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What type device supplies air to your forge?  

5 members have voted

  1. 1. What type device supplies air to your forge?

    • Great Bellows (tear dropped shape)
      5
    • Box bellows
      2
    • Bag type bellows
      0
    • Hand cranked blower
      25
    • Compressed air (air compressor)
      0
    • Electric fan AC
      49
    • Electric fan DC
      4
    • Other
      16


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Posted

I have a buffalo forge electric blower from the very early 1900's. It still has the oprignal reastate I had to clean it and do some work but it still works.

Posted

I had to vote with AC electric.
My main forge is the one in my classroom - it's a Wayne NG forge with electric blower.
But I also have a charcoal forge for re-enactment demos and those use a side-by-side double lung (bag) bellows.
aeneas

Posted

Yeah, well you guys just saw my C400 crank blower. I like Jayco's idea of strapping an electric fan to it temporarily. I might have to do that. I'm probably going to go with a bellows for reenactment stuff. Haven't decided what bellows will suit me yet, course, I haven't decided what forge either so I guess I have a ways to go on that front.

Posted

There is a 6' double acting bellows were I demo, and I have a hand crank Champion rivet forge. I also have an as yet unscrutinized electric forge blower at a friends house. May be using this for a small foundry activity, it's supposed to be big.


Dave

Posted

Hand crank on the shop and demo coal forges. AC blower on one propane forge, naturally aspirated on smaller second forge.

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