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got this old gear box/grinder(15 to 1) for $8 at a flea market added a ?found handle,cut up a 20l paint tin used 2 locking lids,made up paddles using paint tin and scrap ally angle,made air flange out of bean tin,hand full of pop rivets 2hrs and it works great.i already have a propper hand blower i might sell it now it cost alot more than this(less than $10) thanks for looking mat.

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Most homemade blowers I've seen, including the one I made when I first started smithing, have been crude and not very effective. Yours, however, is pretty slick. Nice work.

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This is the kind of inginuity that can't be taught but it can be learned. Most would come here and ask ''how do I do this?'' Your little feat of ad hoc engineering is huge!

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