Need"HELP" Cooling Down

[Bruce Evans]

I need some suggestions here.With my shop being a Bladesmiths shop I havent ever airconditioned the Grinding area of the shop.The heat wave here in the south is causing havick not only with me but my machines.The inside of the shop (grinding area) has been running at 104-110 degrees during the day.I have lots of fans running and the heat doesnt bother me much,but my grinder keeps throwing its breaker and doesnt cool down very quick,and it always does this in the middle of a grinding pass(leaves funny scratches)so i'm getting frustrated because it is taking 3 times longer to grind.I thought of ice packs but water and electicity doesnt get along,any suggestions ??????????

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Bruce Evans Handcrafted Knives

The soul of the Knife begins in the Fire!!!!!
Member of,AKTI#A000223 and The American Bladesmith Society

 

[Osbourn]

You might want to try mounting some heat sinks on your grinder and point a fan at them.

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Oz

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[R Dockrell]

Your not the only one Bruce. I have been searching the for sale adds for window type AC unit. The only solution I have had is run lots of fans and burn the midnight oil. I have had to schedual my heat treating around the weather forcasts, it got so hot last time that the poly fan blades on the exhaust fan above my HT unit did a melt down. Has since been replaced with a metal unit,but the poly had lasted the last two years.

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Robert
Flat Land Knife Works
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