Looks like weather conditions are setting up over parts of the UK for another rusting session, though a lot less dramatic than the last one. Ireland and the very west will see it first, early hours of tomorrow, and it will spread eastwards, with eastern parts of the UK getting it Saturday or Sunday. The Midlands and south Pennines may well be less affected, than other areas, but central areas north of there (north Pennines and Scotland) could be affected quite significantly. Sticking my neck out there a bit with this forecast, as it does depend on the accuracy of the main weather forecasts, and on my ability to assimilate the information. I could be wrong, and frequently am.
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brightspark
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dreading it happening again. took ages to clean dry and spray all my gear last weekI have not yet recovered from the first rust session.
This time, my lathe and mill will be oiled. I still need to get to dividing heads, chucks, rotary tables et.al to remove the rust and oil them up.
was a hard frost this morning . will have to keep an eye open the next few days
40mm timber walls will have insulating properties, to a degree, but adding a decent amount of "proper" insulation will help greatly.
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I've been messing about with my nato heater, changed the flue so that more is inside. If I can find a flue liner cheap enough I might try having a spiral of pipe allowing more area to chuck out heat. I changed fuel to kerosene which runs hotter and is half the price of diesel. On its lowest setting the workshop was 12 degrees when it was close to 0 outside. The flue was running at 140 degrees. Even with running at its lowest setting it is still expensive in my eyes to run. About £20 a week. Thats running 24-7. The float chamber has some adjustment via a needle screw so I've started to see how much I can reduce the burner.
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Thursday was the strangest day. Sparkly frost everywhere at about 4pm when I went in the workshop. Came out around 7pm and it was warm, wet and windy.
The lathe and mill bit is stud walls with shiplap cladding, no membranes, and I’d just finished lining the inside with 11mm OSB. No insulation yet, but I had sealed any gaps with silicone.
For the first time since I’d owned them, the machines were dry after the cold-warm change. So, it looks like sealing gaps makes a difference.
The lathe and mill bit is stud walls with shiplap cladding, no membranes, and I’d just finished lining the inside with 11mm OSB. No insulation yet, but I had sealed any gaps with silicone.
For the first time since I’d owned them, the machines were dry after the cold-warm change. So, it looks like sealing gaps makes a difference.
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Plenty of condensation on the windows (single glazing in the workshop), and a noticeably muggy outside, but so far no condensation on the equipment.
Hopefully it is less of a dramatic swing this time.
Hopefully it is less of a dramatic swing this time.
The dew point is presently around 13 degC for Cornwall, 10-12 degC for most of the rest of the UK, and 8-10 degC for northern parts of Scotland. If any equipment is colder than this (an IR thermometer is very handy for measuring machine temps), then opening a door wide, or allowing free airflow, will result in water condensation onto the machinery.
