January 30, 201313 yr Forgot to leave a fan running in the shop yesterday and overnight and have never seen it this bad. Temps went from low 30's to 64 today. Every hunk of metal has condensation and the LG has an interesting silvery sheen to it.
January 30, 201313 yr Sweaty giant Our temps here were opposite, went from 71 yesterday to low 30s today
January 30, 201313 yr Sweaty giant Our temps here were opposite, went from 71 yesterday to low 30s today Yes I am sick because of it! Have not been to work in 2 days
January 30, 201313 yr Author Thanks for the tips. A fan has been running for awhile and things are starting to dry off. There are so many cracks to let in outside air that I'm not sure a light would cover both sections of the shop. T-storms are in the forecast and we are under a flood watch. macbruce, I've been told to ditch that guard. Should I keep it? This summer I'm changing out the spring and adding another adjustable arm on the right side.
January 30, 201313 yr Forgot to leave a fan running in the shop yesterday and overnight and have never seen it this bad. Temps went from low 30's to 64 today. Every hunk of metal has condensation I'm right up the road, ... in York County, ... and had exactly the same conditions today. Everything dripping wet. But it's been worse. Sometimes, when the fog condenses on the underside of the metal roof, it "rains" in the shop, ... and forms paralell lines on the floor. :unsure: .
January 30, 201313 yr I don't know if you guys can use his idea or not? My Uncle used to have this in our basement for taking out the moisture in the air and it worked great. he used to get 40lbs of melting salt (halite) and put it in a burlap sack and hang it above a drain in the basement. he also had on in his work shop over a bucket. it sucked the air dry and nothing ever had water on it when it was humid down there. I haven't tried it in the barn but I suspect it works just as well. you may need more bags for a bigger area.
January 31, 201313 yr Dew and/or frost is a few times a year here. There are pluses to living in the desert.
January 31, 201313 yr i wish I only had condensation like that! The weather has been so crap for so long here that my workshop has standing water with occasional rivers! Made worse by the fact that I have a clay floor! :(
January 31, 201313 yr Had the same situation here in SW Michigan, but it dried up when the temps dropped to the mid-teens overnight. Now I need to spritz some oil on all the 'heavy metal'. : ) By the way, has anyone tried Fluid Film as a protectant? Maybe too messy?
January 31, 201313 yr Same problems here. I was worried about my neglected lathe (it needs a bit of work before its useful yet), but the coat of oil on it seems to have prevented much rust. My anvils and hammers on the other hand, are absolutely saturated, and since I didn't have time to wipe them down before work this morning, I'm expecting that to turn into a layer of ice by the time I get home. That I'm less worried about though, ill just work it off :). Temps are dropping fast here!
January 31, 201313 yr Author It was so warm yesterday that I worked in shorts and a t-shirt. I gave our honeybees sugar syrup which they readily took but am going out now to remove it. Temps are going down to the 20's tonight.
February 1, 201313 yr Why would you want to remove the guard? Does it hamper with normal operation? If the guard saves your face from a broken spring it sounds like a great thing to me. That spring will break some day, they always break. Springs just don't last forever. It may brake and just fall right on the floor but a number of them have exploded across the shop. I need to make some type of guard for my 50lb giant, This type of guard looks promising Thanks for the tips. A fan has been running for awhile and things are starting to dry off. There are so many cracks to let in outside air that I'm not sure a light would cover both sections of the shop. T-storms are in the forecast and we are under a flood watch. macbruce, I've been told to ditch that guard. Should I keep it? This summer I'm changing out the spring and adding another adjustable arm on the right side.
February 1, 201313 yr Author Guess I should have worded that differently. I was thinking of replacing it with the expanded metal cage style guard.
February 1, 201313 yr I have something like that but mine makes it very hard to adjust the pitman nut. I was thinking about wrapping the spring with leather and placing a strap from that around the arms.
February 1, 201313 yr This is the guard I put on my 50# LG. Old school is to thread a piece of cable inside the spring or wrap it in a tube, Canvas, leather, etc. radiator hose would work. I used screen so I can see the spring. It has a fresh coat of paint as well, the red parts are the ones to keep an eye on. A fresh coat of paint is an early warning indicator of metal failure. If the spring or whatever develops a crack the paint will peel before the part fails. Looking for peeling paint on the drill rig became as natural as breathing and never failed to let us know something needed attention. Frosty The Lucky.
February 2, 201313 yr how do you adjust the pitman nut? some times I change my height 3 or 4 times a say because of different stock I am working.
August 5, 201312 yr I don't know if you guys can use his idea or not? My Uncle used to have this in our basement for taking out the moisture in the air and it worked great. he used to get 40lbs of melting salt (halite) and put it in a burlap sack and hang it above a drain in the basement. he also had on in his work shop over a bucket. it sucked the air dry and nothing ever had water on it when it was humid down there. I haven't tried it in the barn but I suspect it works just as well. you may need more bags for a bigger area. The salt he was using was calcium chloride. It's used in some commercial humidity-adsorbers.
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