Colt Case Ingersoll Garden Tractors

The air exchange unit and ductwork is hung. Running the propane forklift in the shop makes a cloud of blue smoke at the ceiling. The exchanger cleans the air rapidly with out dropping the room temperature noticeablely.It was finished in time to put M's van on the hoist for front brake work and winter tires put on.

@Spike188 - I went back and looked through your posts on building the shop and didn't see what you were using to actually heat the shop? The air exchange unit sounds like it's doing a great job...

@RoamingGnome The reason you could not find anything about heat in the shop is because the radiant heater was only delivered yesterday. It is a 2 stage 120,000-75,000 btu unit 30 feet long. The burner was hung this afternoon, squeezed between the overhead door rails and will hang centered on the ceiling. It will be close to completed tomorrow if all goes well.

@Spike188 Eugene I know you will love yours I do mine . If you have not already thought of if put a thermostat cut out switch on each door so when you open the doors it interrupts the thermostat signal . I learned the hard way One time it got part of the door so hot it would not close properly .

@DavidBarkey Both doors are getting redundant swirled for the thermostat. The flame tube it's about 8 inches away from the door when it's opened. Specs say 6 in is needed. But I want to play safe.

The new radiant heater had a curcuit board issue from the get go. The unit cycle correctly but the bower would no shut off. Between procrastination, Thanksgiving, and troubleshooting a new board arrived this morning. It is installed and working. While testing this morning I attempted a one hand installation of the K1 cab onto the 448. It is possible to do but sapped my strength. A nap is called for.

Spike188 wrote: ↑Fri Dec 05, 2025 1:38 pm The new radiant heater had a curcuit board issue from the get go. The unit cycle correctly but the bower would no shut off. Between procrastination, Thanksgiving, and troubleshooting a new board arrived this morning. It is installed and working. While testing this morning I attempted a one hand installation of the K1 cab onto the 448. It is possible to do but sapped my strength. A nap is called for.20251205_152321.jpg

I know oh to well what it is like to try and do thing with one hand tied behind your back . Back in my 20ies I cut mu left hand bad with a deburing tool . I worked at gear cutting plant at the time where sulfer oil was the main cutting fluid . I was told to take 2 weeks off on comp. Having a lot of time on my hands and a bad camshaft in my inline six Camero . I got and old race cam from one of the guys who ran six cylinder street stocks . With a plastic bag one my left hand and tools in my right hand I set to work . A job that should have taken less than a day (no power tools ) took 4 days to complete . But it was worth it . Man did that cam ever wake up that 250 six .

Eugene , have you tried the inferred light yet . I think it is helping , but too soon to know forsure . Oh does it feel good when it is on .

@DavidBarkey I haven't tried infered light. I might when things slow a bit. I have been concentrating on heat in the shop and customer issues.

An update on the inferred light therapy. I am not sure yet about the wrist one , but I can tell you that my chiropractor noticed a difference in my mobility ( flexibility ) the last couple of time in since using the bigger pad on my back in the mornings . I am not as tight as I usually am in the morning after using it . I find it helps using it before my exercises for my back in the morning . So that's a plus .