Hi, season's greetings, if you have some heat in your garage, warm enough to be comfortable, then at this time of year be prepared to leave the heat on all the time, otherwise whilst working in there every metal object warms up and once you turn the heat off it condenses and when you go back in the day after every metal object will be wet through, tools ,power tools the lot I'm afraid, causing you a massive clean up, this happened to me a few years back during a cold snap, I was using an electric heater at the time. Apart from having some kind of heat permanently to keep the condensation at bay, then work cold, and keep all metal work oiled up for the winter, when not using it. Thanks for the video mate, stay safe, here's wishing you a your's a merry Christmas. Stuart Uk.
Stuart, that's an excellent point and a perspective you have through experience. I'm hoping that the dehumidifier will keep the environment dryer while taking the edge off the low temperatures when they come back, though time will tell on that. Thanks for the feedback.
Excellent common sense advice as always. My shed is uninsulated so winter is pretty much a dead season. Since I am restless and cannot bear to be away from my tools, I picked up leather \denim working. Nothing fancy, just sheaths and tool rolls for my tools, but it keeps me busy, and it is a wife approved activity inside the house. Sharpening and cleaning small gardening tools like pruning shears are also good activities for freezing days. Thank you for the video, a pleasure to watch it, as always!
Great idea for activities for the winter. Wife approved, classic! I sharpen some gardening tools for work clients. I'm keen to show them "how-to" but they don't seem fussed. We even sharpen people's chisels 🤷♂️
@@faceedgewoodworking not everyone appreciates the riddle of the steel. The ultimate in sharpening hocus pocus has to be sharpening scissors. There's more mumbo jumbo going on there than meets the eye. What's called, "scissor action". Which is the two edge burrs touching each other. Getting that to happen as it should can be a bit of a trick. I've found that drawing the burr edges with a steel on the bevel sides does it. Just sharpening alone really doesn't.
You know you have arrived when you got carpet in your workshop :D. The Marples splitproofs are excellent chisels. They were the standard before software engineers discovered woodworking :D. Looking forward towards the new saw video :)
I always enjoy your blogs and down-to -earth advice. I can highly recommend retirement for freeing up time for woodworking. I recently acquired a tool box which was heading for the skip and contained a variety of old and very rusty tools. Cleaning them and getting them to work has been fascinating and I have really enjoyed learning more about their makers. I had never heard of Kangaroo tool( Robert Sorby and Sons) or Mathiesons (an eminent Glasgow edge tool maker). On the subject of working in the cold I find the worst thing is sharpening edge tools as I always find collections of cuts, scrapes and abrasions on my fingers once they warm up to have feeling.
It's a pleasant way to spend some time. Seeing good stuff wasted is always disappointing. I've got a long time until retirement, fingers crossed I get there before ⚰️ 😂
Enjoyed the video. In my blog, I’d prefer to talk about the things I bought with my own money, which is all of it. At this point I nearly have every thing I want. Certainly have all that I need. I also like doing hand tool work. In terms of machines, bandsaw, planer, drill press, and dust collector are the must haves. I think I could use the planer as a jointer if needed (that plywood and shim trick).
Thanks Joe. I think it's the only viable way unless you want to be a corporate whore. Hopefully I can discuss machines for the home shop in due course.
Hi. Really good video as usual thanks. I like the idea of the dehumidifier. I guess that it has a similar consumption to a fridge? Last week -2.6⁰C in my workshop (but relatively dry). Today +12.4⁰C! My fitters vice had pools of water on it. I could have wept. Thankfully Renaissance wax, Camelia oil and WD40 help a bit, but I like your thinking on the dehumidifier. Thanks again Cheers Alan
Hi Alan. Yeah, it's been a quick temperature change here hasn't it. Glad there's no lasting damage to your tools! Yeah, we'll see how the dehumidifier works out. Luckily no rust so far but I could feel the environment wasn't quite as it should be.
I saw that big hammer on the workbench and was wondering about it. I've some bruisers myself but the only woodworking they see is driving stakes in the garden. Have yourself a happy holiday season there.
Hi Paul, same to you. I don't know if I'll use it. A couple of guys promote their use, I didn't fancy spending £135 to find out if it's applicable to my work.
@@faceedgewoodworking a big hammer like that is not the first thing I think of for woodworking. I see that more as a last tool some projects might get thing. You know, for the finishing touch. I don't think you need to break the bank to get a servicable hammer. The 2 pound dead blow I use is a cheap affair. So keep your eye out for an affordable one of those. They can deliver a satisfying smack to timber.
@@faceedgewoodworking striking scrap wood is a valid technique. There is still something to be said for the direct approach though. Which using a dead blow often allows me to use. I appreciate that enough for me to favor the use of the tool. Now I'm thinking the real shame here is that we can't accept the marring of the work. What ever happened to the charm of handmade?
Have run a dehumidifier in my workshop for many years it's 24x18 insulated with metal roof over the felt roof it's great no rust on my tools every 6 months I wax my tools to keep a y rust away
As i'm interested in furniture and guitar building a dehumidifier is a must. But as my working space, about 15 m2, is situated in an angle of 300 m2 storage space with no doors inside and 3 to 4 m high ceiling, a device and it's monthly bills would be prohibitive. 😁 I small heater under the bench for my feet in this period is only thing that i can do, as the temperature in the workshop is around 2 - 8 °C. So i will wait until i fine some other suitable space to do that.
Hi, season's greetings, if you have some heat in your garage, warm enough to be comfortable, then at this time of year be prepared to leave the heat on all the time, otherwise whilst working in there every metal object warms up and once you turn the heat off it condenses and when you go back in the day after every metal object will be wet through, tools ,power tools the lot I'm afraid, causing you a massive clean up, this happened to me a few years back during a cold snap, I was using an electric heater at the time. Apart from having some kind of heat permanently to keep the condensation at bay, then work cold, and keep all metal work oiled up for the winter, when not using it. Thanks for the video mate, stay safe, here's wishing you a your's a merry Christmas. Stuart Uk.
Stuart, that's an excellent point and a perspective you have through experience. I'm hoping that the dehumidifier will keep the environment dryer while taking the edge off the low temperatures when they come back, though time will tell on that. Thanks for the feedback.
Excellent common sense advice as always. My shed is uninsulated so winter is pretty much a dead season. Since I am restless and cannot bear to be away from my tools, I picked up leather \denim working. Nothing fancy, just sheaths and tool rolls for my tools, but it keeps me busy, and it is a wife approved activity inside the house. Sharpening and cleaning small gardening tools like pruning shears are also good activities for freezing days. Thank you for the video, a pleasure to watch it, as always!
Great idea for activities for the winter. Wife approved, classic! I sharpen some gardening tools for work clients. I'm keen to show them "how-to" but they don't seem fussed. We even sharpen people's chisels 🤷♂️
@@faceedgewoodworking not everyone appreciates the riddle of the steel. The ultimate in sharpening hocus pocus has to be sharpening scissors. There's more mumbo jumbo going on there than meets the eye. What's called, "scissor action". Which is the two edge burrs touching each other. Getting that to happen as it should can be a bit of a trick. I've found that drawing the burr edges with a steel on the bevel sides does it. Just sharpening alone really doesn't.
You know you have arrived when you got carpet in your workshop :D. The Marples splitproofs are excellent chisels. They were the standard before software engineers discovered woodworking :D. Looking forward towards the new saw video :)
One issue, it should be red 😂. Yeah, I had a set of splitproofs. Chap mentioned in the video had his for his entire working life, impressive.
I always enjoy your blogs and down-to -earth advice. I can highly recommend retirement for freeing up time for woodworking. I recently acquired a tool box which was heading for the skip and contained a variety of old and very rusty tools. Cleaning them and getting them to work has been fascinating and I have really enjoyed learning more about their makers. I had never heard of Kangaroo tool( Robert Sorby and Sons) or Mathiesons (an eminent Glasgow edge tool maker). On the subject of working in the cold I find the worst thing is sharpening edge tools as I always find collections of cuts, scrapes and abrasions on my fingers once they warm up to have feeling.
It's a pleasant way to spend some time. Seeing good stuff wasted is always disappointing. I've got a long time until retirement, fingers crossed I get there before ⚰️ 😂
Beautiful room
Thanks, fitted carpet 😂👌
Enjoyed the video. In my blog, I’d prefer to talk about the things I bought with my own money, which is all of it. At this point I nearly have every thing I want. Certainly have all that I need.
I also like doing hand tool work. In terms of machines, bandsaw, planer, drill press, and dust collector are the must haves. I think I could use the planer as a jointer if needed (that plywood and shim trick).
Thanks Joe. I think it's the only viable way unless you want to be a corporate whore. Hopefully I can discuss machines for the home shop in due course.
Hi. Really good video as usual thanks.
I like the idea of the dehumidifier. I guess that it has a similar consumption to a fridge?
Last week -2.6⁰C in my workshop (but relatively dry). Today +12.4⁰C! My fitters vice had pools of water on it. I could have wept. Thankfully Renaissance wax, Camelia oil and WD40 help a bit, but I like your thinking on the dehumidifier. Thanks again Cheers Alan
Hi Alan. Yeah, it's been a quick temperature change here hasn't it. Glad there's no lasting damage to your tools! Yeah, we'll see how the dehumidifier works out. Luckily no rust so far but I could feel the environment wasn't quite as it should be.
I saw that big hammer on the workbench and was wondering about it. I've some bruisers myself but the only woodworking they see is driving stakes in the garden. Have yourself a happy holiday season there.
Hi Paul, same to you. I don't know if I'll use it. A couple of guys promote their use, I didn't fancy spending £135 to find out if it's applicable to my work.
@@faceedgewoodworking a big hammer like that is not the first thing I think of for woodworking. I see that more as a last tool some projects might get thing. You know, for the finishing touch. I don't think you need to break the bank to get a servicable hammer. The 2 pound dead blow I use is a cheap affair. So keep your eye out for an affordable one of those. They can deliver a satisfying smack to timber.
@@1pcfred My most used hammer at work is a 20oz claw. If I need to strike a workpiece I grab an offcut of wood as a buffer. I'm classy like that 😂
@@faceedgewoodworking striking scrap wood is a valid technique. There is still something to be said for the direct approach though. Which using a dead blow often allows me to use. I appreciate that enough for me to favor the use of the tool. Now I'm thinking the real shame here is that we can't accept the marring of the work. What ever happened to the charm of handmade?
Have run a dehumidifier in my workshop for many years it's 24x18 insulated with metal roof over the felt roof it's great no rust on my tools every 6 months I wax my tools to keep a y rust away
Good procedure and set up Peter. Thankfully the rust is at bay in my shop although I'm interested to see how much water it strips out over a week.
As i'm interested in furniture and guitar building a dehumidifier is a must. But as my working space, about 15 m2, is situated in an angle of 300 m2 storage space with no doors inside and 3 to 4 m high ceiling, a device and it's monthly bills would be prohibitive. 😁 I small heater under the bench for my feet in this period is only thing that i can do, as the temperature in the workshop is around 2 - 8 °C.
So i will wait until i fine some other suitable space to do that.
Yeah, that situation would be difficult. That's why, even with its limitations, I'm very happy with my Garage space. Keep those toes warm 👌