I gutted through yesterday for 4-5hr of 105.3F but today it is just brutal and I refused to do anything in the shop! 107.1F and that is with the doors open!
Sorry about the hot temps. It has been very pleasant in northeast Indiana,73 today. I got 5 hrs of shop time today. The hottest it has been is low 90's.
The hell with that, anything past 85-90 and I'm inside in the AC the humidity is what makes it brutal here. You're crazy at 107 you could have heat stroke, I love woodworking but not enough to work in that.
I guess that's what you get used to when you live that far South lol. For me personally, 75 and I open the A/C vent in my shop. 80 degrees and I'd probably go back out to the living room
But, on the other side of things, I work in my parents' garage until it's below 35…
As others have said, its the humidity that runs me out. I can take 80's , even 90's if the humity is low. If humidity is above 60%, than lower to mid 80's is probably the max I will voluntarily work in. I have an air conditioner installation in the plans. Its been wet and very humid the last week. But temps have lowered also, so its not bad.
I used to work in a restaurant kitchen in Texas sans A/C. Now I work on a flight deck with 50+ jet engines cooking you at every turn in the Gulf… your 107 doesn't scare me lol.
Seriously though.. that does suck. Time to build an outdoor bench?
*edit Forgot to mention that that while on the flight deck I am forced to wear a long sleeve knit turtleneck jersey, long pants, a cranial and float coat… yeah that gets pretty miserable.
Well, in the foundry I worked in for over 30 years, it was very common for the temperature to reach 110 at floor level. It really got hot up on the bridge cranes, 130 to 140. But, folks who worked in those areas had air conditioned rooms to work in. I learned from these experiences, so I'm putting an AC in my new shop.
A window A/C unit is not that expensive and worth every penny to stay comfortable.
One of the first things I did when I built my shop was install an window A/C.
I can't enjoy my shop time if it too hot and most certainly do not like hot, sweaty and sticky weather. Today the outside temp was 96 and inside my shop it was 73.
Mike, today on the job site, temp thermometer showed 112 degrees in the shade. But we were inside AC working on custom cabinets, only go outside from time to time for occassional cut. So not so bad. But the shop bas been very hot to work in. I'm thinking as we build our new shop we will have insulation.
Airframe, I was active duty USN, my memory of hot days spent in the Persian Gulf, Red Sea among other hot spots while under General Quarters. Those were some hot days. But sure glad I did not have any flight deck duty.
HMMM. it only gets in the 90's here and occasionally 100+ but I keep the shop doors shut and shop stays around 70. Most will walk in and think I have AC. Now my kiln, when I'm not drying wood will hover around 67. I will occasionally sneak in for nap on a stack of wood left in there when its really hot
Mike, I seem to be able to tolerate a lot of heat as long as I'm out of the sun and have BIG fan blowing on me. Our last 2 summers were record hot years so looks like it may be your turn this year. I sprayed a chair with Spar today and it dried almost instantly! So there is an up side!
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