Hello again.
I have spent houres on the internet looking for an electric centrifugal blower for sale in Australia. I have only come across 1 and it was $1000. iam not willing to pay that much. It will be powering a coal forge and needs to push roughly 250-300cmf

I can only buy online, no pickups and will only buy from overseas in an "extreme" situation. If you are australian and have a centrifugal electric blower than WHERE ON EARTH DID YOU GET IT? These things are harder to find than anvils!

Thanks so much for any help you can provide me with.

I put together an electric forge blower by taking blower cage and impeller off of a manual Champion #400 and mounted it on an electric motor. I added an ajustable plate over the air intake to control the blast.

Try ebay for forge blowers (manual or electric).

Ted

I run my forge off an old car ventilation fan hooked up to 240V via a battery & charger. The battery forms a ballast for the charger. I've seen a bathroom extract fan at my local duct supplier that runs pretty quiet on 240V, @ about $70 Oz that should do the duty & is what I'll try next time. If I remember I'll get the details for you next time I'm in there, bit it may be a while. Look up air con duct suppliers in your local area if you need the info right away.

Hope that helps. :)

A furnace or air handler blower won't do the job?
Phil

Also talk to the air con wholesalers - Heatcraft & Actrol are
the main 2 in Oz. They'll be able to sell you one or direct you to a local suplier.
Fantech may have a local branch.
RS Components have branches in every state & probably have what you want, but they are trade only.

G'Day Anvil_Fire777

For the last 14 yrs or so i've been runnin' my coke forge off an 1500 W 240 v vac motor hooked up to a light dimmer switch .
Motor cost me $ 20.00
Switch if i remember rite about $ 35.00 ( mite ave gone up a " little " since then )

Anoher idea is a car thermo fan in a box or a 3 speed fan out of a wrecked car , if your looking to go manual , an old hand crank grinder with a squrrel cage blower ( shrouded ) will do a pretty good job too . Possibilitys are endless .

BTW , bung youse name , where youse from ect in here , youse never know , mite be another smith just around the cnr from you .. http://www.iforgeiro...__fromsearch__1

Also , short notice , but http://www.iforgeiro...__fromsearch__1
October 29 th , 30th , 31 st Braidwood NSW


Dale Russell

G'Day Anvil_Fire777

For the last 14 yrs or so i've been runnin' my coke forge off an 1500 W 240 v vac motor hooked up to a light dimmer switch .
Motor cost me $ 20.00
Switch if i remember rite about $ 35.00 ( mite ave gone up a " little " since then )

Anoher idea is a car thermo fan in a box or a 3 speed fan out of a wrecked car , if your looking to go manual , an old hand crank grinder with a squrrel cage blower ( shrouded ) will do a pretty good job too . Possibilitys are endless .

BTW , bung youse name , where youse from ect in here , youse never know , mite be another smith just around the cnr from you .. http://www.iforgeiro...__fromsearch__1

Also , short notice , but http://www.iforgeiro...__fromsearch__1
October 29 th , 30th , 31 st Braidwood NSW


Dale Russell

Yeah Dale, the car blower is what I use.
Good point, I hadn't noticed A_F is a newbie! Welcome to IFI Anfil_Fire777.

Now, assuming you meant 250-300cfm (cubic feet per minute) that's 425-510cmh (cubic metres per hour) here are some options. Note some are ballpark:
http://australia.rs-online.com/web/search/searchBrowseAction.html?method=getProduct&R=1844867 $230 list
http://australia.rs-online.com/web/search/searchBrowseAction.html?method=getProduct&R=3324113 $640 list
These are our local duct suppliers & have a couple of fans available that may suit. The extract fan I was considering when/if my current setup needs replacing is currently around $70 to me: http://www.completeairsupply.com.au/
The following 3 companies are probably the most common in my industry & any one of them should be able to help or point you to a local supplier:
http://www.ziehl-abegg.com/au/contact.html
http://www.nicotra-gebhardt.com/cms/front_content.php?idcat=79
http://www.ebmpapst.com.au/en/

If it comes down to it & you can't get one of these over the web, I may be able to pick one up & post it for you.

Thanks everyone, ile go try some of these options. Its really appreciated :)

Firstly hello, and welcome to the forums.
I use a hair dryer with a ball vavle to control the air to the forge.
You have been very specific with the amount of air you have to move. What is the reason behind this? If you don't mind my asking.

Hi Anvil_Fire777, You can buy electric blowers new for approx $20.00au, I saw them advertised in a cattle dog (Bunnings may be) I think was a Ryobi. Where do you hail from mate?

*sigh* I don't understand alot of these options at all. The links that were posted are great thanks but $640? Still to expensive (thats more than my forge, coke for 1 year and my stock for 1 year). How do you rig up a car ventilation blower to a forge? Car vent motors are a mess when u get them (no cage to direct air). Can you please post pics? Also, how would you hook up a bathroom extractor fan to a forge? And hand crank blowers are realy rare and generaly only pick up, no postage.

I can't find a old cloths dryer sitting around. I've been to all the local dumps and scrapyards and no luck, they don't usually get throwen out so I cant get one of their motors. I also througherly searched EBAY with no luck. Closest thing is inline blowers which are no good. Iam mounting to a square mounting plate, keep that in mind. Currently i am hooked up to an old vacuume cleaner with a blower function. It's incredibly noisy unpleasnt. i am sick of it.

Is there anymore help you guys can give me?, thanks

BTW, I am from the Atherton Tablelands, North Queensland.

Hi there,

Sorry if this is a little late (say four years), but you said you're on the Tablelands? I am having the same problem with blowers, and as my $28.00 hairdryer recently broke down, I am on the look out for another blower of some sort. Hairdryers are noisy, and if you don't take out the heating in it, more power will be sucked up by it. (I'm no electrician, please correct me if I'm wrong). I looked at the blowers on Amazon, and they have pretty good deals, say with the Daytons, and they can be shipped to where you are right now. They are what i am hopefully going to go for. You said Vacuum blowers are noisy, I hate working with a noisy blower to the extent of putting muffs on.

I hope you have found what you are looking for!!

Hi there FireInTheForge02

try finding these in around Melb .

Fasco. type  U21B

under 200 .

quiet as a mouse with heaps of go .

Hey Chris,

I've seen the Fascos, and they sure do look like nice blowers,but i think i might go with the Daytons. Has anyone used one before? I'm up near Anvil_Fire777, and maybe shipping the Dayton 1TDR3 from Amazon might work. Thanks for the recommendation Chris.

How have you gone about converting these American blowers over to 240V? Also, what is a good range (CFM) for a basic coke forge?

  I have and use a blower from a furnace, NOT the main fan to move the air through the house, but the exhaust blower. In the U.S. we have high efficiency Furnaces that require an exhaust blower (Power vent/Induction blower ?)  Check a local HVAC (Heating & Air conditioning) company for a replacement blower for a furnace. These are typically an enclosed semi nautilus style that has a 2" outlet. Most also have a great CFM and pressure rating and are extremely quiet.  The one I use is ~ $110 U.S. dollars