Temperature transitions/climate

[Chappy]

Ok, I did a bit of searching and maybe I am just not using the proper keywords but....

My recent haul of Festool has been sitting in the garage enduring its pre-Christmas morning  quarantine and the ambient temp out there is in the 20's currently ( glad we moved to Florida where it is warm!). The wife says "ok, bring in a tool, I want to see it" and my first thought was that there is a 50 degree temperature difference between the house and garage and I don't want condensation on the metal parts. Am I being paranoid? I am sure this has been discussed a time or twenty... any thoughts on keeping the rust/moisture away in a situation like this? ???

 

[ajones]

Ok, I did a bit of searching and maybe I am just not using the proper keywords but....

My recent haul of Festool has been sitting in the garage enduring its pre-Christmas morning  quarantine and the ambient temp out there is in the 20's currently ( glad we moved to Florida where it is warm!). The wife says "ok, bring in a tool, I want to see it" and my first thought was that there is a 50 degree temperature difference between the house and garage and I don't want condensation on the metal parts. Am I being paranoid? I am sure this has been discussed a time or twenty... any thoughts on keeping the rust/moisture away in a situation like this? ???

If I were you I would rush to the shops and buy a dehumidifier then you would have no such worries [big grin]

 

[chrisrosenb]

I just completed a kitchen remodel. I had to keep my tools outside in a cargo trailer. The temps were in single digits outside & 70 degrees in the house.
The tools got condensation on them when first brought into the house. The tools warmed up & dried out quickly. It caused no problems.

 

[PeterK]

I have never had problems with the condensation causing issues. I just recommend that if you store your toys in Systainers that you open them up to aclimitize (sp) when first brought indoors.

Oh and Chris --- you need to move to balmy South Louisiana!  [poke] Supposed to be in the low 20s for the next few nights.
Pete

 

[Michael_MA]

Since the room air always contains moisture, no matter which temp it is..
a small difference from the outside (sorry in celsius) of about 10 degree to the house  at 20 degree is  enaugh to condensate water on the cold metal parts.
The only solution to this is to bring the tools in their Systainers inside the house and LEAVE IT CLOSED there for several (4-6) hours so inside Systainer temp matches closely outside Systainer temp.
Then opening the Systainer will result in no condensation at all.

hth,
kind regards, Mike

 

[grobin]

I have never had a problem with condensation and a power tool.  A ccouple times I had heavy condensation I waited until it evaporated before using the tool.  Now video gear—that's something else and you need the dehumidifier.

Why don't you move here to sunny Colorado?  Its sunny and 40ºF (4.4ºC) and 11% humidity.

 

[WarnerConstCo.]

Mine go from freezing temps to inside the house temps constantly, day in and day out.

The only thing I have noticed is that my Kapex, 55 and my ETS125 need a couple warm up passes before they get to full operational speed.

Somewhere I have a picture of my CT and Kapex sitting in the snow where I was cutting.

 

[Texastutt]

I beat you to it, though on this one no TS55, and the CT26 was not hooked up yet....

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[lumbajac]

I beat you to it, though on this one no TS55, and the CT26 was not hooked up yet....

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Texastutt - please tell me about your Kapex stand!  Did you make the extensions... what kind of table is the Kapex itself sitting on?

I just purchased a Kapex - this is exactly the type of stand I've been looking for (assuming you made much of it yourself and it's not $800+)

Thanks,
Corey

 

[Texastutt]

The base is my Sawhelper base... I've had that since early '90's... The wings are Gary Katz design it's 1/2" BB ply and solid wood (this one's the prototype version as I've got to get the connecting mechanisms better and move the fences back a bit) , channels I used for the fence which is not on there (and has Kreg top) is from Lee Valley: http://www.leevalley.com/en/wood/page.aspx?cat=1,43455&p=61994. Winter part is just living in Canada.

 

[dwillis]

Good discussion.  I'm looking to move from the Denver, CO area to the Vancouver, WA area and am concerned about condensation on not only my Festools, but all tools.  In the winter it's wet and cold in western Washington, so my plan is to build a purpose built woodshop with heating and a dehumidifier.  Fortunately I have five years to plan out the last(?) shop I build. [big grin]

 

[mouppe]

I don't think there is much to worry about in terms of condensation. I think the tools could handle a little moisture. The only things I would worry about is whether the temperature drops below freezing and then my waterstones could freeze and crack, or whether my hand planes or chisels get some rust on them.

I would keep things nicely waxed and oiled and then all should be fine.

Richard.