MadModder
The Shop => Metal Stuff => Topic started by: SKIPRAT on April 07, 2010, 04:52:41 PM
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Hi All
I went to a car boot sale at nearby Torksey with a mate had a good look round and this followed me home although it was not from a skip dive I had to “PAY” good money for it in the line of £5 that very near broke my heart. As you can see it is quite a substantial blower I think it’s original use was for to inflate a kids bouncing castle anyhow I thought it would come in useful for the future project I have in mind that is to use as a blower for a metal melting furnace it is of all metal construction and has an alloy impellor and blows a gale. It gets even better when I told my mate what I was going to use it for he said he had a small stainless steel beer barrel he would like to get rid of and could I use it. So here we are a blower a barrel and furnace construction
Ideas going round in my head and I am open to suggestions and plans on how to construct a furnace I feel a project coming together.
(http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af106/g6fow/Blow1.jpg)
(http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af106/g6fow/Blow2-1.jpg)
(http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af106/g6fow/Blow3.jpg)
(http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af106/g6fow/Blow4.jpg)
Cheers Paul
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Hey Paul... 2 nice finds there. :headbang: I have no suggestions as to how to go about building a furnace tho.
Eric
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I have a small furnace and am building one out of a 30 gallon drum. I dont do alot of casting but I enjoy puoring metal and wish I had time to do more.
Here is a site that got me started. I hope it helps.
http://www.backyardmetalcasting.com/index.html (http://www.backyardmetalcasting.com/index.html)
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Nice blower Paul, if you do build a furnace please do make a log of it as I'm sure many of us would find it interesting :thumbup:
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colin peck has a book that is basically an updated version of the gingery furnace with a lot of doo dads attatched
pretty good buy