Hammers&HotIron Posted May 27, 2018 Share Posted May 27, 2018 Here I a blower I started yesterday I have no idea if it will work, but hey it's stuff I have laying around the house. I know it's a monstrosity but it moves a decent amount of air I have to mount it to my forge base and make the outlet somehow neck down to the size of the tuyure. I have another option for a blower but I would have to make a housing, shaft, and find bearings for it. it's just a fan that I twisted the blades just to see if I could. I'm sure this would ultimately work better but will also require a lot more time and work to get going. That is why I started with the other blower. If the squirrel cage ends up being a failure I will see what I can do with the mangled fan blade. So what do you guys think? P.S. Don't laugh too hard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the iron dwarf Posted May 27, 2018 Share Posted May 27, 2018 if it works its good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted May 27, 2018 Share Posted May 27, 2018 I see in one of your other threads that you plan to burn charcoal. Please remember that charcoal needs less air than you might think, and for many fuels, more air is not necessarily better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammers&HotIron Posted May 27, 2018 Author Share Posted May 27, 2018 I understand that, and if I had a smaller blower on hand I would use it but this one is what I have. Plus being hand cranked I can control how hard it blows. I also have 21 gears to choose from so I can make it blow as much or as little as I need it to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted May 27, 2018 Share Posted May 27, 2018 I have one of those blowers with a motor attached. ( not for a forge blower) it puts off a good bit of air and with it in a hand crank setup should work fine. Making duct to reduce that down shouldn't be hard at all and you could always make a waste gate or gate control to reduce the air down if it's still too much. Neat project. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammers&HotIron Posted May 27, 2018 Author Share Posted May 27, 2018 I have started to reduce it, it's to six inch round now. It blows well so far. A little more scrounging through my scrap piles to reduce down some more and connect the blower to the stand and I'll be good to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 I suspect it will work, if it doesn’t we all learned somthing so it’s still a win Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 Bicycles make good blower drives. As you know 21 gears can increase or decrease the final drive as you make it. Attached are some pics of blowers made with bicycle gear train drives in the 3rd. world. I don't have pics of the blowers themselves but some are home made. The last one is a melter blower with a pully drive in an old film can. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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