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Rick Leeson

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I live in the northwest so some days are on the cool side. While forging, the shop is nice and warm. Days when I sit at the bench to file, fit, and finish I develope a bit of chill. I find sitting on an electric heating pad (low temp) makes for a much more enjoyable work session.

BlacksmithRick
 
HA-when I referred to the bum I meant that portion of the anatomy not the person! Good play on words!-Guy Thomas
 
I bought a DynaGlow kerosene heater from Harbor Freight for $104 shipped to the front door.

I burn Exxon Clear Lite, it burns even cleaner than k-1 Kerosene, and there is no odor. This heater was designed to be used indoors for times of power-outages. You can even use it in a basement.

It has an easy ignition system, just pull the lever and it's on. Just as easy to shut it off.

This unit is money well spent.

Nick Wheeler
 
Rick... I'll trade your chilled buns for my frozen solid quenching bucket any day. I looked into one of those natural gas
garage/workshop heaters and they wanted $1400.00 (Cdn)installed. Thought I might just be able to swing it on my gas bill over
the next two life-times until the refrigerator blew up three days before Christmas. Right now it's a balmy 0 degrees Farenheit in the shop. I'll have to light the Kerosene heater and wait an hour for it to get tolerable.
This is quality time I'll use to cuddle with my six year old daughter before her bedtime, so maybe it's all part of the Great Architects master plan that the fridge died.

Keep Grinding

Jim Ziegler in the "Great White North"
 
wood !! thats what i use.i can sympathize with ya kraut,i to know what it`s like to have a frozen bucket of water.after i start the fire i put the bucket on the wood stove to melt the ice....there is no heat like wood heat except the forge
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i keep grinding and grinding and it is still too short!!
 
Rick.. Saw your post "Frozen slack tub" as an extention of this post and it got me thinking. I've got one of those block-heater plugs laying around here somewhere that will do the trick. Then a real brain wave hit that almost cost me my life when my wife spotted me heading for the shop with this little gizmo she uses to heat water in a coffee cup. It's designed for travellers to use in hotel rooms that don't have coffee-makers, cost about $10.00 and is available at hardware stores and some travel/auto club
offices.
It's neat how a brain blockage can become an inspiration with a simple suggestion from another forumite.
Thanks.. Kraut
P.S. I'm getting myself out of the doghouse
by cooking Sunday supper.
 
I heat my shop with propane run to cheap wall heaters from Harbor freight. I wish I had spent the extra hunerd bucks for the ones with a thermostat and blower, but still they work might well. the low setting is enough to keep things from freezing and the high setting get things toasty.This is a 15 X 20 room. Propane is hard to beat in my book. easy to work with, available just about everywhere, cheap enough still.
 
This has been a big question for me as well. I've been banished to a (large) outbuilding for a shop rather than the basement. Still a great shop space, but no heat. I tried Kerosene, but the humidity added to the air condensed on all of the tools and vises... Everything began looking fairly orange in a real short time. I believe the infrequent use of propane heat will do the same thing. Do believe wood will be the way to go.

Dan
Hannon Bearpaw Knives
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