Farmall Posted October 20, 2018 Share Posted October 20, 2018 Just got this great Champion Blower. According to the 1912 Champion Catalog, it is the 400-1/4.model. Powered by hand or lineshaft. Handle is bent, but it works fine with both handle and pulleys. Here’s some pictures and the catalog page. Definitely going to clean this up and see how it works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anvil Posted October 20, 2018 Share Posted October 20, 2018 Very cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JME1149 Posted October 20, 2018 Share Posted October 20, 2018 Looks pretty nice. I'd definitely recommend to remove the handle if you plan to operate it using the belt setup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevomiller Posted October 20, 2018 Share Posted October 20, 2018 That’s a really interesting variant, I’d imagine it came from a true industrial shop, although I’ve been in some old large ranch shops that had overhead line shafts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmall Posted October 20, 2018 Author Share Posted October 20, 2018 I’d definitely remove the handle if using the pulleys. I thought it interesting that the pulleys were designed to run at 40 rpm. So, that would imply that the 400 should run around 40 rpm? That would be one complete turn of the handle every 1.5 seconds or so Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevomiller Posted October 20, 2018 Share Posted October 20, 2018 Far all I don’t think that means it should turn 40rpm, just it can sustain 40rpm with good output. Note in the add it states that if you opt for 16” fan it can supply 2 forges, and my guess is LARGE forges at that. Their assuming you then will use a butterfly or diverted to REDUCE air flow from that point down. If I turned my Buffalo 200 or friends Champion non stop at 40rpm I’d burn a ton of coal and probably melt the unlined firepot. My two cents anyhow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmall Posted October 21, 2018 Author Share Posted October 21, 2018 Understood. However, the ad says “are required to run only 40 revolutions per minute” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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