Watching this with interest. Some of you might be aware that I
moved to a new location last summer. Spent last winter setting
up shop in the basement for the indoor or winter
projects. Didn't get a chance to get any sort of
heat in the barn, tried a
salamander for a while but the moisture it puts into the air
just about ruined all the years of work I did cleaning up cast
iron on the mills, lathes and other shop tools. What ever you
do, make sure you vent it out side unless you want an rain
forest atmosphere.
I to used a single 55 gallon barrel stove for 20 plus years
Grigg. Took the chill off in my 45x40x14 pole building. But I
sure went thru a bunch of wood having to reload it every half
hour or so.
Here at the new place I've been looking at a few options for a
wood burning furnace, a more efficient one than the barrel, and
one with a real heat exchanger and blower in it. I've got the
40x80 barn divided in half and want to set it up so I can duct
the heat to which ever half I'll be working in that day.
I've got lots of wood at the new place that other wise would
just go onto a burn pile so that's the most practical energy
source. No gas out here and propane and electric are out of the
question.
And I to will be needing some heat come next week, they're
talking about low 30's by weeks end.
Denny Graham
Sandwich, IL
Last edited by Denny Graham; 10/16/2013 1:17 PM.
