Cold weekend coming - shop preparation

[LCHIEN]

What shop items in an unheated shop do you protect? When the expected low outside temps are in the 21°F degree range

My wood glues.
Rechargeable batteries

[leehljp]

For me - rechargeable batteries. It is getting down to 9° on Monday and Tuesday mornings here, and 20° or below every night for the next 8 to 9 days.

[mpc]

I would consider adding finishes to those lists and anything in spray cans.

Have any graphite lube? Lubricating locks, especially the entry door lock(s) that might have water trapped in them, never hurts. Back when I lived on the east coast I'd do the car door locks too. Auto parts stores sell small tubes (like Superglue tubes) of graphite lock lube. It's probably available at most home centers too. When squirting it into locks don't stand too close - usually some blasts backwards, out of the lock... the stuff sticks/stains like laser printer toner!

mpc

[mpc]

Something else popped into mind: got any sharpening water stones?

mpc

[Pappy]

I got my glue in the house but didn't think about the batteries. I may go pull them tomorrow at the temp peak. I have an old side by side fridge for a paint locker so that stuff should be good.

[LCHIEN]

Something else popped into mind: got any sharpening water stones?

mpc

Do the water freeze and Crack the stones or are they dried out over time and not saturated? Somehow I don't think they stay wet?

[leehljp]

Do the water freeze and Crack the stones or are they dried out over time and not saturated? Somehow I don't think they stay wet?

When I went to the area about 40 miles out of Nagoya where the original samurai swords were made, most of the shops around the area had water stones. I am not sure of how they did it or if I have just forgotten. I do have a memory of one store in which the stones were on a rack just above the water tubs (Out of the water) close to closing time. I am not totally sure with my memory system from 15-20 years ago, but it sure seems like they had a rack that sat down in the water and held all of the different grit stones at the same precise level in the water. Again IIRC, those racks were fairly strong to hold several stones simultaneously and not rack/twist to one side or the other when they were sharpening knives. What I remember is that I bought 4 or 5 of the water stones and had it in my mind to construct something like that. . . but I haven't so far.

BUT in answer to the question, they do not stay in water overnight in those shops.

This thread has made me think that if I can find my unused water stones, maybe putting them up for sale - IF I can find them.