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sorry for your loss. r.i p.

coool!

very cool !! you guys make it look so easy! thanks for the photo session. Chris.

Thanks yet again, i put sides on this as was suggested and this made a great difference to not only the smokein buy also theres more heat in the fire as well. And removed the top part of the chimney, i will look for bigger flue for this also. Chris.

Thanks again to everyone, I'm still tweaking it about to see what works best. OddDuck glad you like this blower, it was seized up when i got it from a car boot sale,did alot of stripping down to get it up and running, the shaft for both the big wheel and the drive one were both seized and had to be drilled out and replaced.Also made the two new fins( or blades if thats what there called) the grease nipples were gone also and had to be re-drilled at an angle to make it easier to get at. Am now thinking it might have been better to put bearings in where the two shafts are, would run smoother. Also i attached a sort of bracket to it and shed wall for stability ( A). And ( B ) and ( c ) are the grease nipple points Oh nearly forgot it was reversible (the big wheel)also . Also blows when cranked both ways but better anti clockwise. Thanks Chris.

very cool , i want one!!

truly awesome.........

Truly awesome..Thanks for the photos ..

that is exactly the same as mine!!!!( the thread inside i mean not the vise ) not much help to you robodog, sorry..

very cool, wish i had a lathe, to fix my vise. It's started playing up, the thread is coming away from the box. Guess i'll have to try and make it the old way mentioned in an older post on here, not sure i'm skilled enough yet though!!!!

It's on the 24th 25th and 26th of june 2011, organised by the IRISH ARTIST BLACKSMITHS ASSOCIATION (IABA) Only found out about this a couple of days ago, but hopfully i'm in!!! And will try and get photos. Looking forward to it.

Hi there, any of you guys coming to Ireland to the INTERNATIONAL BLACKSMITHING FESTIVAL being held in Monaghan? Should be Awesome. Never been to one of these things but i think it is going to be BIG. Hope to meet other blacksmiths, so i can pick their brains while watching them forge. Might get to have a go!!! so see you there, if not i'll try and get pictures to post on here.. Chris.

wow thanks for all the input,great advice from all, will hopefully sort it out with bigger diameter flue also will try the skirts on the sides,maybe with small openings in for longer material. the sizes are 7in going into 7in to 8 and a half double lined pipe then reduced from 8 and a half to 5 up the top, thinking the choking would help the draught!! the blower is called a PIERCE ORIGINAL BLOWER it comes with the larger wheel to drive it usually by a leather strap or belt, but i use an innertube from a bicycle. I think they were used to lite fires in big houses, works fine in my forge, better than the electric blower in the 3rd photo. once again many thanks for the help. cheers chris.

would changing the round pipe going into the square hood top make any difference? (photo 2) or changing the hood to cone shaped to fit the round flue pipe be an idea? or go with making the flue bigger as suggested? thanks again...

thanks for the info, will try them out. All help appreciated.

well, don't know if it's just my set up or what but i've had my forge up and running for a little while now and lately there has been alot of smoke bellowing out of my hood, so much so it is just too bad to stay in my shed. now my query is is it my hood being square at the top stopping the smoke from leaving quickly, or somthing else i'm missing, would i be better off making a new cone shaped hood? any help with this would be greatly appreciated. many thanks Chris.

You are a MASTER . that was an amazing journey through your craft, long may you inspire us beginners. awesome, many thanks again.

That sounds cool Jimbob, many thanks again, will have to try that out. :)

wow really cool!! . oh Jimbob, i've heard of crushed glass being melted into grooves in metal but never a whole marble! please excuse my ignorance but could you please explain the process. many thanks.

Sorry about the size of photo!! will work on that.

hi to all on this awesome site, have only recently started blacksmithing and love every minute, i'm living in Ireland so i'm probably on when you guys are in bed and vise versa, i am in awe of your work, is there nothing you guys can't make!!! I started out on a weekend blacksmithing coarse, making a poker and candle stick, and was hooked. So I've built my own forge and made a few pieces, will try and post pictures on when i figure out how! so once again hi to all and love the site. Chris.B.

very nice!!!