Steam Raising Blower

[JC54Participant @jc54]

I have just read article on building a Steam Raising Blower by Cliff Almond, just what I need. Are the drawings for the laser cut parts available?

JC

[JC54Participant @jc54]

Laser cut parts

[Alain FooteParticipant @alainfoote90915]

Model Engineers Laser do Blower parts, don’t know if it’s for Cliff’s design though.

[BazParticipant @baz89810]

Buy a ready made one, life’s too short!

[noel shelleyParticipant @noelshelley55608]

Speak to a heating engineer and get the small blower as used on most gas boilers and fit a 12v or motor to suit your application. They often fail and are changed so a scrapper is all you want. Good luck. Noel

[Harry WilkesParticipant @harrywilkes58467]

Posted by Baz on 06/02/2023 17:37:42:

Buy a ready made one, life’s too short!

Baz yet to ffind or see a good commercially made one any suggestions ?

H

[Bill DawesParticipant @billdawes]

As an industrial fan engineer of many decades you would thing I would have knocked one up with no problem, did consider this including buying a 12V motor but, as Baz said, life's too short, I bought one.

Bill D.

[Harry WilkesParticipant @harrywilkes58467]

Posted by noel shelley on 06/02/2023 17:40:38:

Speak to a heating engineer and get the small blower as used on most gas boilers and fit a 12v or motor to suit your application. They often fail and are changed so a scrapper is all you want. Good luck. Noel

That's what I'm currently using, I did have a 12V old fashioned heater blower motor which was easy to adapt

H

[Alain FooteParticipant @alainfoote90915]

Here is a ready made one **LINK**

[John Dean 3Participant @johndean3]

Here is one I have just finished today using a gas boiler fan and a model aircraft stater motor. Made for use with my 3 inch traction engine and fitted with a speed controller to control the rate of flow. All parts from EBay.

[JC54Participant @jc54]

Many thanks for your replies. Yes I new one wouild be nice but at £140 odd a bit too dear. I have managed to pick up a couple of gas boiler fans, a couple of e scooter electric motors and a speed controller off eBay total cost £40. Allways usefull to have a spare blower handy. Many thanks for the gas boiler blower suggestion everyone.

JC

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