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Stilldrillin:
Hello!
I`m David, from NE. Derbyshire. UK.

Some 5-6 yrs ago, heading towards retirement, I realised I would never ride a motorcycle again, due to worsening arthritis.
So, I sold my `69 Bonneville retirement project & bought a load of small steam & hot air engines, plus Chester Conquest lathe for workshop duties.

I retired from rock drilling manufacturing in 2006, intending to watch the wheels go round...... Hmmmm.....

When does the "important" work ease, so the serious play can begin? :scratch:

I enjoy modifying my engines, and making odds & ends out of bits & pieces.

I recently assembled a flamelicker kit. But it`s too cold at the moment to have a good play in the workshop.

This looks like a nice forum for inspiration, and hopefully some warmer weather......  :thumbup: 

Bernd:
Hey and a WARM welcome to ya David.  :thumbup:  :clap:

Glad you signed up. Much fun here with the different subjects. :scratch:

OK, I've got to ask. Seems like you guys in the UK don't install heaters in your shops. I've seen it mentioned on the forums and I've read it in the model magazines. What gives?

Oh, by the way  :mmr:

Regards,
Bernd

Stilldrillin:
Hi Bernd, thanks for the warm welcome!

First post was a bit scarey. Take a deep breath, and see what happens......

Heating my workshop / garage? Do you know the cost of power in the UK?  ::)

Frankly I`m more concerned with machinery sweating & rusting, if I heat when necessary.

At only 3dgrs daytime recently, my fingers seize on cold machine handles, and my toes hate concrete floors......

Will we have a summer next year I wonder?

Brass_Machine:
Hey David!

Welcome to the club. Never worry about first posts here... or 50th or even 500th. We are a bunch of nice guys. I won't tolerate flaming at all.

It gets cold here too. I went out and bought a kerosene heater for when it is too nippy.

Anyways... show us what you got! Pictures are a requirement  :D

Eric

bogstandard:
David,

A big welcome to you. I am in the same sort of position as yourself, but I can still manage to get on my cruiser for a few hours out in the fresh air.

You are not too far away from me (Crewe), so if ever you need a few hours out, I am usually in for visitors.

Just a note Eric, I don't want to teach you how to suck eggs, but burnt paraffin and workshops don't mix, it produces copious amounts of water vapour, hence gardeners use them in greenhouses. You are much better off buying a permanently running oil filled radiator to keep the chill away, when up to temperature, they only cost pennies an hour to run. When my shop is eventually finished, I will have one tucked away somewhere, and let the froststat keep the chills away, and prevent rusting on the machines.

John

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