Nakedanvil - Grant Sarver Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 Been down to 8 - 9 F'n (Fahrenheit) degrees here for the last few days. Gets up to the 20's. Sure glad I got a wood stove in the shop. My saw is outside and the coolant was frozen solid. Put some red hot bars of steel in the tank and poured hot water over the lines. Finally got that running. Now the blade keeps coming off because of ice on the wheels. More hot water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bentiron1946 Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 Oh, man it was so cold here this morning I had to put a real shirt on! No kidding a Shirt with long sleeves, not just my usual tee shirt but a long sleeved shirt. Highs are in the mid fifties and the lows are in the upper thirties. That is cold but it can and will get colder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 It got so cold here the other night that there was ZERO temperature on the Celsius scale. I had to switch to the Fahrenheit scale so I could read the numbers and feel warmer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkrankow Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 The rain blew under the garage door and all the way up to the house wall! The wind sounds like I may have lost some roof shingles, and it is sleeting, so its at freezing. Probably get colder tonight. Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nakedanvil - Grant Sarver Posted December 9, 2009 Author Share Posted December 9, 2009 Zero Celsius? Heck that would be down right warm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy seale Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 we had snow but every night the H2O solidifies....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 I think the low was right around 0 F. It may have got to 20 here today, but I doubt it. It is headed back down in the basement now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HWooldridge Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 I know this is nothing for you northern boys but it's 35 here right now, the wind is blowing about 15-20 mph and the RH is about 50% so it just HURTS me to be outside in the chill. I've got a fire going in the fireplace and plan to do some channel surfin' inside; the shop can stay dark for tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan W Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 I've heard that word before. It got up into the 80's F today, its still 70+ right now and might get down into the 50's during the night. We might have to throw an extra blanket on the bed. I love living in Florida. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easilyconfused Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 we've been -40 C with the wind chill. It was colder than the north pole the other morning here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike-hr Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 Grant, if your saw coolant froze, I reckon it's the right thing to do to write the soluble oil company, and tell them they are doing a great job.... High 19F low, -8F so far this week. The shop and house woodstoves are getting a major abdominal workout, sweatin' to the oldies! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian.pierson Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 Portland, Oregon seems a little chilly here but there is no wind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monstermetal Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 to darn cold to get much work done... I have the weather on my phone and can pick out locations to check... so I put my home town in southern Idaho on there and every time I feel like its to cold to work... I check the temp there... They got up to 9 today, first time its been above five deg this week... low tonight of 7 below though..... Makes the 26 deg in Auburn seem balmy... On a side note.. one bad thing about a big shop with high ceilings.. It never does get warm... I burned 10 ga of propane today through a 200,000 BTU heater and the shop never got above 38 deg... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NRunals Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 it's about 20 during the day here... cold enough for my feet to be numb all day long. breaking up all the ice in the shop has become part of the morning routine.... i have no form of heat except the forge burn on my face :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fe-Wood Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 Cold? YES!!!! COLD! My house was built in the 50's and some original pipes have frozen for the first time. Now I guess I will be a plumber for a while... In the hight teens for last couple nights but the pipes got to thaw out today and when I found out about it, I was 3hrs away and my wife didn't hear it until she got home from work.... For all you math guys- how much water flowed out of the 5/8" ID pipe at 85 PSI for lets say, about 6 hrs? Figuring they thawed around 2PM today? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBrann Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 Easily confused.. is it cold enough to throw a hot coffee into the air and none of it to hit the ground from evaporation? I have heard that happens in the Great White North.. got a friend a couple hours from Edmonton... I know that is still a couple days drive.. but ... he is closer than me.. said its warm there.. it up to -27F.. how do you people stay warm up there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Creek Blacksmith Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 IT'S 19 F here this morning 50% chance of snow, thats calling it safe. Grant I don't know what kind of coolant your using but could you add RV anti-freeze to it so it won't freeze? Just a idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NRunals Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 haha... the vegtable oil i use for quenching got super super thick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
divermike Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 it's 30 here, snowing and the slack tub is inpenetrable, did not put the heater in and will now just use a hot chuck of steel to get down to the liquid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sask Mark Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 It was -35 celsius yesterday. With windchill it was -43 celsius (about -45 F). I was out on a rail line looking at some a potential summer job replacing a span for the rail line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fe-Wood Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 Brrrrrrrrrrrrrr! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkrankow Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 All that water that blew under my garage door froze last night and my anvil is rusty and stuck to the floor now! Maybe it will warm enough to thaw and dry on its own without firing up a heater of some type. Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nakedanvil - Grant Sarver Posted December 10, 2009 Author Share Posted December 10, 2009 FeWood: That'ed be over 2,000 gallons. What do I win? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fe-Wood Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 Thanks Naked A Atta Boys from now on!!! Or perhaps you would like whats behind door number one? Hint, It could be agas, solid or liquid depending on where on the globe one is located... Water bills gonna be nasty..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bentiron1946 Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 Fe-Wood, Is that little leak coverd under homeowners insurance? I sure hope so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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