[TheForge] blown forge

Andrew Vida osan at netlabs.net
Sat Sep 7 13:11:09 EDT 2013



On 9/4/2013 7:14 PM, Dan Scheid wrote:

> 3) what psi does blown work at 1-2? Or more

	Depends on fuel type and orifice size.  Also, the pressure requirements 
may go UP if you add a blower due to the added oxidizer volume.

> 4) what size fan in cfm  should I be looking for my thought are a dc motor
> so I can put a rheostat on it although some AC motor can also.

Don't need a very big one for usual work - 1/10 hp should be plenty 
unless you're building a really big forge.


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