[TheForge] preheating forge blower air

Wed Feb 6 09:08:00 2002

Great Idea. Something else to munch on. One would have
to entrain the smoke so that it gets mixed with
sufficent oxygen. My guess is that by the time the
smoke leaves the fire, a lot of the O2 is gone. Not
sure I would want to put that smoke or the heat
through my blower.

I will look it up. A smokeless fire would be fine with
me.

FWF
--- Steve Smith <[email protected]> wrote:
> Slightly related is the idea from Richardson's
> Practical Blacksmithing.
> The drawing shows an arrangement to catch the dense
> smoke given off when
> starting a coal fire and guide the smoke back to the
> inlet of the
> blower. Exhaust gas recirculation. The smoke burns
> nicely and no smoke
> should escape.
> 
> Steve Smith
> 
> Frederick Faller wrote:
> 
> > Does anyone out there have any experience with
> > preheating the forge blower air?
> >
> > Does it help the fire or make something worse?
> >
> > Are there any dangers? i.e. can you get explosions
> or
> > flashes.
> >
> > I am thinking of making a firepot that circulates
> the
> > air by the pot before it goes up into the fire.
> This
> > would preheat it and keep the firepot a little
> cooler.
> >
> > Frederick W. Faller
> >
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