Scorchio!

I'm ok, managing the heat, no problem but the Sherline is suffering.

Turning up some brass bushes with set up in the photo using the front and rear Toolpost.

With posts firmly locked in place the cross slide feed has gone very heavy.

Release the locks and it smooth and as normal.

Too hot, expanding aluminium alloy cross slide, can't take the heat, resulting in abnormal distortion? What do you guys think?

Our outside sensor recorded 40c here in Worcestershire after lunch, all my machines, tools, vice etc felt warm in the shed

Greenhouses were 43°C.

Workshop was much nicer. Insulation plus mini-split:-

33.7C outside and 29.6C inside in sunny Weston Super Mare at 7:30 pm. The See Monster has finally arrived, I hope somebody makes a tv documentary about it.

From my observations, I think that thermal expansion is a real thing. The hotter the weather gets, the longer the girls' legs become.

As far as today's heat is concerned, I had to walk home at about four o'clock from the charity shop where I do PAT testing. I was fine for a while, then suddenly I came over all faint. By sheer chance I was outside an air-conditioned ice-cream parlour at the time, so it all turned out well in the end.

George

Georgineer

Excellent, made me chuckle!

Rob

Geoff Walker 1

Sounds as if your toolposts rather than temperature are distorting the crosslide. I have the same problem with a long vice on the table of my D-W mill. When I grip a job in the vice the X slide movement goes stiff whatever the temperature. Not helped by the skinny vice base and the unusual tee slot arrangement of the mill - it reduces the longitudinal stiffness of the table compared to the conventional arrangement. If I'm after accuracy I mount the job on an angle plate using G clamps.

I have been cleaning up part of my garage to make room for a motorcycle lifting stand I have ordered. One trip to the tip so far. If it stays this hot, I might not get the grass in the back garden cut, shame, I get charged £45 a season for fortnightly green waste collections whether I fill the bin or not. It did creep up to 36C during the afternoon.

I'm quite lucky, I have a little pond in the back garden to keep cool in.

Don't forget your electric motors and especially motor control boards don't like the heat either. If you must run things try to do so for half the usual time. This applies to lathes, grinders, DVDs, washing machines, all of it.

125mtrs above sea level up on the North downs. 35.7c at 1600hrs.

Dog in the hall on the parquet floor slept most of the day. Me, sat in the living room with the fan.

In the bedroom now 30c, just put the fan on to cool it a bit. The front of the house is in the full Sun from midday.

What kind of humidity levels are you chaps getting at these temperatures?

Edited By Peter Greene 🇨🇦 on 18/07/2022 22:48:35

Around 32% RH at 25.5C indoors this evening here in Derbyshire - earlier around 24% at 32C outdoors. Daughter in London reports 44% at 27.5C indoors, so not too bad.

For once I'm pleased to have a semi-subterranean workshop (cellar of house on steep gradient) - 19.5C down there! That's the hottest it's ever been without heating I think -normally sits at 12-14C throughout the year.

Robin.

Had to go from Leeds to Barnsley to pick up my new Ham radio. 33 in the van & A/C don't work. Felt like a 100 mile journey. But worth it in the end. A few beers have cooled me down nicely now though. Tomorrow even hotter it says.

Steve.

So humankind has hugely increased the CO2 in the atmosphere, the scientists say this will make the climate heat up, measurements show it is heating up. It takes a special kind of thinking to deny climate change.

I bet this thread gets blocked any time now!

Well actually i remember as a child getting terribly sunburned at the open air swimming baths. Only a while ago,,, 60yrs or so. So not sure about the climate thingy. Just accept it's hot for a few days. Read not too deep. They never said anything back then that we are all doomed. Keep smiling guys & have a cold one.

Steve.

In 1976 where I was working, the temp peaked at 112F one day. I could manage about 20 mins working at a time before leaving the room, sluicing my head and downing more fluids. That was when I promised myself that when I had my own shop it'd have aircon.
When I first went solo money was too tight and the best I could manage was to fill a plastic bag in a cat basket with water and make myself a huge ice-cube to hug between consultations but as business expanded the whole place got fitted with air-source heat pumps. So nice to work like that that I installed one at home.
Retired and moved here and one of the first things we did was install a/c in the living room and main bedroom. It often saves firing up central heating when it’s just a short chill period and on days like today it's luxury..
They aren't that expensive and less so if one is able to self-install (I didn't). Split systems come pre-gassed and essentially mount a unit indoors, place the outside unit, drill a hole for the hose and plug in plus a power supply assuming house shape permits simplicity.
I did have some errands to run yesterday but left my car in 'dog mode' for the short time it was parked which keeps the a/c running.

pgk

Spent yesterday afternoon delivering medication, I wear a baseball cap which I soaked in cold water twice during the afternoon and kept my head cool, I also consumed 2.5 litres of ice cold water, the thermometer at home peaked at 37Deg C, same routine again today and tomorrow..

Martin P

What a difference a day makes. Yesterday steaming, today 8am-ish, thunder and a few drops of rain. I think I will go outside for a while.

Lee

Split systems come pre-gassed and essentially mount a unit indoors, place the outside unit, drill a hole for the hose and plug in plus a power supply

You also require a suitable vacuum pump to evacuate the system & remove moisture before releasing the gas.

37 C near York yesterday, but the wheezing, rattling floor standing air con unit in my "office" (half a Portacabin) at work kept the temeprature to a bearable 27C & the car aircon made the journey home comfortable.

I have a ceiling fan in the bedroom, so last night was also comfortable. It was 21 C at 6.30am this morning as I left for work.

Worst temps I have had to work in was in Dubai in July - 48 C with very high humidity. The factory was supposedly air conditioned, but the units were mounted along one wall & I was was working next to the opposite wall, sheilded by the lathe I was working on. I ended up fashioning a "Rambo" style bandana from rolled up paper towel to stop perspiration running into my eyes & religeously drank 2 cups of water from the chiller every hour. Still I was better off than the works maintenance fitter, who had to visit the Saudi subsidiary works - 55 C & no air con there. Then, after a 12 hour day, I returned to hotel room chilled to 16 C & had to request it be warmed up ! Ended up with chest problems after a fornight of that regime.

Nigel B.