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    Default Backyard forge, making lift bar for pots

    Hi all, wanted to make a lifting bar for my Dutch oven and have lots of 3/8 re-bar so I fired up the backyard forge and this what I came up with. Works great!

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    Here is a closeup picture of the small blower that is the hart of the forge. Turns a lame fire into a 2000F + infernal. Check out the simple cardboard air control valve.

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    Very cool man
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    You will burn that blower out restricting the air flow like that.

    You can get a rheostat (dimmer switch) at Lowes or Home Depot for just a couple of bucks that will control the speed without restricting the air intake.

    Mine had a simple three speed hair dryer blowing through a piece of flexible exhaust line. I think my son is still using it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by kyratshooter View Post
    You will burn that blower out restricting the air flow like that.

    You can get a rheostat (dimmer switch) at Lowes or Home Depot for just a couple of bucks that will control the speed without restricting the air intake.

    Mine had a simple three speed hair dryer blowing through a piece of flexible exhaust line. I think my son is still using it.
    There are lots of different types of motors in common use, the motor on my little blower is an induction shaded poll AC motor that was designed to use 110/120 AC at 60 Hz To the best of my knowledge rheostats are not recommend for use on induction motors. The speed of an induction motor is set by the number of polls and the AC Hz. There are three speed induction motors with one of the most common being a cheap box fan. It uses different windings for the three speeds. I believe a rheostat should only be used on DC brushed motors and universal AC motors. A universal AC motor is basically a DC motor that has been modified to run on AC. Some common examples would be a corded hand drill and shop vac. BTW - blocking the inlet on the cheap little blower does not load down the motor, the air just slips around the sloppy fitting impeller.

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    that turned out great. I need to make one for my dutch oven
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    Nicely done

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