March 25, 200818 yr I don't know but this doesn't look much like an old blower....Bench Mount Hand Crank Blower Forge Antique - eBay (item 190208894875 end time Mar-30-08 10:56:00 PDT) -Dan
March 25, 200818 yr I saw that on there. Looks like an old hand crank grinder, retrofitted with a squirrel cage. Doesn't look like too bad of a job on it, though. Necessity is the mother of invention, they say!:o
March 25, 200818 yr no that was a cheap hand crank grinder retrofitted as a blower. (I have a couple of hand crank grinders and generally take one with my demo kit so I can repoint punches or clean up a hit hardy---I often teach when I travel.)
March 25, 200818 yr If I lived in the US I might consider buying that for curuisity's sake. My electric blower is a cobbled-together mess consisting: - a small plastic centrifugal blower designed to be hand-cranked, for barbecues (
March 25, 200818 yr By old, I meant not of high quality. Didn't mean it was an antique or anything. And I said retrofitted with a squirrel cage (as in blower type). But I guess I stand corrected. I'd bid on it, but the shipping quoted is over $20. Too rich for my cheap, newbie blood.
March 25, 200818 yr you can pick up one of those grinders at a fleamarket for a couple of bucks most of the time then just pick up an old small blower out of a car or something along that line rest would be a little sheet metal work.
March 25, 200818 yr but it would be a pain to crank it for a forge, even the difference between using the small hand crank blower and a large one in good shape is like night and day!
March 26, 200818 yr Author Yeah I have to agree that it wouldn't be worth it. The beauty of a hand crank blower is the gear system that has multiple gears in place to allow for faster cage speed from less work. In addition to that after letting go of the crank your gears continue to travel and produce blast. I can't imagine just having a squirrel cage blower with a crank on it's axle. But I tell you what, I still have my old blower that the motor burned up in. I'll give it a try over the next week or so and let you know. All I have to do is remove the electric motor. -Dan
March 26, 200818 yr Well I think the small hand crank grinders actually gear up more than my blower does; though I have never measured rotation on them---gave away my neon rpm measurer
March 27, 200818 yr I've got a grinder like that, it does have a pretty good gear ratio. The smaller diameter needs more speed, but there are lots of fins in that fan. It might work pretty well, but I'd want to try it before shelling out. Not an EBAY item IMO. Good Luck!
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