Thread: Tools in chest sweat

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Originally Posted by restorod

you're obviously workin' em too hard.:lol::lol::lol:

:d:d:lol::lol::lol::lol:

Pat, I'm gonna try your airflow idea. I am going to put a hole on the back of the box with a 6" air hockey table fan.... Keep yer fingers crossed !!

Air hockey fan!?? That'll blow the lid open! Overkill, I think. A computer fan would probably do the trick.
The cause of the sweating is changes in temp. The tools cool off overnight, then when you run the furnace they don't warm up as fast as the air does, and condensation happens. Throw a blanket over the box when you leave the shop at night, might help.

Lucky you don't live in Florida, we have to spray our stuff with WD40 pretty often to keep them from rusting. Even our drill presses and other tools get that way in our high humidity.

Don

Air hockey fan!?? That'll blow the lid open!

not blowing in.... sucking air out... can you imagine a Hovercraft toolbox ?

Drill some holes in the back and the sides of the drawer - this should provide enough ventilation unless you are living in a very high humidity area like Florida.

The only true solution is to keep the tools warm enough that they don't condense the moisture from the air - whatever that might entail. Otherwise, as Don said, wipe them dry, spray some inhibitor on them and do it as often as necessary. Or, you could move to a dry climate like Las Vegas ; it's so dry here that you could strike a match just by waving it in the air.