Pr3ssure Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 So yesterday I went and got a fire pot, it’s a Champion 400. I didn’t have enough money to buy the 400 blower as well but I got the pot with the tuyere for 150 and could have got the blower for about the same. The guy had probably 10 working 400 blowers put up, so I can get one later. I want an electric one anyway, but would like a hand crank for backup/have to complete the whole Champion forge. I also got a hot cut hardy for my anvil and 2 pair of v bit tongs, one has broken reins but it will allow me to weld new ones once I feel competent. Now I just need to make a table to set this baby in and a blower to power it and I will be setup other than a post vice. Which the guy I went to has at least 15-20 nice ones, some missing springs but most are complete. He even let me owe him $25 and took my word I’d get it to him, wonderful man, wonderful smith. Photos are before fore and after wire cupping the fire pot with grinder. Need to find a way to get rust out of inside of tuyere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 If the vise without a spring is a better deal get one with a good screw and box and make the spring yourself. Not a hard project. Hmm.. having that much stuff, and being a really nice guy and smith, in somewhat the area, was it Ed Claypoole? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pr3ssure Posted September 10, 2018 Author Share Posted September 10, 2018 Lol, it sure was. He’s a great guy. Makes me not care he’s the closest smith to me Being a little over an hour away. He had a 500lb Refflinghaus anvil there and showed me pictures of a 700lb one he just had there. The thing was a battleship. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anvil Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 I'd have jumped on the biggest champion 400 blower he had like a dog on a bone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 I need to get out his way again some time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Pr3ssure Posted September 11, 2018 Author Share Posted September 11, 2018 Yeah, there were a bunch in his shipping container. I actually got the electric blower that was rusted onto the tuyere cleaned up a little and it works. Gotta try and get the cover off the motor but pb blasters no hope if the screws all strip. So it may never come off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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