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I was thinking of doing the same on my RF 30 with a cheap venier caliper I got at HF. Good work.
Made a hex die View attachment 143419 holder for my TS round die holder. Grub screw has since been installed.
Mines the same, if its in the mid 40's or higher, I can use the propane heater to get it into the uper 50's or low 60's and that's tolerable. Below about 40 The heater can't generate enough heat unless I run it no stop and that's no good either.
I'm surprised you guys that live in those horrible temperature places don't have insulation in your shops, and a bit of underfloor heating. As hobby engineers it shouldn't be that hard to fix.
My own shop is in the garage which is fed by ducted evap a/c in the summer from the house, and is connected to the underfloor heating for the winter, so my shop is never below 16c / 69f, or above 26c / 79f the tools are never too hot or cold to pick up. the car always starts first kick and the windows are never fogged up
In floor heating in the PNW isn't that common but I think is would be great in a shop.
No nothing fancy. Started out as a cheap Menards holder. Made a mandrel to hold it in the lathe and just turned it down. Then made the holder so it would fit into my current round die holder. View attachment 143420