Drew Watson
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- Salt Spring Island, BC Canada
Hey Drew, I'm just pulling your leg
I'm from Kelowna, and as you say, it is a dry coldheck freezing means it is time to put on a long sleeved shirt is all
I know what you mean about humid and cold, I lived in Vancouver for 5 years, and even here in Tokyo, it is a LOT more humid than Kelowna, and 5C here is cold!
Besides that, you are turning for enjoyment, and if your fingers are freezing, it no longer is fun.
Looks like a good set up!
No worries Stu. Most people just think that because we live on the coast and are the garden city that we have tropical weather. It does get cold here for a few months. The last few years we have had the el nino and have had very mild winters. This year it seems to be just a little colder early.
Yea Stu I have poor circulation in the hands when it gets cold and standing at the lathe for hrs can get a little chilly. Most people would call me nuts for standing an a cold shop playing, But then I scuba dive in fridged waters and i think that is fun.
I had other ideas in my head as to how i wanted to set it up but this ended up being the solution. I have a couple of hundred pounds of finished cherry ( from a past job) maple cedar and assortments of tropical woods over my head now. One day I will return to doing some of the flat work projects that I should do but this is a welcome distraction. I am thinking of building something on the back wall to hold all the misc lathe stuff that I have on the concrete shelf and putting a shelf under the lathe to hold more turning supplies. Lots to still do.
