July 30, 20169 yr Saw this posted on another forum and thought that I'd share it here. It's a good example for those who think that they have to have certain equipment before they can do anything. youtube.com/watch?v=VVV4xeWBIxE
July 31, 20169 yr Already posted on this site twice; not a forge blower but a smelter and not nearly efficient as a bellows that is simpler to build.
July 31, 20169 yr Well sure, there are plenty of superior designs, ... but maybe the guy already had a lot of mud, ... needed a bottle opener, ... or a key chain fob, ... RIGHT NOW ......
July 31, 20169 yr Author 12 hours ago, ThomasPowers said: Already posted on this site twice; not a forge blower but a smelter and not nearly efficient as a bellows that is simpler to build. I hadn't seen it on here yet. I'm sorry.
August 1, 20169 yr 15 hours ago, SmoothBore said: Well sure, there are plenty of superior designs, ... but maybe the guy already had a lot of mud, ... needed a bottle opener, ... or a key chain fob, ... RIGHT NOW ...... Got it in one, he has lots of mud and it fires nicely. I'm waiting for the video of his brewery, I'm sure it's coming soon. Frosty The Lucky.
August 1, 20169 yr Not right now; one of the good things about the write up is when he posts how long things actually took; one of the huts was 30 days of work and of course that didn't include finding food during that time. Survival is a LOT of work. When Western civilization falls, (well actually a couple of months after refrigeration and modern medicine stop). I'll have it easy while the rest of you have to *WORK*!
August 1, 20169 yr All things remaining equal I bet that guy is on a number of people's "zombie apocalypse dream team". I wonder when that type of fan was first used and the reason I wonder this is something like an Archimedes screw seem like a simple thing now but before the 3rd century BC they largely unknown. You have to like the tongs, like epic chopsticks
August 1, 20169 yr I don't know when it was first used but a rotary blower with straight vanes is shown in De Re Metallica from 1556 used for blowing air into mines. I'm had this discussion with S.M.Stirling before; after a fall of civilization with the expected plummeting of population there will be no need for most of the primitive skills for several generations---there will be *tons* of better made stuff lying around. Why have a smith who may know squat about swordmaking make a sword when the local historical society has a pile of *real* ones in the basement? You can dig clay and temper it and make a pot and let it slowly dry and spend a lot of time and energy getting enough fuel to fire it in a home made kiln. I'll go get a metal one from somebody's kitchen... Now my skills as a scrounger will be in high demand...
August 1, 20169 yr 53 minutes ago, ThomasPowers said: I don't know when it was first used but a rotary blower with straight vanes is shown in De Re Metallica from 1556 used for blowing air into mines. I'm had this discussion with S.M.Stirling before; after a fall of civilization with the expected plummeting of population there will be no need for most of the primitive skills for several generations---there will be *tons* of better made stuff lying around. Why have a smith who may know squat about swordmaking make a sword when the local historical society has a pile of *real* ones in the basement? You can dig clay and temper it and make a pot and let it slowly dry and spend a lot of time and energy getting enough fuel to fire it in a home made kiln. I'll go get a metal one from somebody's kitchen... Now my skills as a scrounger will be in high demand... I can't fault your logic.
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