January workbench

we haven't been cold so far this winter, no ice to make the divers migrate. My shop is a three car garage with a very leaky double door, the single door is sealed well. I have a 220 heater too, but it's more or less there to keep things from freezing. If the temp is 20 outside it will be 54 inside. By mid afternoon the heater catches up and will get to 65 or so, pretty tolerable to work in. All summer I get up at 4am to beat the heat in the shop and work inside in the craft room where the air conditioner makes it nice. Now I get up at 4 am and work in the craft room till noon and go to the shop after lunch, I find it impossible to break that early riser habit, so I adjust where I'm working, not when I'm working. i'm going duck hunting in the morning and don't need to set an alarm, I'll already have been up an hour before my son gets here.
 
Outside temps is just below zero. Toyo oil stove and wood stove are keeping the shop at 60. Making progress on this bunch of harlequins and buffleheads. Six more birds to cut out tomorrow. Then on to hollowing and gluing. Long way to go but it's a big project.
As you can see out the window it was snowing nicely. When the snow stops and we clear out it will cool down again.
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