Was wondering if anyone has used the Kayne and son forge blower and there opinion on there coke blower

I have one of their blowers, but I forget which one right now. I haven't had any issues with it since I hooked it up this spring and started using it,

answer is yes there good I have one 64 cfm ordering a 170 cfm  its the Larger one

know many more in service no problems

I have the large blower and use it in my side blast forge with coke for fuel. It has more than enough blast, I normally keep the slide gate 3/4 of the way closed. I think for the price it is one of the best options around.

I use the larger cfm rated unit on a bottom draft coal forge. In my opinion it works well. Only drawback being that it doesn't do low end very well.


Does anyone have experience with using a rehostat on these units? Single phase operation using voltage reduction has some heat issues. Also keep in mind these are Chinese motors. K&S does not recomend going with a rheostat but I was still curious if anyone has tried this arrangement and I if so, what their findings were.

I would like to get a better low end out my own arrangement.

Peter

I built a slid gate to use with mine and just leave the blower running on full power. Functional this setup works very well and allows excellent control over the blast. I also installed a switch on forge so I can turn the blower off in between heats. The fire does not loose much heat while I'm at the anvil. This saves a bit of fuel and I don't have to listen to the blower running constantly. I can comment on the use of a rheostat but if the motor is overheating a slid gate would be a good alternative.

Can you waste air out of your ash dump set up?

Kubiack, Thomas,

 

Using the ash dump puts too much dust and ash into the air.

 

I do use an air gate and I throttle the fan (casing) inlet somewhat.  I also have a switch handy on the forge to secure the blower, which is usually what I do. The dynamics of the coal fire, seems to favor fast and furious over low and slow. 

 

Peter

what if you were to use a foot switch like on a router

any one use a Dayton 2c647 blower?     134 cfm