Date: 1/3/2003, 3:54 am
: No kiddin'? I'm just now setting up shop. I'm gonna start with a simple S&G
: (Sweet Dream) canoe, per (fellow Chicago 'burbs local) PGJ's advice. I'm
: clearing space in the garage, I have lumber for two workbenches and some
: shelves (for all the crap displaced by the removal of an old desk which
: we'd been using to keep gasoline, etc. out of reach of the younger kids),
: and I have enough money in pocket to buy a couple sheets of 4mm okoume and
: start to work. My father-in-law gave me an old, 1500 W electric heater. I
: don't know how much good that would do in my uninsulated two-car garage,
: and I cringe to consider the cost. I don't mind working in the cold, but
: when it's time to epoxy...
: maybe I'll have the $70 for insulation come then (at this point I'd rather
: just have okoume), and I can look at a kerosene heater. What are the setup
: costs for that? Will it warm an insulated garage to 60+ degrees for epoxy
: work when it's 20 degrees outside? Presumably there must be some exhaust
: ducting?
Tent off the area around the boat with 6 mil plastic and just heat that area. Much easier and you won't lose all your heat every time someone opens the door.
Rehd
Messages In This Thread
- Epoxy: Epoxy and a kerosene heater
Rick Allnutt -- 12/31/2002, 2:53 pm- Re: Epoxy: Epoxy and a kerosene heater
LeeG -- 1/1/2003, 12:06 pm- Nice to sit and read
Rick Allnutt -- 1/2/2003, 8:58 am- Re: Nice to sit and read
Peter Lyons -- 1/2/2003, 11:59 pm- Re: Nice to sit and read
Rick Allnutt -- 1/3/2003, 8:50 am- Re: Down-size work area
Rehd -- 1/3/2003, 3:54 am - Re: Down-size work area
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- Re: Epoxy: Epoxy and a kerosene heater