eagle, Patriot's Medal. NRA Second Amendment Task Force Charter Founder IHMSA and NRA Metallic Silhouette maker & member.http://lufkinced.com/ Gerald Miller wrote: On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 18:31:44 -0600, "Martin H. Eastburn" wrote: I was in the shop for about 5 minutes - took a quick look around and picked up the sisters-in-laws rocking chair and toted it to her truck. But I was busy installing new toys for the beloved in the Kitchen - and putting in titles in my book list data base. Spend some prime time with beloved after Sister left with her two dogs - calm home once again! Nice visit that was for sure, but nothing like just us. Father had an expression, relatives make me twice glad; glad to see them come and glad to see them go. Gerry :-)} London, Canada- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Smart father-in-law...lucky son-in-law. TMT |
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On 27 Dec 2007 03:42:51 GMT, Dave Hinz wrote:
On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 21:51:55 -0500, Gerald Miller wrote: I'm waiting for enough of the white stuff so I can start the eight (Tecumseh) ponies and toss the accumulation from my eight car parking lot over the hedge onto the city boulevard, then clear half the back yard so puppy can go puddle without having to get her tummy too cold. Ahhh...every Tecumseh engine I've had, has been an absolute bitch to start in the cold. Briggs for winter, Tecumseh for winter. Kohler for anytime. The Tecumseh "winter king" engine starts every time with one pull -- if and only if you maintain the carburetor. They are quite fussy about that but otherwise about as reliable as gravity. I've rebuilt the carb on my Toro every 5 years for the past 25 years, that's worked fer me. The rebuild kit is about 20 bux. I keep it outdoors. Started on first pull again today, just as it did after its summer vacation in the shed. |
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Pete C. wrote:
Wes wrote: "Michael A. Terrell" wrote: TOO COLD? Hell, it's finally cooled off enough to be able go into the shop in the daytime! I figured I'd get that response from the Texas / Florida crowd! Wes TX here and my shop was just peachy in the summer when it was 106 inside. It's just a garage in Texas. But without it, life would suck. |
Okay, how many of us are waiting for it to be warm enough togo play in the garage again.
Dan wrote:
I went out today and cut some material (Corian) on the table saw. It's about 40 in the shop. I could fire up the 35,000btu torpedo heater, (kerosene) but with a shop that is 22' x 48' feet and 13' celing, it takes a long time to raise the temp 1 deg so I just put up with it. If I'm going to run the lathe, I'll point the heater at it for about two hours before I run it. When the machine warms up, the heat coming from the machine makes it bearable to stand in front of. I was one day from spraying new gelcoat on my sailboat in the shop when the weather went cold. So I look at it every day and it is saying " Please put my gelcoat on" but I can't do it below 70 so it'll have to wait till June. Ugh. Do you have pics of your boat, Dan? Mine is; http://www.home.earthlink.net/~cavelamb/c18-cab.htm#top Richard |
Okay, how many of us are waiting for it to be warm enough to go play in the garage again.
"Tom Gardner" wrote in message . net... snip You wuss! I took the dogs out for a walk last night in the 20 deg. at 2 AM. I ran into my neighbor up the street and we chuckled when we noticed we were wearing the same outfits. Down parka, gym shorts and fuzzy bedroom slippers...typical in Ohio. Holy cripes...and these are the people, even more than the people in Florida, who decided the last presidential election... -- Ed Huntress |
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