Boat Building Forum

Find advice on all aspects of building your own kayak, canoe or any lightweight boats

Re: you are definitely NUTS !!
By:Erez
Date: 11/19/2000, 4:02 pm
In Response To: Supplemental Heat Source (Mike Jensen)

are you crazy ?! or what ?!

we have enough deads while paddling, we don't need any deads while building !

as you know, open flame heaters release co .

co is a gas with no color no odor & is heavier than air - the perfect crime !

no color - you don't see it.

no odor - you can't smell it.

so, to begin with, you can't tell when it's there !

There are co detectors that starts making noise when they see it, but in your
case it won't matter since you are underground & the co is heavier than air,
so even if you detect it, it will stay there - I assume the door in your
workshop is higher than the floor & that there are stairs going down to
that floor. I also assume there are no windows.

now the 3rd part - I'm not a chemist, but this is pretty simple: each c (carbon) likes 2 o's (oxygen), but it only has one o, because ,well, it's "co",
so....it takes another o from the air around it, so you are left without
oxygen & you die, it's quiet & painless, you just fall asleep - the perfect kill !

in your case I recommend electricity - not heating bodies, just lamps.

what people here are usually looking for is heat to make their epoxy cure,
& their solution is usually some kind of nylon tent/frame over that wood
with a lamp under the wood, so it creates reasonably warm environment for the wood without open flame & the risk of overtemp.

in the past I brought up the idea of starting a car's engine in the garage with
a sealed hose from the car's exhaust outside, since what the engine produce most is heat. but this thing won't work in your basement.

& something else, do you have kids running around ?

well, kids & co don't go together. one of them have to give, just make sure
the co will give first.

hey man, I just saved your life,

Erez

: Anyone have any comments on using a kerosene heater in a small unheated
: workshop
: /garage. I'm going to start stripping within the next couple of weeks and was
: a
: little concerned about the effects of a combustable heat source on curing
: epoxy.
: I was also wondering if carpenters glue is affected in any way by cooler
: tempuratures. My workshop is built below my house so it never gets below
: freezing yet it can get quite c-c-c-cold. Thanks.

Messages In This Thread

Supplemental Heat Source
Mike Jensen -- 11/19/2000, 10:54 am
Re: Supplemental Heat Source
George Cushing -- 12/4/2000, 1:37 pm
Re:kerosine heater vs open flame heater
Erez -- 11/22/2000, 4:26 pm
Re:kerosine heater vs open flame heater
Tom -- 11/23/2000, 1:00 am
Re:kerosine heater vs open flame heater
Larry Steeves -- 12/18/2000, 2:11 pm
Re: Supplemental Heat Source
Earl Bailey -- 11/20/2000, 4:58 pm
Re: Supplemental Heat Source
John Michne -- 11/19/2000, 8:32 pm
Re: Supplemental Heat Source
Max -- 11/20/2000, 1:02 am
Re: Supplemental Heat Source
Spidey -- 11/19/2000, 6:20 pm
Re: Supplemental Heat Source
Ross Leidy -- 11/19/2000, 5:42 pm
Re: Supplemental Heat Source
Rehd -- 11/19/2000, 4:33 pm
Re: you are definitely NUTS !!
Erez -- 11/19/2000, 4:02 pm
Re: you are definitely NUTS !!
jtmc -- 11/23/2000, 12:14 am
Re: And in adition...
Don Beale -- 11/23/2000, 2:16 am
Re: And in adition...
jtmc -- 11/23/2000, 11:10 am
Re: you are definitely NUTS !!
Erez -- 11/21/2000, 5:38 pm
kerosene heater use
Brian Nystrom -- 11/22/2000, 11:34 am
Just be smart
Mick K. -- 11/21/2000, 11:45 am
Re: you are definitely NUTS !!
Mike Jensen -- 11/20/2000, 6:53 pm
You're overreacting
Brian Nystrom -- 11/20/2000, 12:26 pm