Temperature and Turning

[dgerwin11]

i there a temperature below which it is not advisable to to turn?

My workshop is my back porch. I don't mean for my own comfort, I know when I am too cold to work. My concern is effect of cold temps on the interaction of wood and metal. I do my gluing and assembly in the spare bedroom, but can't set up lathe, dp sander, band saw in there.

 

[JimB]

You might find some materials may crack due to sudden changes in temperature. Going from a warm house to the cold outside then heat again during drilling, turning or sanding. Since you do finishing inside I would wait until the material is back to room temperature.

On the other hand the temperature change probably isn't extreme since you would be to cold to do turning.

 

[dgerwin11]

Jim,
Thanks. Actually I do my finishing outside on the lathe.

BTW, this Georgian knows what "The Can of Worms" is.

 

[alphageek]

Doug... I turn in my garage in the summer and in the basement in the winter. As for too cold, thats hard to say. I can turn in the garage until well beyond the point of being comfortable in the late fall/early winter - as long as I'm doing acrylic or tru-stone. If I'm doing wood, I find the finish is the first thing that doesn't want to work right for me if its too cold.