RLD Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 show me a pic of your shop heater or a drawing for a wood stove Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragons lair Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 Reddy kero heater on a timer and thermostat. Starts 30 minutes befor I do stopps when I stop. Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkrankow Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 What heat? I use a tank top propane radiant heater when I HAVE to have heat. Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragons lair Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 Phil, Bet your not over 60 des old bones do not like cold and damp. If the gasser is running ok. If welding CNC cutting or fabing I like warm. Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Browne Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 How do I heat? Open the door :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Creek Blacksmith Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 Vent less propane wall heater from TSC. Gets to hot have to turn the thing off, shop is 12'x24', probably could've went with a Buddy heater. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
divermike Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 Just turn on the propane forge, toss in a big hunk of steel for the anvil heat, and come back in 10 minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unkle spike Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 I use a standup kerosene heater, not one of the jet engine types. It heats the shop from 30 to 70 in about a half hour, then I can turn it on low. I use around 1/2 gallon to a gallon a day. Last Saturday I had to run it all day on low, and it used 3/4 of a tank. Once I start the coal forge of course I don't need it. I like it because with Kerosene, you know what you get, but at $3.49 per gallon it isn't cheap. Costs around $20 per month for weekend forging. My shop leaks air pretty well so Co2 isn't too big of a concern, I am in and out enough for a good air exchange. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkrankow Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 Phil, Bet your not over 60 des old bones do not like cold and damp. If the gasser is running ok. If welding CNC cutting or fabing I like warm. Ken You are right, I'm a little over half that. I don't like cold and damp either, but I don't have a very sweet work shop yet. I find that putting down wood or cardboard so my feet are off the concrete (or if I have to crawl under a car or something, also to stay cleaner) helps a bunch as the cold concrete removes heat quickly and makes a body more tired and sore. Since I have moved several times, and this is the first house we don't intend to move from, I have insulated overalls, and coveralls which help a lot. I also had neighbors tease me about wrenching using a Coleman lantern for light (and heat) I have found that the best answer to cold, without a heated workspace, is to keep dry and off the ground. Make sure you are dressed so you are not sweating because that will make a body hurt when work is done. Last winter I split a lot of wood in shirtsleeves (long sleeve T-shirt) when it was 20F outside. I just put my coat on when I took breaks. That said, I want heat. I have insulated the ceiling of the garage, and plan to open the walls to insulate those too. The garage door is getting replaced in the spring, and will also be insulated. Building a separate garage is also planned, but I have an extra house to sell in Toledo first. Almost forgot, this house is all electric, no NG no propane. Everything I do I have to carry the fuel in. I have a kerosene heater but my wife doesn't like the smell. My wife is on the fence between geothermal or propane for a new furnace, and induction or propane for the stove. She has been anti-propane and NG because a house explosion killed her cousin years ago, so I expect that the propane won't happen, although she likes cooking on a gas range top. Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horseshoer1983 Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 3x4 wood stove i built heats the shop when im not workin the coke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brucegodlesky Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 Big ol woodstove Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irontwister Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 It kinda makes it hard when you dont have any walls...It gets cold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fe-Wood Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 My shop leaks air pretty well so Co2 isn't too big of a concern, I am in and out enough for a good air exchange. I used to think the same thing! After a bought of CO2 poisoning I don't anymore. Get a monitor if you use un-vented heaters with doors closed!!!! Mount it at about chest level as CO2 is heavier than atmospheric air. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 Home built wood heater. I modified the design several times trying to squeeze out as many BTU's as I can before sending the exhaust up the chimney. In the final analysis I found you must waste some heat no matter what. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 show me a pic of your shop heater or a drawing for a wood stove If that worked it shows my barrel stove with the aimable stack robber. My shop is 30'x40' steel. Hitting the "submit" button with my fingers crossed. Frosty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 I used to think the same thing! After a bought of CO2 poisoning I don't anymore. Get a monitor if you use un-vented heaters with doors closed!!!! Mount it at about chest level as CO2 is heavier than atmospheric air. CO2 (Carbon dioxide) poisoning? Do you mean CO (Carbon MONoxide)? The only time I've heard of CO2 being dangerous is if it actually displaces the oxy and a person suffocates. I've never heard of it being toxic. Frosty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike-hr Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 My shop woodstove is a WWII era 'Warm Morning' top-loader. On real cold nights I take a shovel of coal ashes and clinkers from under the forge and throw on top of the wood fire. There is probably 15% coal that can still burn in my forge waste. Makes me feel less guilty about keeping a clean forge fire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferrous Beuler Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 By shivering... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan W Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 My small gas forge heats my shop just fine. Of course I do live in Florida, albet north Florida. The coldest day I've ever forged in was 50+ F and in half an hour I'm down to shirt sleeves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 With my gasser I tend to have a 10'x10' roll up door open right by the forge area and really like to have the other one open too. I can dress warmly but just haven't mastered being anaerobic yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jocko 58 Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 Don't i live in OZ lucky to get down to 2 deg C :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unkle spike Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 I used to think the same thing! After a bought of CO2 poisoning I don't anymore. Get a monitor if you use un-vented heaters with doors closed!!!! Mount it at about chest level as CO2 is heavier than atmospheric air. Doors closed is kind of a misnomer in my shop, the door has 1/2" gaps or better between the boards, and I have a forced air fan bringing in huge amounts of air. I know each shop is different, and what works for me may not be suitable or safe for someone else's shop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forgemaster Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 To heat our shop we just open the doors n winders, it was 47 deg C in Kurri during the week, with the doors and windows open the heat just comes straight in. What we need is some rain, we had a few drops of rain the other day, one of the kids at my daughters school fainted after some drops landed on him, as he had never seen rain before, they had to throw a bucket of dust over him to bring him round Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
used-iron Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 We heat our shop and home with coal. Anthracite rice in a Keystoker hot water boiler. Ashes go on the icy driveway. Lee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nakedanvil - Grant Sarver Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 Being from the Seattle area, people are surprised at my tan. I don't have the heart to tell them it's just rust. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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