[TheForge] Electric forge blower

[peter fels]

On Jun 17, 2011, at 6:38 PM, blakkpawss at yahoo.com wrote:

> I haven't used it yet, but I'm sure it's fine. I have a large hand crank blower I bought in brand new shape at a decent price.  Source:  government surplus.  It was a blower from a hand crank siren for civil defense.  Take of the siren part and it's a heavy cast iron blower.  Take off the handle and install a v-wheel and an electric motor and belt an all you have left to do is adjust speed and add a damper.
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Awww...no siren?
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul N <crosspein at sbcglobal.net>
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> Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2011 20:31:53 
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> 
> 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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