what is this tool ?

[jennifer408]

has anyone ever seen one of these ? what is it for ? thanks

 

[Anonymous-0]

Looks like a forge blower.

 

[Old Roy]

Love to have that .. it is for making metal hot .
so you can shape it or weld with a hammer

 

[Larry NEIL]

Hey Jennifer, glad to see your post, everything go OK?
Everyone downstairs is thinkin bout you!

 

[Old Roy]

Ya may be able to make duck shoes Rusted ... LOL

 

[Anonymous-0]

Would never get paid. Ducks have too many bills.

 

[rrlund]

We had a couple of those when I was a kid. My Grand Dad used to shoe horses. They burned up in the old garage. I've still got his anvil though.

 

[Mike(NEOhio)]

It's a forge blower. I have two, not just like that (in pieces just now) that my FIL used occasionally. The pan looks kind of light so it may be just the blower part that goes under a larger cast iron pan. What's the lettering on the gear housing?

 

[M-MAN]

It's a portable forge or mostly called a ferriers forge. The blower is just the air portion that bolts on to the side. I have two of them. Very usefull when you need to bend/shape heavy metal.

 

[dustycoal]

It is a home made forge for heating smaller pieces
on metal to shape. The blower is one of the better
hand turn blowers, Champion 400. Don't like the
way he or she has it turned as the oil won't stay
in it like that, the blower fan needs to be
vertical and the oil fill hole should be on
top.When you turn the crank a good one will keep
going when you let go of the handle with no noise.
Nice to have a forge around the farm you can fix
and make a lot of things and save the drive and
your cash from buying a new part in town. Looks like they
where burning lump charcoal by the gray dust. We
mostly use coal here in our blacksmith shop here
on our farm in north Florida. Our family does
history shows during the winter months.

 

[ShadetreeRet]

Been wanting one of those all my life. When I bought this place in the mid seventies the old woman below me had a blacksmiths forge, a cane mill, (for making molasses) and several other pieces of old stuff. After a few years of talk, I thought I would be able to buy it, but her son suddenly decided he wanted it. About three years later he moved and sold it all and I knew nothing about it until it was too late. Guess I'll just have to build my own.

 

[Bret4207]

Hand crank forge, I have 2. Used to be on a lot of farms and in a lot of businesses. Still many in use today. Great for heating things up that are going to need lots of reheating, especially considering the price of propane or acetylene. I've nevr had coal to burn, hard wood works pretty good.

BTW- it's "farrier", not "ferrier"

 

[The Dukester]

Use to run Grand-dad Denning's forge when he melted
babbit and poured bearings for his tractor and sawmill and
other misc. stuff. Bent some big steel straps with it too.