My main forge has a Cannedy Otto blower. When I got it I could barely turn the crank, I opened up the gearbox and found that the previous owner had packed it with grease. I cleaned it all out, and chipped out the dried rubber seal that had petrified in the groove. I then reassembled it with a liquid gasket. It now works like a charm. It doesn't spin quite as easily as some blowers I've used, but it's powerful and really moves the air if I want it to.
I'm not sure if we have the same model (there's some pics of my forge in my member gallery), but the gears in my blower are pretty substantial, definitly not "paper."
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