[TheForge] Electric forge blower

[Paul N]

That could work, but not at 3600 rpm (at least not for me). I suppose a 
reduction pulley would be easy enough. Or perhaps some junker of a hand 
blower where the gearbox is trashed might be cheap and easily adaptable.

On 6/17/2011 7:16 PM, Steve Bloom wrote:
> At 06:49 PM 6/17/2011, you wrote:
>> [snip]I'll be driving a coal forge. Not a huge forge, but it has a firepot of
>> about 11" in diameter.
>
> <http://www.ironflower.com/tips/Shop%20Equipment/Coal%20Forge%20Blower%20Conversion/BlowerPower-From%20hand%20blower-2000-04-cb.pdf>http://www.ironflower.com/tips/Shop%20Equipment/Coal%20Forge%20Blower%20Conversion/BlowerPower-From%20hand%20blower-2000-04-cb.pdf
>
>
> Just another approach to the same problem....
>
> Steve
>
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