Am I the only one that has a hard time getting out to the non-air conditioned shop to work on bows or really anything this time of year. The heat is just too much to deal with now.
Yup, at 63 heat and I don't get along.
A 49 yo guy died at work here in the area the other day. Heat stroke. He went outside to take a break, when he didn't come back on time they went to check on him and he was dead.
You gotta be careful in this heat, sensible.
I still get out in the garage to do some bow work, but I get out there before daylight and I'm back in the house before noon. Just glued the handle section on an Ipe blank and I'm back in the house now at 11:50 am, and it's already near 100 deg.F out there. I don't get back out till the sun is nearly over the hill from me.
I get dizzy and light headed if I'm out in it too long and I'm only 42 but I think alot of it has to do with the meds I'm taking?
Had to suck it up yesterday and do something outside. It's hot. I was drenched.
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I spent a few hours in the shop the last couple days. Good to sweat it out. In February, it's about 10 degrees in there :)
I have been working on one in the shop for the last few days. Of course I work nights for a living so I have just been burning the midnight oil!
Even at night lately it's been pretty dang hot and sticky though.
I'm just gonna say it. This heat just flat out sucks! I hate it! I think I might enjoy it more if I didnt have to work outside in it every day. My shop isnt air conditioned either and my bowbuilding really slows down this time of year.
This time of the year I'll go outside and work in the gardens provided the temps are less than 90 deg. This past week I stayed inside. My workshop is in the basement. Too hot there too. Jawge
My shop is in my basement and feels good this time of the year, no problems here.
yep the low this day temp this week was 109 and 118 was the high. Just grateful it has not hit the 120 mark yet. Oh and my job keeps me inside.
after 20 plus yrs in south eastern humidity during the summertime framing houses, the humidity we deal with separates the men from the boys. My trade is old school...there is no such thing as comfort! you do what you have to do. You need to suck it up, and be a man! And anyone who lives in the southeast Atlantic states who deals with what we deal with will tell you to suck it up! Hate to be negative, but we live with this everyday.
Yep it's tough, I think we have had only a few days just under a 100 here in well over 2 months now. After the last week of 16 hour days and a couple 18 hour ones and we have to ware FR clothing year round here so that just adds to the heat....killer.
I do landscaping so I'm outside in this heat for 10-12 hours a day 5/6 days a week.
I almost passed out a couple days ago from the heat...sat with the hose over my head for a few minutes. Thought I was gonna be in trouble but I cooled down.
But after being in the heat all day I'm just too beat to work on bows much lol. I'd rather sit and recoop from the day.
Yes I am almost 34 and I have had heat exhaustion twice for sure and close to heat stroke one of those times. I also get light headed and sweat severely.
We were mid 70's on Friday....thought I was going to melt! :)
Been trying to get power out to my shop. So I worked out in the heat (96F) yesterday and today trenching, laying conduit and pulling wire. First thing I am plugging in is a window AC unit. Have to wait to connect the branch circuit until tomorrow. I ran out of gas.
Im lucky with my heated/AC'ed basement shop. Its always 64 degrees with perfect humidity. Year round! Great place to season staves and work on bows. I go there to escape heat actually.
I was out last night in the shop (garage to the mrs.) sweating like a banshee. I definitely have chosen to not go in due to the heat a few times this year, but I really want to get this bow done for the person it's going to. I just try not to sweat on the piece. I know what i'm saving up for now tho after my first summer in our house and my new shop:
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All i need is a good fan... I do factory work around 300 degree presses so outside feels good to me. My wife thinks I'm crazy
Guys & Gals, I would urge all of us to be very, very careful of this heat. It is nothing to play around with. I really feel for those who have to work in it.
If at all possible, take breaks, drink LOTS of water. Heat exhaustion is bad enough but heat stroke can and will kill you. If you start feeling bad, get in the shade/cool. Don't try to "man up and take it". That's a good way to end up having your kin deciding who gets what bow now that you will no longer need them.
Bill
I feel sorry for you guys.
That heat is terrible I guess.
Here in the south of Germany we have the other extreme.
A very rainy and cold summer.
Maybe we should mix our weather :)
Hope you get a bit of fresh air soon!
here in se kansas its the hottest dryest summer weve had in years. need a rain bad. ive been doing my bow work early in the mornings and at night. it is tough to get motivated in the heat.
Yeah, its the humidity more than the heat that drains me. When I coached HS football I'd eat lots of fresh fruit and drink plenty of water. Stay hydrated and take your time. Rushing through laborious tasks will bring on heat exhaustion quickly. Getting acclimated to the temperatures takes time but will help a great deal.
Drink water, not sodas.
Oh, yeah, my "shop" is the back yard. I usually have a fan blowing on me but it doesn't help much.
We had a thunderstorm pass by here real close yesterday evening, it dropped down to a pleasant 83 deg. and almost felt like spring again. The rain was so close I could smell it, yet it kept right on going and never got a single drop!
Man, we need rain bad! My clover food plot is burning up more and more as every day goes by without rain.
Nope, your not the only one obviously! I am new to the bow building world and was on fire!!! Simply couldn't get enough! However about two weeks ago I was working on an osage bow and was feeling strange, Chills etc..It is time to walk away and wait for a better day! Or night. Still it is in the low 90's to high 80's even at midnight here in NWA. Even with every fan I have on it is still like a convection oven! It is hard, I just got a brand new band saw and a big ole fat red elm stave!!! I will just shoot my Laminates and selfbow successes and catch up on strings and arrow repair in the mean time! :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:
The weather finally broke for us. Its only in the low 90's during the day now. Rained quite a bit yesterday which kept the temps decent and kept me in the shop cleaning and getting ready for the next bow. The heat index is staying under 100 which is a biggy. Excited to get back into the shop and making chips and dust.
QuoteOriginally posted by AKmud:
We were mid 70's on Friday....thought I was going to melt! :)
Ha ha ha. I like that. We just "broke out" of our heat wave with high temps in the mid ninties today. I guess when the heat index is 115 compared to a measly 98 it's no longer a heatwave. :deadhorse:
I work outside in the heat all day and I figure if I am willing to sweat doing something I don't like to do... work... then I'd better be able to do it for something I enjoy.
QuoteOriginally posted by AKmud:
We were mid 70's on Friday....thought I was going to melt! :)
Ha ha ha. I like that. We just "broke out" of our heat wave with high temps in the mid ninties today. I guess when the heat index is 115 compared to a measly 98 it's no longer a heatwave. :thumbsup:
DON'T start working on anything in this heat without drinking water first, then keeping a cooler of icewater next to you. Keep a fan running on you too. If you don't feel the need to go pee every half hour, you ain't drinking enough! No air conditioning? Try what my dad used to do in the Air Force. They made up a frame with a screen of woven wire cloth. (1/4" square or so, so air pulls through it easily) Rig a strip of cloth or something along the top to transfer some water to the screen. Set a fan between it and you. Now let some water trickle down on the top of the frame. It runs down the wire mesh and the fan pulls air through it. Traditional cool mist station!
i work around cars so the average temp usually isnt too bad. i do sweat like crazy at work , but i buy the tub-o-gatorade. i go through about 3-5 gallons of water/gatorade a day . my garage doesnt have power so i sweat like crazy in there. i probably have half a million drips on the bow for the swap , but its all good , we've removed those layers...
sorry for that run on sentence...its horrendous...almost as bad as this one...
-hov
I think of it as my little sweat lodge :D
QuoteOriginally posted by Tom Leemans:
DON'T start working on anything in this heat without drinking water first, then keeping a cooler of icewater next to you. Keep a fan running on you too. If you don't feel the need to go pee every half hour, you ain't drinking enough! No air conditioning? Try what my dad used to do in the Air Force. They made up a frame with a screen of woven wire cloth. (1/4" square or so, so air pulls through it easily) Rig a strip of cloth or something along the top to transfer some water to the screen. Set a fan between it and you. Now let some water trickle down on the top of the frame. It runs down the wire mesh and the fan pulls air through it. Traditional cool mist station!
I sweat so much I don't pee all day in this 100 degree weather...I don't think I could pee if I tried no matter how much water or gatorade I drink.
If you want to stay cool!!!! Put a sweat shirt on,a hat, not ice water, but just water to drink.Dont need a fan. Your clothes will absorb the sweat, and drink water , you will be cool. might not feel cool but you will be safe.