Not nearly the fun!

[Roger Chandler]

Well, I just got in from shoveling snow.......not too bad, about 4 inches or so...........but it is not nearly as fun as turning!

Since I have an unheated and uninsulated shop, I am hoping to see temps moderate over the holidays just a bit, so I can maybe get in one project of some sort. Things have had me swamped over the last few weeks, and I haven't turned anything since around the middle of October

If temperatures will moderate a bit, I might be able to fire up the Kerosene heater, and make it bearable. I guess I will have to learn to turn with gloves and boots on!

Anyone else got the cold temperature, no turning time blues like me?

[bob svoboda]

Roger, I feel your pain! It almost makes me feel guilty that my shop is heated and insulated Hope you can get back to turning soon!!

[Fred Belknap]

Roger I have heat in my shop and it stays around 65°. It is infrared heater and it is directly over the lathe and sometimes my head gets to hot and I have to put on a hat. Seriously I have to feed some cattle every day. Tractor is just open, I put some hay on the seat to keep my butt from freezing.
Fred

[Jon Prouty]

sorry - two days ago it was 80. yesterday 76 and today a frigid 61. Don't worry about us though... back to a comfortable 72 by Sunday. This is why I live in AZ. During the summer, I hate it.

Jon

[Steve Schlumpf]

I feel for you Roger! Weather up here was the main reason I put my shop in the basement. Warm in winter - lots cooler in summer!

Hope your weather changes so you can do some Christmas turnings before its Easter!

[dan carter]

It's 13 right now, there's a couple feet of snow on the ground, and I have the speed of the lathes turned up. Seems to work for me. :-)

[Roger Chandler]

sorry - two days ago it was 80. yesterday 76 and today a frigid 61. Don't worry about us though... back to a comfortable 72 by Sunday. This is why I live in AZ. During the summer, I hate it.

Jon

Hey Jon,

I guess when you are broiling in 115 degree temps in the hot of summer and it is around 85 degrees here that there is a trade off. Winter sure is nice in Az.!

Hope you get in a lot of turning time this winter! Merry Christmas!

[Roger Chandler]

I feel for you Roger! Weather up here was the main reason I put my shop in the basement. Warm in winter - lots cooler in summer!

Hope your weather changes so you can do some Christmas turnings before its Easter!

Steve,

I guess I could get an early start on Christmas 2011? I am hoping that this year won't be too bad here in the mid-atlantic states, cause last year we got pounded with some heavy snow storms several times..........seemed like I was always doing snow removal, but I am sure I don't have anything like you and others do up there in Michigan, Minnesota, etc.

It takes a hearty breed of folks to thrive in your neck of the woods. Merry Christmas to you and yours!

[Rob Mathis]

We got about 2 inches here a little to your east. I hate snow almost as much as rain.
Cold shop too. the real problem is the size of the shop. That and I have more tools then space.

[Greg Ketell]

Sorry, I can't relate. Facebook post from earlier in the day was "What a stellar day. Bright blue skies and a crisp 54 degrees. Who could ask for more?". And in NorCal our highs only occasionally reach 100, usually mid-90s in the summer. Sorry Jon!

[David DeCristoforo]

So you might say s'no fun?

[Ray Bell]

I have a split unit heat pump in my garage. Kind of scared me this month. The meter reader came around one day, and then came around a couple of days later to check it again. He said he thought he may have made a mistake the first time around, because when he got back to the office it seemed really high for one month. I figure I will have the DEA here any day now checking for grow lights

[Roger Chandler]

We got about 2 inches here a little to your east. I hate snow almost as much as rain.
Cold shop too. the real problem is the size of the shop. That and I have more tools then space.

Rob,

I have the same space issue as you........not enough space for my tools! I do use them all, just have to pull them out in the yard when I get into some heavy woodworking, like building cabinets for a kitchen or bath..........but at least they are protected and dry!

[Michael James]

Roger, I'm in the garage and hate having to keep the door closed. I do have a little elec space heater that will warm in up but Im in layers. We're about freezing now with 3-5 inches of snow on the way. N of the Sonoran Az folks, so we get 4 mild seasons. 1 mile up, and at the foot of the mountain!
Where there is a will, there's a way!
Good luck,
m

[James Combs]

It was 10* in my shop yesterday morning, this morning a balmy 21*. As you can tell mine is not heated either but I am working on insulating it. I don't mind the cold working with insulation. As mater of fact I waited for cooler weather to do the installation but of course I wasn't really looking for temps in the teens. Got a small infrared heater that I run to if it gets too bad. Warms up my many layers then it's back to the insulation. Another week or two and I should have it completed. Insulating the rafters with rafter ducts and R13. It's really tight up there for this old man.