spason

Thanks for the replies. Much appreciated.

Hi, the box at the top of the screen has been urging me to post for the first time for so long that I thought I would so it will go away. That, and I have questions that I haven't seen asked. Here goes:

I have a buffalo forge and champion blower. I am setting it up in a 16x32 shop with cathedral ceiling. I have had a woodstove (wood/coal) set up in there with a 7" stovepipe that goes about 12' up and then horizontally out, then one more 90 up above the eave. To test out this side draft thing, which seemed impossible to me, I ran the pipe down next to the forge fire. It sucked it up a little bit, but not nearly enough, and only intermittently. I realize that a 7" hole is smaller than most people write about on here, but I was wondering two things:

1.) Do I need bigger pipe than that, or is the problem the 2 bends in the pipe?

2.) Can I run the side draft from the forge up into the woodstove pipe and have them both going at the same time? I live in Maine- very cold!

I just want the optimum way to make sure it is venting ALL the smoke it can.

Thanks, and sorry if this has been answered already.