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My house..... 69 degrees
27 degree gradient
Attached shop... 42 degrees
8 degree gadiant
Outside ....34 degrees
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. -Ernest Hemingway
The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.-- Edward John Phelps
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As warm as I want. Had a natural gas heater installed on the ceiling when it was built. Just had a shop add a mini split system to cool it down in the summer. Spend a good deal of time in it so want to be comfortable.
My biggest fear is when I die my wife will sell my guns for what I told her they cost.
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Campfire 'Bwana
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House 70*
Outside 26* w/NW winds @22
Garage 67* & cozy
T R U M P W O N !
U L T R A M A G A !
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30X40 shop. Lp gas heat with electric back up. Comfy as the house. Son is a cabinet maker.
Society of Intolerant Old Men. Rifle Slut Division
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Warm as I need it. Throw in another log. When the temperature drops to 31 degrees, the natural gas comes on and brings it to 45 degrees, then shuts off. Keeps things from freezing,when we are traveling. Costs about two hundred in gas on the average each year. plus I usually cut two cord a year, for the garage. This year I got another cord, from a broke kid, for 110$. I would have given him more, but thats all I had, when he came by the house. Hardest working young kid in the neighborhood.
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Don't youse guys wish you lived in the sunny land of fruits and nuts? 10:10 PST, 80 deg house, 28 deg outdoor ambient, shop estimated 27 deg...I am a frugal man, look at all the money I saved by not insulating. Grin.
On a more serious note, do you fellas that have lathes, mills etc in an ice cold shop...you have any tips to share? If I had any projects today, I would have fired up the barrel stove out there about 7 am...and stove wuffing and puffing the shop would be in the 50's by 9am but the machines would still be ice cold. One thing I see is condensation wants to collect on the machines as the shop warms up...I have to use Fluid Film like most folks use toothpaste.
Well this is a fine pickle we're in, should'a listened to Joe McCarthy and George Orwell I guess.
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I keep the House at 62° in the winter.
I have an Ashley wood stove in the shop and when I working out of it I keep it 55°-60°
I have a doggie door for the shop so the outside critters can come and go as they please. Once the weather drops to freezing and below I always keep a fire going for the animals to warm themselves.
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A thin mist of Diesel fuel from a spritz bottle will keep most machine tools from rusting, and it's a lot less expensive than other rust inhibitors. 5 minutes with a shop towel before using the machine cleans up the handwheels enough to get a good grip on them.
Ignorance can be fixed. Stupid is forever!
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Wood stove in the main with momma keeping it 80. Shop is at 61.
Yup.
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Mine is about 65 but that is where I want it. If I am cold or hot, I just adjust the thermostat
I may not be smart but I can lift heavy objects
I have a shotgun so I have no need for a 30-06.....
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Its about 30 in there right now.
Outside is ten.
Wind chill is -20.
I am MAGA.
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I keep mine at 60 or a little under. Don't like sweating if i am welding or working on something. It has a heated concrete slab which keeps things pretty consistent.
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Is 80 degrees outside, Feels like 85 with humidity League City Texas. My insulated garage/shop should be mid 70’s. Just a guess but probably pretty close. If it gets hot I turn on the mini split, if it gets cold Tuen on the mini split. It’s a heat pump.
Thanks, Billy
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Don't youse guys wish you lived in the sunny land of fruits and nuts? 10:10 PST, 80 deg house, 28 deg outdoor ambient, shop estimated 27 deg...I am a frugal man, look at all the money I saved by not insulating. Grin.
On a more serious note, do you fellas that have lathes, mills etc in an ice cold shop...you have any tips to share? If I had any projects today, I would have fired up the barrel stove out there about 7 am...and stove wuffing and puffing the shop would be in the 50's by 9am but the machines would still be ice cold. One thing I see is condensation wants to collect on the machines as the shop warms up...I have to use Fluid Film like most folks use toothpaste. One of the reasons to keep miine from freezing, is to keep the mill and lathe, semi warm. Try iron clad spray from zep, if the machines set for any extended time period! Protects very well, but doesn't wipe off as easy as oily type products. I believe our weather is quite similar.
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Upper shop has a ductless heat pump. Lower shop has a Lopi wood stove.
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It's not - just gets a bit chilly on winter AMs. Small electric coil heater with fan in the smaller shop area, and a propane dish going gently near me if out in the big space.
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My shop is just a hobby shop so rarely spend an entire day there, much less 2 or 3 in a row..
I have a nice little US Stove but it takes about 90 minutes to go from 25 - 65.
Once I get the fire started and the shop warmed up , I feel like I'm wasting wood if I don't hang out there piddling around for a few hours.
have you paid your dues, can you moan the blues, can you bend them guitar strings
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Cold
I'm to tight to heat 1200 sg
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My official hq shop gas heat run 68 degree non stop all winter I use 1/3rd of it.My home shop no heat I got offered $500k for the official hq and been thinking about a backyard hq😉
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Balmy 5F outside, went from 25F up to 60F inside today. On the way back down now. Propane and electricity, priceless.
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--- Kid Rock 2022
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