keeping glue from freezing
#11
I know...take it in the house!
Wink

My shop is a (mostly) unheated garage. Does anybody have any ideas for a small "warming oven" to keep my glues from freezing? Maybe something I could run on a thermostat.

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#12
(11-16-2019, 08:06 PM)MauleSkinner Wrote: I know...take it in the house!
Wink

My shop is a (mostly) unheated garage. Does anybody have any ideas for a small "warming oven" to keep my glues from freezing? Maybe something I could run on a thermostat.

Thanks

A wood box that is insulated and a light bulb will work.  An old refrigerator and a light bulb will work too but is pretty big just for glue. WOOD magazine has this  https://www.woodmagazine.com/wood-suppli...eated-shop

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(11-16-2019, 08:06 PM)MauleSkinner Wrote: I know...take it in the house!
Wink

My shop is a (mostly) unheated garage. Does anybody have any ideas for a small "warming oven" to keep my glues from freezing? Maybe something I could run on a thermostat.

Thanks

In the past I’ve used an Omaha Steaks insulated shipping box with a nite lite installed. Much like the WOOD magazine article. Has worked for years.  This year shop will be heated all the time albeit the thermostat turned way down at night.
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#14
Buy the brand made with spring water!

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(11-16-2019, 08:06 PM)MauleSkinner Wrote: I know...take it in the house!
Wink

My shop is a (mostly) unheated garage. Does anybody have any ideas for a small "warming oven" to keep my glues from freezing? Maybe something I could run on a thermostat.

Thanks

I asked this question also...
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#16
The light bulb heated box trick works. It's basically how outdoor soda machines keep things from freezing. You will need to choose a bulb that puts out heat. Sometimes, LED's won't heat enough to work. Old style incandescent bulbs work best.
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Allan Hill
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#17
(11-16-2019, 10:21 PM)AHill Wrote: The light bulb heated box trick works.  It's basically how outdoor soda machines keep things from freezing.  You will need to choose a bulb that puts out heat.  Sometimes, LED's won't heat enough to work.  Old style incandescent bulbs work best.
I just keep my glues in the house to keep from freezing.  Likewise, you don't want to be gluing projects in an unheated garage
 below 50 degrees.  It won't cure properly.  Either do it indoors, or shine a heat lamp on it for at least a few hours.
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#18
Thanks all! Looks like the light bulb thing is pretty simple.

AHill...Yes, I need to make sure the wood is at a reasonable temp as well. We just get a few cold snaps here, and then things warm back up again, so I'm looking more at a week of storage before I go back out in the shop.

Aram...Apparently my search skills aren't that good. I actually DID look for something.
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#19
Just to increase the Rube Goldberg effect, what do you guys think of adding a baseboard thermostat to the cooler/lamp circuit? I’d think it would be best served to have the thermostat inside the cooler...
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FZkSCud6tIY
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#20
Look around for a junker apartment size frig and turn it into your glue heater.
Or as above, build a box
Steve

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