[TheForge] Slack tank

[Mike Linn]

I've heard of using engine block heaters and dog bowl heaters... But then again with all the global warming I can't imagine why they would be needed.
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Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2010 22:49:22 
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Mark,
Mine's a wine barrrel cut in half. It actually froze two weeks ago, and I 
emptied it.  I had to go to the dentist today, so I stopped in the farm 
store and got the heater.  I've never had ice break a barrel, but I always 
empty them as soon as the surface freezes.  Over the years I've had several 
plastic buckets freeze and break, if I leave them over the weekend and 
forgot to empty on Friday. One of the problems with emptying the barrel in 
the winter, is it dries out and I have to resoak it in the spring or it 
won't hold water. I know a guy that runs a cooperage, I asked him if they 
have to soak new barrels. He said no, they are tight enough when new to not 
leak. But after they have been used the wood shrinks and has to be soaked to 
swell up and seal. If they took used barrels back to the cooperage and 
tightened the bands with their big press, you may not have to soak, but that 
would be a lot of extra work.

Robert Ehrenberger
Shelbyville, Mo.
eforge at centurytel.net

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Bob,



While my shop gets cold enough to freeze water and then some, I just let my 
slack tub freeze. I've got a stainless steel former beer keg with the top 
cut out as a slack tub. Let me know how the heater works.



We've had unusually cold weather lately. 3 inches of snow today with low 
temps in the teens and wind chills in single digits. The shore usually has a 
milder climate.



Mark Williams

Snow Hill, Maryland
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From: "Bob Ehrenberger" <eforge at centurytel.net>
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Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2010 7:22:52 PM
Subject: [TheForge] Slack tank

I finally broke down and got a tank heater for my half barrel. Usually this
time of the year I empty the barrel and work out of a 5 gal. bucket which I
would dump every couple days when it was cold. At the black friday
hammer-in I noticed our host had a tank heater, and asked if it was
expensive to run. He said that he could hardly tell the difference. I have
my shop on it's own meter so I'll have a pretty good idea if it is costing
me a lot more.

Robert Ehrenberger
Shelbyville, Mo.
eforge at centurytel.net


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