Carl Beckett
10-12-2011, 9:33 AM
Over in the Neander forum, Jim Koepke shares his experience with rod heaters:
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?173926-My-Thoughts-on-Rod-Dehumidifiers
(http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?173926-My-Thoughts-on-Rod-Dehumidifiers)
Which got me to thinking: Why not control your cabinet environment where you store tools? I have a bunch of router bits, hand planes, squares, etc etc - all stored in a common set of cabinets, and much of these I built custom for the purpose. But given I have a split shop setup (some unheated, some 'partially heated' as an attached garage space, my tools DO condense and have problems as the seasons change.
So the thought is - I should have built the cabinets with a little insulation, and put in a temp control device (was thinking more along the lines of the under the floor thermostat controlled heaters, vs rod heaters).
I certainly have enough time/energy/expense into the tools themselves, to warrant a few $ giving them a safe storage space.
Any thoughts?
(not intending to hijack Jims thread, so move/delete if appropriate/redundant)
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?173926-My-Thoughts-on-Rod-Dehumidifiers
(http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?173926-My-Thoughts-on-Rod-Dehumidifiers)
Which got me to thinking: Why not control your cabinet environment where you store tools? I have a bunch of router bits, hand planes, squares, etc etc - all stored in a common set of cabinets, and much of these I built custom for the purpose. But given I have a split shop setup (some unheated, some 'partially heated' as an attached garage space, my tools DO condense and have problems as the seasons change.
So the thought is - I should have built the cabinets with a little insulation, and put in a temp control device (was thinking more along the lines of the under the floor thermostat controlled heaters, vs rod heaters).
I certainly have enough time/energy/expense into the tools themselves, to warrant a few $ giving them a safe storage space.
Any thoughts?
(not intending to hijack Jims thread, so move/delete if appropriate/redundant)