5 ways to keep your Workshop Warm this Winter
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- Опубликовано: 10 дек 2022
- #insulation #keepwarm #workshop #heating
Join me in this slightly off topic Video as I help insulate my Workshop to make Machining this winter more enjoyable.
All the products I installed to improve the insulation can be bought at your local Hardware store for under £100.00
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Aahhh the joys of an unheated shop… good stuff!
Yeah not an issue in summer but come winter it’s cold.
i feel ya. just insulated my camper (videos will come soon). till to date I had no insulation & no heating. It was a game changer. My & my 10yo son slept in blankets and sleeping bags. Now one underwear and sweating. Unfortunately the heater is faulty but will get another one. getting a cheap diesel heater is a must. amazing little piece of kit and it GIVES YOU DRY HEAT. which is vital in a metal workshop. All the best, Greg
Hi Greg. Yeah I think a diesel heater upgrade is going to be a must for next year. Fingers crossed the cold weather is passing but for sure next winter.
Chinese diesel heater, they work a treat & will run off kerosene (heating oil). The 5kw version is around £80-£100 for the full kit, they need a good 12v supply (I use a small car battery which is just kept on charge, but some people use a 20amp DC supply).
So cheap to run & get the place really warm really fast. I wish I’d bought the smaller 2kw version really, but the 5kw would be fine for your place.
They don’t create condensation either, like some other heaters.
Great job my workshop here in Creetown its -4 and i use a chines Diesel heater and some insolation in the walls and roof and im sitting at 21'c on low heat.
Great minds think alike :-)
Yeah a lot of people have mentioned a diesel heater think I’m going to have to look into getting one sounds like they heat workshops really well.
the vevor heaters work a treat, just buy parts (Ailexpress) and don't mess around with the settings too much ... have two now had to rebuild the first one ... been working fine now after following some good tips .... all the best from BC Canada ex UK pat
I liked this channel in the beginning as it started out with the home garage machinist in mind who had very little tools to work with and the projects were aimed as such. But unfortunately, like most RUclips "hobbyist" channels, has end up acquiring tools or machines and projects that are out of reach for most home hobbyist machinist.
Hi Fred I’m sorry you feel this way, I still try to carry out ‘basic projects ‘ that most of you guys could do with basic machining tools. Hope you stick with the channel and find some future videos useful. All the best.
Good video Joe and an appropriate winter subject as well. In Canada we have 110v single phase and most heaters are 1599 watt. I have an oil filled radiator type heater that I couple with a timer for a couple of hours each day to keep it above freezing and the fan heater has less effort to warm it up. Enjoyed very much. cheers mate!
Thanks Howder any tips for keeping warm in winter must be worth while. I bet it gets very cold in Canada, winter time around British Columbia looks awesome would love to visit one day.
Joe, just ordered a diesel heater for my shed i will let you know it goes.
Jon.
Cheers Jon yeah I’ll be very interested to hear how you get on and what you think of it.
Interesting way to display your collection of cinema posters 😂
I find that I can work very comfortably at 12c. Finding an economical way to add heat when it’s -2c outside is definitely a challenge in these “energy crisis” times. Thank you for the video. 👏👏👍😀 Andrew
Yeah you are right after everyone’s comments I may look into a diesel heater sounds a much cheaper option.
Problems of building a workshop in sommer 😃
Very true, but I would have hated building this in winter would of been horrendous.
My workshop is a concrete sectional garage. I put kingspan between the rafters, lined the walls with chipboard flooring and for the floor, 25 mm polystyrene insulation with chipboard flooring over. For heating I use a cheap Chinese diesel heater which cost £89. This will be the third winter without any issues at all. On low it runs for 8 hours on 1 litre of diesel. I buy red diesel from a local garage which currently costs £1.35. Two years ago it was £0.69 🥹
Hey dude yeah I think after everyone’s comments I am definitely going to look into a diesel heater for the workshop, especially with the price of electric at the moment.
Hi Joe, did you find that you had any issues with damp after insulating the roof at all?
Don't forget to do the workshop doors!
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Yeah I will do good spot Jim.
A diesel heater is cheaper to run than electric. It vents the fumes outside.
Hi Matt yeah I’m definitely going to look into this option
Still too cold for this little black duck Joe, I will stick to our weather here in Australia, Thank you for the video.👍👍
Hey Wayne yeah I bet it’s lovely down there this time of the year, it must be to be able to have Xmas on the beach. All the best.
So you are asking your poor heater to not only heat the air but to heat up the 1000s of lbs of iron and steel in your shop. If that stuff stays cold it simply sucks all the heat out of the air pretty much instantly, irrespective of any insulation. Also you probably want to get some plastic vapour barrier rather than movie posters to keep out humidity. It won’t cost very much at all and it will make things more comfortable and it might reduce rust on your machinery. It’s mandatory in house construction for a reason.
You should look at infrared panel heaters - they heat you, rather then the ambient air so can be much more economical - (that 2kw heater will cost £0.70 an hour at current rip off prices!) - I’m in the process of kitting out my workshop (garage) at the minute and considering covering the lathe / mill with some kind of blanket in the winter and putting a low wattage oil heater under it to keep them above the dew point so in these winter months I don’t go in to a film of condensation on them. - I also need to work out how best to insulate my garage door. Good video as always Joe
Hi Benjamin I think I will definitely look into other heating options as there will most definitely be a cheaper and more efficient way of heating the workshop.
0.70 an hour? That's a steal... I'm paying about double right now in the Netherlands :(
Joe great video I’m trying to track down a diesel heater now but they are getting hard to find, ironic that the best ones are Russian! Damp is a big problem in the cold I run a small dehumidifier which liberates up to 2 pints a day at this time of year.
Keep the videos coming.
Jon.
Hi Jon I think after this video I too will be trying to track down a good diesel heater, hopefully they are not all gone.
You shouls insulate doors too
Workshop envy here Joe, only have a small shed atm.. I use one of those gas cannister jobs which is OK in my small space 😁
Hey Darren thanks, there is nothing wrong with a small shed it’s what you do in it that counts and those small camping heaters are good for small areas.
@@MachiningwithJoe cool, while I think of it, are you still using the electric motor for leads crew feed on the warco wm180?
Hi Darren as it happens I am not and I’ll tell you why.
1) since having the Harrison lathe any long cuts that need constant feed I can use the power feed on that lathe
2) I am actually going to use the motor and driver in an upcoming video very soon.
It all worked well and if I didn’t have the other lathe would still be using it.
Good to hear as am thinking of using it myself...
Yeah it’s a great little upgrade, only thing i would do differently is instead of bolting motor and belt adjuster to bench I would make a fixture so it attaches directly to lathe.
I use a kerosene heater that’s large enough to heat up a house. I paid $125 for the heater and it cost me $29 every two weeks for the fuel. It’s a little costly but my shop heats up to 80 degrees F and stays that way for 12 hours or so.
Hey T A Ranson, after everyone’s comments on diesel heaters I am going to look into other options on heating will have to check out the Kerosene option as well.
@@MachiningwithJoe look for a multi fuel heater, #1 diesel, off road diesel, some airplane fuels, and a few other fuels can be used in a kerosene heater.
I just assumed you had insulated the roof as you had done the walls, someone suggested infra red, they make you feel warm rather than being a big deal in warming the place up. It has been very cold this last week though. Diesel space heaters are very good, I plan to put one in my shed, it seems that they run better from a battery rather than a step down mains supply bcoz of the current requirement, my thoughts were for Li-po cells on trickle charge for when I needed them. Also, you need to extend the exhaust pipe considerably round your shop to benefit from the hot exhaust before you vent it outside. The Russian Diesel space heaters at 4Kw are a good buy by all accounts, but, with the current state of affairs, they might be hard to come by.
I use a pc power supply for my diesel heater, no issues at all. Also, vent the exhaust outside as soon as possible, if there is an exhaust leak you definitely want that outside rather than inside.
Yeah I think I am going to really look into the diesel heaters. Good idea on extending the exhaust to extract as much heat as possible. Be interesting to see how the current energy crisis is affecting the sourcing of these heaters.
@@MachiningwithJoe get the exhaust outside as soon as possible. The heat you’ll get from it is negligible, you really do not want an exhaust leak inside that shed.
Hmmm , do you think you may get some damp issues ? You have a ‘cold roof’ with no ventilation and no vapour barriers. I think that rock wool will become sodden with moisture over time and come tumbling down
I’m not to sure Andrew I suppose only time will tell but for now I’m happy that the workshop feels warmer. Maybe I’ll update in a few months.
Can't help thinking that selling those cinema posters would probably bring a pretty dollar or two on ebay...
You are probably right Bob, but it’s must more interesting look at these now than a OSB ceiling 😁
Будешь вести себя плохо, отключат электричество.
Ха-ха, я нейтрален в политике.