forge fan ideas

[Daedric]

i built my own forge and i had a fan i ripped out of a dryer and i broke from all the heat of the forge. what should i use?

[steve butera]

I bought a cheap leaf blower for 12 dollars and put a rheostat on it.
works pretty good.

steve

[Flop]

Squirrel cage blowers work great, I just made one as well and ordered a squirrel blower off line for about 20 bucks, went to home depot and got a dimmer switch for a light to control the air flow and it works like a champ.

[Mack]

You can haunt fleabay for a real one or you can just order a real on from centaur forge, or peih tool ect. Both of these option are kinda spendy. The best way I have found is to keep a lookout for one at flea markets, garage sales and estate sales. They are built pretty tough and even a locked up one can be pulled apart, cleaned and lubed so that they work again, err... most of the time.

Or do what Flop said.

[wintermute]

If you really want to go nuts....

http://www.mervis.com/services/elect...asp?PRDID=1769

--Wintermute

[chopper5]

is it a propane forge? or coal?