[TheForge] Electric forge blower

[Paul N]

Thanks Peter,
As it is, I'll probably wait until after the UMRBC conference to order 
something. But I don't often see electric blowers at the conferences 
around here.

I don't want to go the hair dryer or shopvac route because of the noise. 
I'm assuming the blowers like the one from Kayne and Son are 
considerably quieter.

I didn't realize that an auto heater blower had sufficient "oomph" for a 
coal forge. I'll have to give that some consideration.

While I like the idea of adding a motor to my existing setup. It would 
have to be reasonably compact. My "shop" occupies some space in the 
garden shed, and I have to pull everything outside to work. Although 
with a longer tube, I might be able to leave the blower in the shed, and 
have one less thing to move. I'm liking that idea. Although I hope to 
move some of the other crap out of the shed and make it a more useable 
indoor shop. That's particularly attractive right now where, after a 
very wet spring, the mosquitoes have taken over. Working outdoors after 
I get home from the day job is not practical.

**paul

On 6/17/2011 6:08 PM, peter fels wrote:
> PS...or just get a small gear head motor and pulleys and power your existing blower.
> On Jun 17, 2011, at 3:49 PM, Paul N wrote:
>
>> Hey guys, I'm getting tired of cranking the centrifugal blower by hand,
>> and I'm thinking about buying an electric blower (while I kick myself
>> for selling one that was attached to a surplus forge I had a couple
>> years back... But I wanted that forge to go quickly, and it did..)
>>
>> I'll be driving a coal forge. Not a huge forge, but it has a firepot of
>> about 11" in diameter.
>>
>> At the moment, the top candidate is a 164CFM 40oz static pressure model
>> from Kayne and Son:
>> https://www.blacksmithsdepot.com/page.php?theLocation=/Resources/Product/Forges_and_Parts/blowers/164_CFM_Blower.xml/
>>
>> They used to carry a bigger model, but it's out of stock, and they
>> aren't getting any more.
>>
>> I see Centaur Forge also carries one, but I'm hoping to keep this under
>> $300.
>>
>> So, does anyone have experience with the 164CFM model? Or perhaps a
>> recommendation for some other source?
>>
>> **Paul
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