forge blowers

[rods8833]

sorry I did not make it more clear , they have them listed under AC Blowers and fans , sorry.

[chanterman]

I found them under this link...
Surplus Center - Electric Motors, Gearmotors, Relays, Toggle Switches

I am using a discontinued in line furnace duct blower purchased from Home Depot. Cost even less than these. These look nice though.

Mark

[Frostfly]

I scrounged mine out of the dumpster behind a heating/cooling place.

[esensible]

Mines a large blower with an integral 3ph motor. Not having 3ph, I stripped the coils, rotor etc from the shaft, turned it down and fit a pulley. Cut out a slot in the 2ph case for the belt to come out & drove it with an old pump motor from the dumpster of a pool place nearby.

[the_sandy_creek_forge]

I'm not really sure where my blower came off of, but it was in the back of one of the barns (along with the rest of the collective collection of stuff). Universal motor, 3 speed switch, about 8 inch diameter. Wide open, it will get the firepot on my coal forge glowing a nice red hot. All I did was add a gate to choke it down, and a regular on/off switch (99 cents on sale at menards) in line on the power cord so as not to wear out the 3 way switch.
-Aaron @ the SCF

[patrickrock]

I use a shop vac with a 2 inch PVC ball valve for air control. Works ok.

Funny story. One night I was running it wide open to quickly bring something up to heat so I could finish up and go in.

At that point it was all coked up. I turned my back for a second and when I turned back the blast had blown out all the burning coke into the air and my forge had turned into a volcano. White hot embers of burning coke were going everywhere, like popcorn.

It was exciting. Now I never run the air at full blast anymore.