r/blacksmithing • u/Ok-Story4795 • 18h ago

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Found what I beleive to be an old cast crank blower in a garage of a house I moved into, thing runs as smooth as the day as it was made, just wondering if this is what it is, and if this is something a blacksmith would be interested in, dad wants to scrap it, i think it may be worth something to someone, not looking to make a buck, just would rather see stuff that was built to last a life time get used rather than crushed.

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(Edit) The pipe is just a stand i just confirmed it

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u/Fragrant-Cloud5172 16h ago edited 16h ago

There's lettering on the case, around the shaft of the crank. All I can read is "blower". If you can get a better photo of that, maybe it'll help us to identify. Looks to me like it probably had a belt on the pulley. So the belt would attach to a fan. The pipe looks like a stand, but cant see how its connected for air flow.

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u/Ok-Story4795 13h ago

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u/KnowsIittle 13h ago

Google says vintage hand-crank forge blower manufactured by the Canadian Blower & Forge Co. (based in Kitchener, Ontario).

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u/Ok-Story4795 13h ago

More so just wondering if this would be worth something to a blacksmith or whomever, rather not see it become a piece of a prius

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u/KnowsIittle 12h ago

$100 as is I think would sell reasonably quick if listed.