A different kind of "heat treatment"

brokenspearpoint

brokenspearpoint

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How in the hell am I supposed to work in my shop and get anything accomplished when it is 106 degrees every day here in Central Texas?
 
On days like these out here in Texas, I like to think that it's time to go inside, lay down on a cool bed in the air conditioning with the fan going, and do some mental work.

Like....imagining what your next project will be....contemplating your next large tool build or purchase....and studiously examining the back of your eyelids for several hours straight.

--nathan
 
I was in my shop for a little while this morning, then it got to hot. It has been in the 100s all week in the Texas Panhandle.
 
On Thursday it hit 107 at 2:00 officially here in Lubbock. Some spots were likely warmer than that around the city. It would have gone higher, but thankfully some stray clouds kept the temp in the mid hundreds for the rest of the day.

Funny thing is, though it's darned hot, the lack of humidity up here on the high plains keeps it bearable. Wouldn't want to be in Dallas or especially Houston right now.

--nathan
 
Look on the bright side fellas... it's not quite that hot, but usually that humid up here as well. And in a few short months, when I'm running the kiln with the door open 24/7 just to keep my fingers from falling off, you'll all be laughing at me.

Cheering you up from Wisconsin... "It's not the end of the world, but you can see it from here."
 
I'm trying to work through it as best possible, and I probably am losing a little weight, but right now I'm pretty sure that I am fully annealed.
 
Guys I know what you mean...up here in the mountains of Colorado, I walked into my shop this morning and it was already 60 in there! I'm so lucky that the heater didn't kick on. Yesterday it got all the way up to 75 and I had to stop working to go get a cold drink. Whew! :eek: Hee, hee, hee. ;)

But seriously folks....

When we get a 7' foot snowstorm and we get snowed in for a week people say, "How can you live up there? You must be crazy."

However....

When it's in the 100's down on the flatlands people say, "Gosh, I wish I lived up there where it's cool" or worse yet, "Hey, we're coming up for the weekend".

I used to do a lot of work in South Texas in all the seasons but I don't miss going there in the summer one bit. Now, January is another story.
 
It is in the 100's every day during the summer. A couple of weeks ago I had to crank up my forge.....my thermometer in the shop pegged at 125 degrees! I have a big attic fan blowing air into my shop from outside and it was blowing in 105 degree air and it felt like someone opened a fridge. I get about 3/4's nekkid and drink ice water like a fish when it gets 100 or better.
 
Here in north west TN. we have two seasons " humid or cold" no spring no fall. Where is it 70 all year round ? That would be sweet.
 
Here in the Memphis area we have a new invention. It's called "air conditioning."
Works pretty well.
 
I spent an afternoon working the charcoal fired ground forge the other day in Cedar Park and it was 107. I soaked myself with the water hose and drank liberally from it on frequent occasions. Really wasn't that bad, and 107 felt cool when I stepped away from the fire. We should get together sometime.
 
I think it would make the environazis go nuts if they saw you running a forge and AC in the shop, which reminds me I need a bigger AC.:D
 
We used to live on the central Ca. coast.
45F in winter was COLD, had to wear coats:eek:
And if that wasn't bad enough it would get to the low 90's a couple of times in the summer:grumpy:
 
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