ronwend523 Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 Are these kind of a piece of junk? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latticino Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 No direct experience with these, but heard they may have plastic gearing. If so, I would be leery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the iron dwarf Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 seen one that looks like that, lasted a few minutes and the metal grill was big enough to get a finger in and razor sharp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 Was that the "Standard British Finger" we used to have to check electronics with? (No live connections could be touched through any opening using the SBF...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will W. Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 Old-ish post, but in case it's still relevant, a buddy of mine bought one of these, and uses it only occasionally, couple times a week at the most. After 2 or three weeks, he said the fan is beginning to grind against the housing and it's becoming more difficult to crank. I recommend against it. Try to find an old champion blower, or make one yourself if possible. Mine is made from an old blower out of an oil furnace, a couple belts and pulleys to give me about a 10:1 crank ratio from hand to fan (one rotation at the hand is 10 at the fan) some 1/2" rod as axles, and a 1/2" rod bent into a handle. 2x4 frame. Its kind of backwoods engineering, but it gets me up to forge welding temp easily. Just my two cents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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