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I resemble that..............

JD

I just brush off a lot Charlie... and drink a LOT of water... Just something I have to live with if I want to turn year-round..

I also have a fan blowing on my back, which seems to reduce how much I sweat... but I still get arms and hands covered with shavings that stick.. I turned a couple of Diamond wood pens the other day for a client, and ended the session with black and red paste on both hands... yuk!

Even in the best conditions, I brush off my arms every time I stop the lathe, without thinking about it or realizing that I do it... so it's a lot worse when the stuff doesn't brush off..

mac

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Charlie, another really important thing is don't go into the house right away. Make sure the chips are really gone. I made the mistake once, went into the house and then went back to the shop. Wife promptly started explaining how I could do the house cleaning. Seems she followed the chips in one door to the bath room, then to the fridge (I had a cold drink) and then out another door to the shop.

Bruce

Ahhh... makes me appreciate my basement turnery up here in the frozen tundra... Even with an outside temp of 90*+, I don't recall it ever being over 70* at the lathe. :)

Summer is to be enjoyed outdoors, swimming- hiking- canoeing or just lazying in the hammock under the old old tree, ;-*))) Acclimatize yourself, turn off that air conditioner and don't be such a wuss, turn when summer is over, also wet wood would not stick as much as dry dust, if you insist on turning now, then you can finish turn when the snow flies.

Have fun and take care Leo Van Der Loo

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charlieb is in the north central part of California - the San Jose region. We had some snow here a couple of years back. Stuck for less than an hour.

The world is a big place indeed.

Patriarch, today, a pruner of lemon trees and sweet gums...

Damn, Leo... I never pictured you as a part-time turner.. lol

My jet mini is on a rolling stand in the shaded carport... hardly ever gets over

105 out there, so you're welcome to come use it and take advantage of all the fresh air and such..

I'll watch ya from my air conditioned shop and have the heat stroke kit handy..

mac

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Charlie - I resemble that remark! I have taken to removing my shirt before putting on a lightweight turning smock. Not a great solution, but a whole lot better!! - Hought

Hi there Mac

What do you mean, me part-time ???

I seek the new inspiration in the great outdoors, right here in paradise :->, at least paradise right now ;-)))

And yes I do know about hot weather, I spend a year right at the equator area, in New Guinea, now called Irian Jaya.

There was No air conditioning there either, we slept with a blanket on if it dared go below 90F at night, and that was high humid heath, not dry desert heat ;-.)).

What you all gona do when the green polize is going to confiscate all your wastefull energy gobbling incandescent light bulbs and air conditioners ???Ha.

People lived without it for ever but the last century, and now seem to revert to cave dwellers again, go from cooled house to cooled car to cooled office to cooled store and cooled everything, and barely dare to go outside, for it's too hot, whaaaaa.

Yes I know not everyone can live in paradise and all the time, but I sure enjoy it while I can.

Have fun and take care Leo Van Der Loo

I always pictured you at the lathe at least 5 days a week, year round.... another myth crushed... lol

Not dry here, either, especially at night.... gotta cut the air before you walk through it...

I find that most people seem to cool their environment, nit themselves... Then, the temperature difference between inside and outside is so great that they never go outside...

We only cool the shop and bedroom/office unless we have company, and the units are set on the highest temp available, 30 C... (about 86 or so, f ?)

The great room is usually about 90 during the day and doesn't seem uncomfortable... If it starts feeling warm, we go outside for a smoke and then it feels real cool inside again... *g*

I think that a lot of it is being willing to acclimate.... I'm sure that we'll be wearing jackets during the winter eventually...

The folks that keep their houses at 65 degrees never will, I guess..

mac

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after a few weeks in Muscat in the summer, one can come to appreciate heat and humidity - it's very special there.

40 to 50 c with at least 98% humidity - and then you have the solar heating - makes anywhere in north america or europe seem chilly by comparison