newbiesmith Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keykeeper Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 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.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt87 Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 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 ( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keykeeper Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBrown Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newbiesmith Posted March 26, 2008 Author Share Posted March 26, 2008 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeaverDamForge Posted March 27, 2008 Share Posted March 27, 2008 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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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