Old Grain Blower

[38Baart]

Few questions on this old grain blower. Any idea who made it? I can find blue paint on part of it and pulley is orange. It was set to run at about a 45 degree angle. I have it loose and can turn the band so the pipe would go straight up, however how do you turn the face where one would set the hopper?

Finally there are two braces, one of which I have set next to the blower on the side nearest the camera. Based on the way it is made it looks to me like that is the way it goes on. Can anyone confirm?

 

[caterpillar guy]

ther should be aanother piece of pipe to blow into a wagon and a curved hood for the top then it would blow into a wagon or truck. Don't expect to blow hundreds of bushels per hour.

 

[Alvin 41]

You are missing flanging to connect to a 5' wide galvanized hopper with a shut off slide. Those blue blowers were common to fill overhead bins when threshing oats and had good capacity.

 

[38Baart]

I don't think I am missing anything. I have the hopper and pipe. A cast iron 90 degree elbow included. What I am unsure of is how to turn that flange on the front of the blower (see pict). Did that just turn or was there something that held it tight? I don't want to damage it. I've soaked it up with various forms of PB Blaster and penetrating oil but it doesn't turn. It was my dad's blower and I don't remember enough about it. I can remember putting an M on it with a belt and blowing oats into a barn.

 

[Chester5731]

I m not sure. I have the pipe but still looking for a blower.

 

[pjhulbert]

Smalley, is one company that made them. I have a couple of them.

 

[pjhulbert]

Loosen the bolts on the circular bracket. The inflow hopper rotates inside of that. Lots of penetrant helps

 

[38Baart]

Do you mind uploading a picture of one? I'd like to see how the wood frame is put together.

 

[Johnhof]

Used to help dad use one just like that to blow wheat into overhead grain bins. I remember the thumbscrews joining the pipe sections. Worked very well. His was green.