What type device supplies air to your forge?

Ntech , it wont let me pick more then 1

Main forge in shop 240 v ( OZ power ) 1500 W vac motor hooked to a light dimmer switch

Demo forge Sydney Rapid " B " hand crank

Demo forge 12 v " thermo fan , bunged into a drum , hose comin' outta the other end

( all above " air supplies " can be used on main shop forge , the latter 2 on demo forge only )


Dale Russell

I had a box bellows at my wood (charcoal) forge, but went to an electric blower for consistency with my gasifier.

Good Luck!

i use a hand crank blower,good thing i like them,got 7 of em.

I use a very cheap hair dryer, at least until I can get a small hand cranked blower.

I have a squirrel cage type fan out of a furnace, this is for taking in the cold air i think. it's hooked u to a dimmer switch

So I am in the majority again. That is twice in one lifetime. I can't stand much more of this.

Shop vac, but I think its overkill. I may try a hairdryer.

I use a great bellows for the demo forge, an electric fan with speed control for the shop forge, and have a few hand crank blowers just in case.

Lets see I have an aspirated propane forge, a blown propane forge---small squirrelcage blower, a hand crank blower solid fuel forge, a massive cast iron electrically blow forge with old paddle fan blade blower (like a hand crank has) and two single action bellows for the Y1K ground forge. I gave away my double lunged great bellows when I moved out here.

Oh yes a Johnson NG forge with blower in a box too. we don't have NG so It's in the corner gathering dust.

So I guess this is "other"

ive got a homemade blower...
the squirrelcage out of a car..
it dosent come with a housing so i made one from a piece of Galvy pipe fitting
ill attach pics..

Other... I have a Venturi gas forge, so a Combustion forced vacuum.

Good man Brandon! building your own when you need or want IT (whatever IT may be) is the mark of a true blacksmith. Well done.

For solid fuels I have an electric blower on the shop forge, a hand crank on the RR forge and a 12v Coleman InflateAll for the field.

Two naturally aspirated propane forges and a Johnson Appliance 133a nat gas BIG box forge. No nat gas here and I'm don't need it badly enough to get the propane conversion kit from Johnson.

Frosty

Shop vac, but I think its overkill. I may try a hairdryer.

Ahh...I used a shop vac last year, nice and noisy eh ? ;-)
Now I have found a burner for a large gas oven...took everything off except for the blower...much quieter.

Thanks Glenn, I knew this would prove interesting...:)

I use a eletric squrill cage on my shop forge , a hand crank on my portable and if i get the new shop done I`am going build a side draft and get a champ 400 or buffalo 300 for it . I like the control of a hand crank

I'm using a decent sized Tarzan type of 110V AC fan, something like this one. Standard Fans Tarzan - Lytron
It is on a variable speed control and feeds my coal forge. The only thing I need to find is a better motor control for it, the current cheap unit I am using is a little touchy for my liking.

hi ,im using a 900watt leaf blower,with a dimmer switch ,and seperate on and off switch,its gotta alot poke but winds right down on the dimmer real well

I try not to break the laws of physics (Propane forge with naturally aspirated venturi type burners)

My forge in the shop uses a champion 400 blower

When I demo I use the tear dropped bellows

It seams we could only pick one choice. I different forges that I use, one uses a great bellows (Union MIlls), my other portable forges are a crank belt driven forge and pump racheting forge that is belt driven.

I use two ac blowers, one bathroom exaust fan and a blower salvaged from a dishwasher.

I have used just about evrything, hand crank blower, shop vac, leaf blower, compressed air, and a squirl cage blower ac and dc but I am currently using an ac electric blower, it looks similar to hand crank forge blower but has a motor.

welder19

This is my main blower set-up I use most often.
A little handcrank champion with a 4 in. cooling fan hanging on the air intake.
The electric fan is handy when first building a fire, since i don't have to stand there and crank it.

The handcrank blower is the real workhorse, the electric keeps the fire going for small work.If I need more blast, I just crank a few times.

AC fan for shop coal forge, 2 naturally aspirated gas forges I just made a month ago and I use a great belows at my demos