[TheForge] Re: Portable forging station...

[Mike Spencer]

Paul M Dunphy  wrote:

> Completely unrelated to forging, but if you click on the up arrow of
> the page Mike posted, there's a list of many large things that
> Chicago moving company transports.  Of note is this thing:
> 
> <https://www.machinerymoverschicago.com/blog/Bitcoin-Mining-Farm/>
> 
> I'm vaguely aware of what bitcoins are, but I bet that contraption
> would draw a heck of a lot more power than any bitcoins it would
> create.  Look at the power supplies on the left hand photo.  A *lot*
> of amps.

Four kilowatts, he says, for the rack of 12 units.  Hey, a solution
for we'uns who'd like to warm our unheated shops in winter.

Also on the "Up arrow" page, a link to moving a tire shredder, which
in turn has a link to the shredder's maunfacturer's page.

If you've ever tried to make something from a modern tire, you've
probably wondered how any recycling could be done to produce a usable
scrap product.  The steel belting and the steel tringles are a bitch.

And I still wonder just how they do it but the CM guys claim to have
it down:

    http://www.cmtirerecyclingequipment.com/learn.aspx?id=18547

Metal-free rubber shreddies in one pile, steel shreddies in another.
Cool.

Long ago, briefly, I tried cut up tires for shop heat.  More bother
than it was worth despite great heat at peak output.  Now CM says you
can use their metal-free shreddies for fuel.  Anybody want to try that
in a blown forge?  Maybe if you want to move in on Al Paley's turf?
:-)


- Mike

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