Jessica Pierce-LaRose
10-20-2012, 11:53 AM
Decided that even though I haven't had major issues, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, so I picked up a Goldenrod heater thing for my in-progress tool cabinet. Of course, not having planned ahead, now I've got to alter some of the tool hangers to place the thing.
I'm basically doing something akin to what Dominic Greco did with his cabinet (http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?178738-Anyone-put-their-goldenrod-in-a-wooden-chest&p=1842747#post1842747), running through a hole in the veritcal divider into the two large cavities of the cabinet. Because I put a few tills beneath the main cavity on the left side, it puts the heater in the right hand side behind the saw plates of the saw till, rather than down behind the handles. So I need to alter the saw till to either change the angle the panel saw sit at or move them away from the back wall. (If I complete mounting the goldenrod the way things stand now, I'd be hitting the heater with the saw plates everytime I put a saw away.)
I also may need to move the way one of my backsaws hang, the brass plate would be kind of close to the heater as things stand, I haven't checked how close though.
I'm wondering how far folks think I should keep the saws away from the heater body? I don't see any info from Goldenrod; I can email them, and I'm sure they can tell me what to do to keep the heater safe, but I'm interested in keeping the saws safe. Is this a huge concern? The Goldenrod gets to "less than 150 degrees" according to the website (I assume that means the thermostat shuts off at 150?) I have the 12 inch model. I wouldn't assume that temperature would be high enough to bother the steel in sawplates, if it's not in direct contact, but I really don't know.
I would assume the minimum distance to keep things would be the same distance the heater stays from the back of the cabinet via the mounting brackets.
Anyone have any thoughts?
I'm basically doing something akin to what Dominic Greco did with his cabinet (http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?178738-Anyone-put-their-goldenrod-in-a-wooden-chest&p=1842747#post1842747), running through a hole in the veritcal divider into the two large cavities of the cabinet. Because I put a few tills beneath the main cavity on the left side, it puts the heater in the right hand side behind the saw plates of the saw till, rather than down behind the handles. So I need to alter the saw till to either change the angle the panel saw sit at or move them away from the back wall. (If I complete mounting the goldenrod the way things stand now, I'd be hitting the heater with the saw plates everytime I put a saw away.)
I also may need to move the way one of my backsaws hang, the brass plate would be kind of close to the heater as things stand, I haven't checked how close though.
I'm wondering how far folks think I should keep the saws away from the heater body? I don't see any info from Goldenrod; I can email them, and I'm sure they can tell me what to do to keep the heater safe, but I'm interested in keeping the saws safe. Is this a huge concern? The Goldenrod gets to "less than 150 degrees" according to the website (I assume that means the thermostat shuts off at 150?) I have the 12 inch model. I wouldn't assume that temperature would be high enough to bother the steel in sawplates, if it's not in direct contact, but I really don't know.
I would assume the minimum distance to keep things would be the same distance the heater stays from the back of the cabinet via the mounting brackets.
Anyone have any thoughts?