[TheForge] Interesting add for a Buffalo Forge Blower

[Jerry Frost]

From: "Mike Linn" <bamablacksmith at comcast.net>


> Frosty,
> I actually have one of the model 1CD's driving my 
> forge right now. It was originally painted bright 
> yellow and the gearing was so tight it was a work-out 
> to crank it. I had been told it was an air raid siren 
> blower but now I see that is wrong. If you look in 
> the photo album under shop photos, #39 has a shot of 
> my shop with the said blower under the forge. I 
> pulled off the gears and replaced them with a 
> continuous duty 1/4 HP fan motor. It works GREAT!!! 
> BTW.. I gave $10 for it at a surplus shop in 
> Birmingham.
>
> mike
>
>


Was bright yellow? Man that thing still is bright 
yellow! <grin>

I'll bet that once Buffalo got their blowers approved 
by the gvt. for one application it was easy for them to 
get them approved for others. I wouldn't be surprised 
if they're the only blowers approved for fallout 
shelters, air raid sirens and other similar gvt. uses. 
They probably are still the only approved blowers for 
these things.

Good to know I might run across a good blower if a 
local fallout shelter or air raid siren is auctioned 
off.

Frosty
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