cold feet

[Heinz]

Any suggestions for not having cold feet? Making bits on the lathe today, so in the unheated shipping container workshop with it's thick wooden floor. Three Tshirts on, one is a mega warm hollow fibre thing, fleece jumper, old army body warmer, thick padded checked shirt on top. Deputy Dawg hat with the flaps down, Fingerless gloves. A nice dry pair of army boots with a layer of sheeps wool under the insoles, three pairs of socks and my feet are like ice    It is minus four in the container, but my body core temp feels OK. I'd be roasting digging a hole or something, but just standing there does get a little chilly. So, any (cheap or DIY?) ideas for toasty toes???

Heinz

[biff]

Put your feet in basin of warm water,
               Add a drop of boiled ginger to the water.Then drink a cup of stewed ginger.If you really want to go to town eat a few cloves of raw garlic.you might be scarse of friends for a while but it will keep your chest clear.
    COld ice feet are the harbringer of a bad flu.I take it that you already had the flu,so you best get into the heat and stay there drinking loads of liquids and try and sleep.
                                  Biff

[dimogga]

Put something nice on the floor to stand on. Something like a thick door mat or a couple of pieces of cardboard. You might need to defrost your toes first though.

[Heinz]

Got no ginger , got no garlic
Yes, had this years dose of Flu, thankfully very mild for a change. Seem to have been knocked sideways for a week or more with it for the last few winters. Usually a few very unhappy days in bed and the best part of a week before I feel up to doing much. This time it was just two days and another two to feel fine again  

H

[Heinz]

Aye, a bit of carpet or something would be a good idea. Got a bit in front of the vice in the big workshop, why didn't I think about a bit for the lathe? Thick as mince 
Toes warming at the moment, mint tea being consumed and fresh socks about to be fitted.
Cheers,

H

[fred]

Any suggestions for not having cold feet? Making bits on the lathe today, so in the unheated shipping container workshop with it's thick wooden floor. Three Tshirts on, one is a mega warm hollow fibre thing, fleece jumper, old army body warmer, thick padded checked shirt on top. Deputy Dawg hat with the flaps down, Fingerless gloves. A nice dry pair of army boots with a layer of sheeps wool under the insoles, three pairs of socks and my feet are like ice    It is minus four in the container, but my body core temp feels OK. I'd be roasting digging a hole or something, but just standing there does get a little chilly. So, any (cheap or DIY?) ideas for toasty toes???

Heinz

Concrete will suck the heat right out of your legs.

When I stood the market stalls I used to wear clogs, they did the trick.

[Heinz]

Not sure clogs are really winter wear ? Might talk some of my Dutch friends into sending me a pair for interest and entertainment.
Thought I'd try some different insoles but couldn't find them, but did find one of those christmas whisky/wine/whatever bags which I'd kept as it seemed an awful waste just to chuck it. It's made from thick felt and there's just enough space to get a size 11 out of each side, so I now have two layers of felt between my foot and the original insole which I've wrapped in aluminium foil to try and reflect the heat? Off to test them 
Thanks all,

H

[SteveH]

 How about Safety boots & an induction heater.....

[renewablejohn]

I suffer badly with poor circulation in my feet but have finally got toastie toes by investing in some "seal skin" brand socks and Meindel chainsaw boots which has the molded foam you get on a tempur mattress.

[Richard Owen]

Keeping your legs toastie is the secret of warm toes.

Got your long johns on?

[knighty]

I was ready to post about wood on the floor but then I read you already have a wooden floor

get an old (or cheap) electric blanket and toss that on the floor to stand on ?



at work we can spend a lot of time standing at a bench working and get cold feet... but lucky for us we have our waterproofs with wellies on and boilers full of boiling hot water... a couple of buckets in a tub big enough to stand in and you're sorted :-) (as long as they don't leak that is)

but... I'm guessing that won't work for you because you'll be more interested in staying dry (steam from water etc..)

[camillitech]

Spare pair of socks on the motor and keep rotating them H  That's what I do, I've suffered from cold feet all my life, the cardboard, wood, rubber and foam all help but there's nowt like a fresh warm pair of socks every twenty minutes. Got a pair sitting on the aft generator right now doing 1500rpm at 79degrees 

Good luck, Paul

[renewablejohn]

Keeping your legs toastie is the secret of warm toes.

Got your long johns on?

I would agree with that not quite long johns but I do now wear over trousers through most of the winter and if it goes below freezing I resort to cellopets

[Countrypaul]

When out wildfowling in the past, we used to wear pyjama trousers under our normal trousers to help keep warm (and waterproof overtrousers over them). The gillie would always seem to put us in a "dry" ditch which meant standing in 6 inches of icy water for what seemed like several hours. Keeping your legs warm always seemed to help in keeping your feet warm a lttle, but certainly warm boots (not wellies) made a big difference

Paul

[Justme]

Might talk some of my Dutch friends into sending me a pair for interest and entertainment.

You can get UK made clogs.

http://www.clogs.co.uk/cat_2.htm