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PreacherJon

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The HEAT is ON! I now have shop heat for some winter work. With a Christmas gift from our church folk... I was able to purchase...
 

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My son got one like this for me. It uses propane (bottle) gas. I just finished working on some bottle stoppers today in my cold garage that was made quite tolerable with my heater. I know you will really like yours.
 
Now I hope you understand all the dangers that go with heaters like that in a wood workshop. Fumes, dust, and flames do not mix well.
 
Well they sure keep you warm. We used one in a friends garage in the snow and door had to be open for ventilation. However they generate a lot,of water vapour so if it's cold and your tools are colder than the srpurrounding air you get a LOT of condensation.

As has been said - GREAT CARE with solvents, sanding etc as they suck in and blow out a lot,of air and sawdust makes fantastic " sparkler " type displays when shot through them which then lights up other things......

Nice to be warm but nicer to be safe.
 
maxwell_smart007 said:
I've never understood those - if it's cold enough for heat, it's too cold to have the door open, which means I couldn't use one of those.
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I had just got it and turned it on for the first time. I read when you first start one up, open up the door... do it outside...etc. The door will be closed from now on when I need to run it. I'm hoping if I can keep the temp about 50-60, to be comfortable to work. There is an automatic switch off when it reaches a desired temp... and will turn back on when it drops.
 
I have a 46 foot long garage and I used one of the propane versions of that in one end. There is a wall between the 2 halves of the garage with an opening the size of a man door. We were painting something in the opposite end and all of a sudden there was a whoosh at the heater end and we saw a flash. That was the last time I used that type of heater. I now have a household furnace separated from the work area. Be careful!!
 
I use one of the little electric oil-filled radiators with a box fan behind it. I don't have to worry about running it with volatiles like acetone etc. and it can't cause a dust explosion. (lost my bangs and eyebrows to one of those when I was a kid! Tip: Don't shake a vacuum cleaner bag into a burn barrel that still has coals in the bottom.)

A neat trick if you have a large shop and don't want to heat the whole area. Get several 4x8 sheets of styrofoam insulation and hinge it together with duct tape. Stand it up around the area you want to heat. It also controls sawdust and shavings to the immediate area.
 
sbwertz said:
I use one of the little electric oil-filled radiators with a box fan behind it. I don't have to worry about running it with volatiles like acetone etc. and it can't cause a dust explosion. (lost my bangs and eyebrows to one of those when I was a kid! Tip: Don't shake a vacuum cleaner bag into a burn barrel that still has coals in the bottom.)

A neat trick if you have a large shop and don't want to heat the whole area. Get several 4x8 sheets of styrofoam insulation and hinge it together with duct tape. Stand it up around the area you want to heat. It also controls sawdust and shavings to the immediate area.
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For chip limitation get a roller shower or window blind and unroll it behind you. Chips hit it, fall and gather in a line which is easy to sweep up. Doesn't work for dust though so got an air filter at right angles next to it on the ceiling.

I lost my eyebrows and arm hairs after pouring petrol into the base of a garden incinerator barrel when younger then lighting it. The resulting bang launched the contents vertically and me horizontally quite a way. It did light the bits left in the thing but took ages to gather up the scatters smouldering branches and leaves!
 
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For chip limitation get a roller shower or window blind and unroll it behind you. Chips hit it, fall and gather in a line which is easy to sweep up. Doesn't work for dust though so got an air filter at right angles next to it on the ceiling.

I lost my eyebrows and arm hairs after pouring petrol into the base of a garden incinerator barrel when younger then lighting it. The resulting bang launched the contents vertically and me horizontally quite a way. It did light the bits left in the thing but took ages to gather up the scatters smouldering branches and leaves!
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sbwertz said:
I use one of the little electric oil-filled radiators with a box fan behind it. I don't have to worry about running it with volatiles like acetone etc. and it can't cause a dust explosion. (lost my bangs and eyebrows to one of those when I was a kid! Tip: Don't shake a vacuum cleaner bag into a burn barrel that still has coals in the bottom.)

A neat trick if you have a large shop and don't want to heat the whole area. Get several 4x8 sheets of styrofoam insulation and hinge it together with duct tape. Stand it up around the area you want to heat. It also controls sawdust and shavings to the immediate area.
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Note, when not using the styrofoam, it folds flat and stores against a wall.
 
Well, it has been over a month. I've been able to go out to the shop 5 times (not enough I know). No fires... considering it is 3 ft from the garage door (closed) pointing toward my work area with 18 feet of nothing in between it. I turn it to 60 degrees... goes off and on when needed... I wear a cut off sleeves sweatshirt.... and it gets pretty warm. Only has taken 8 minutes to bring the 2 1/2 car garage to heat up. (It is insulated.)
 
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