Building Your Own Forge Blower (Japanese Fuigo)

[@BearfootGhost]

I'm glad you reminded people to remember to account for the thickness of the material, when I started working out the dimensions of mine I almost forgot, this is a good video.

[@larryschermerhorn622]

I have built a few years ago,they work great If I did another one ,it would be covered in formica first and then cut to size the formica would make the piston slide real real easy.I covered the pistol with shop rags and lubes the inside with car wax.

[@shashwatmahajan5300]

Hi their i was trying to build a Japanese Fuigo, would really aprishade if you could share the measurements of the 2 critical dimension sticks that you used in the project, that would really help me in my project. thanks

[@ValhallaIronworks]

The only thing critical about the dimension is that the hole it slides through matches the diameter of the stick! So you can use any diameter you want, so long as the material is strong enough to hold up to the strain, and then just make sure that the hole it slides through allows for nice, smooth movement.

[@shashwatmahajan5300]

@@ValhallaIronworks Thanks a lot Alex👍

[@DBacaMaker]

That's it! I'm making that for my dirt-box forge! I was going to try building a crank blower out of wood (and I still might) but I'm definitely building this design first!

[@geoffcapper5025]

Great build, turned out really well despite that curly plywood! Petroleum jelly/vaseline is a good grease for use on wood.

[@TingTingalingy]

Wood absorbs though

[@rolfwood1757]

Great instructions! I agree that the one way valves are better if glued. Staples in leather, which is acidic, will rust out eventually so the valves could fall apart.

[@mdmoniruzzaman9370]

Good job

[@ValhallaIronworks]

Thanks

[@williamrynne2403]

Like the build, will have to give this a try

[@SamTownsBladesmith]

You will want one way valves on the outside of the tueyere holes to prevent the chance of sucking an ember in. Interesting way of going about it!

[@ValhallaIronworks]

Given the unifier on the side of the exit holes, there will only ever be positive pressure blowing outward to the tuyere, so there'd be no chance of that ever happening - that being said, this one is going to be hooked up to a long flexible aluminium hose that will go to a bottom blast forge! It's for one of my students.

[@hannemannironworks1651]

Looks great Alex!

[@andywright2606]

Very interesting, cheap and easy build Alex. And as you suggested this general concept could be adapted and built to any standard or size required, depending on the materials you have at hand or can afford. Thanks for sharing mate. Cheers Andy 👍⚒

[@stefanmierke4801]

I somehow thought, you would use goose or chicken feathers to seal it up. Glued in with pine or birch tar. Was entertaining and fun to watch.

[@mattwyeth3156]

Thank you for providing such a great video an these bellows as it has allowed my wife and myself to produce a smaller version for the meat smoker that im turning into a charcoal forge im really looking forward to using this as i find that using electric blowers used a lot of electricity and the crank style are very expensive for someone on a limited budget i used marine ply that i had just sitting in my shed

[@toomsx]

Hello, my wife built a modified blow beam for me and surprised me with it. My engines are all too weak and do not reach the right temperature that I need for forging. that really frustrated me. The fan is amazing, I'm really motivated to forge and try new things. We have affectionately called it "the mammoth" because it sounds like a roaring mammoth 😄

[@User0resU-1]

Wondering who makes the Australian blower... if they still do?

[@ValhallaIronworks]

There's an Australian brand I know of called "Rapid". I don't think they still manufacture them, though.

[@SamTownsBladesmith]

Woo! Alex content!

[@ValhallaIronworks]

WEEB alex content :P

[@grandadz_forge]

Very interesting video.

[@DarrenMalin]

good stuff :) FYI I have seen one that is lined with Plexiglas instead of using grease

[@ValhallaIronworks]

I've seen the same one! It's a great way to do it, but the point of this video is how to do it very simply with inexpensive materials. Plexiglass (at least here in Australia) is quite expensive!

[@DarrenMalin]

@@ValhallaIronworks cool :)

[@FeatherHorseforge]

Clothes dryers work well too😉

[@ValhallaIronworks]

Like a big tumble dryer?

[@jackdawg4579]

lives in Tasmania and makes it out of old pallets and plywood - the local mob will be coming for you tonight :) - excellent job though!

[@ValhallaIronworks]

Haha whys that? Because it's not made of Blackwood and Sassafras? 🤣

[@jackdawg4579]

@@ValhallaIronworks exactly!

[@Carterironworks]

He used a Tasmanian devil rag, that should make up for the choice of wood.

[@whitefox9]

A piece of inner tyre tube is the best material for a valve my friend

[@ValhallaIronworks]

Anything that performs the function of a valve is the best material for a valve

[@CodyHwnt]

So if I wanted home depot to do all the cuts for me, what measurements would I need to give them?

[@ValhallaIronworks]

The dimensions don't matter. Just the features.

[@creekninja]

Your video found a machinist. What if it were aluminum, made with CNC equipment? 100% air flow?

[@ValhallaIronworks]

It'd be frikkin amazing if it was haha

[@mattwyeth3156]

Looks great question could you use bees 2ax instead of Greece

[@ValhallaIronworks]

Many people do, but I find it too sticky

[@benjytom7371]

When you first said that there will be two exhaust or output holes, I was confused. Everything else worked logically, except those. My question would have been: why two holes? Why wouldn't there just be one? I couldn't really see why it would be an issue to just remove that center piece and have a single output. I decided to wait to see if I was wrong, and there was a reason to have both of them, but then you added that little union piece, and I'm just more confused why there were two holes to begin with, I don't see a reason for them. Even if that center piece was for strength or something, you could have two with holes in them that split the inner box into three sections, but since the separators will have holes in them, they could still have a single exhaust/output in the center of the side. I feel like making the two holes and the external union is just more work than making it with one output, and both (it would appear to me) would achieve the same goal, and you wouldn't have to sacrifice anything to do one or the other. If I'm missing something, please explain it.

[@ValhallaIronworks]

No real reason. Just how I built it.

[@benjytom7371]

@@ValhallaIronworks Ok, I just wanted to make sure.

[@knightgaming5986]

Im wearing the tactix headset as well Aussie Aussie Aussie oi oi oi

[@ValhallaIronworks]

Yeaaaaahhhhhh I hope you grabbed a Bunnings snag at the door when you got it!

[@knightgaming5986]

@@ValhallaIronworks no sadly wasn’t on

[@blipzero]

lol shaft with gobs of grease the piston hole lol ....... all about to Lubricate the wood .

[@ValhallaIronworks]

Oooooh yeaahhhhhh

[@FINNIUSORION]

A japanese 'fuigo' is a bellows for fire while the Spanish word for fire is fuego.. pronounced very similarly. Just a coincidence or ancient linguistic transfer?

[@ValhallaIronworks]

ooh now that's an interesting question!

[@BearfootGhost]

I think the word for bread is the same in both languages as well.

[@olenobody2357]

Johnny B Goode

[@ValhallaIronworks]

Umm... Great song... But I don't see the relevance...

[@olenobody2357]

@@ValhallaIronworks I just heard it very quietly in the background, at around 20 minutes, dont mind me

[@SamTownsBladesmith]

Also, First!

[@kamjab3216]

Svp please les dimentions

[@ValhallaIronworks]

J'ai fait celui-ci 40x40x80cm - mais vous pouvez les faire en plusieurs tailles.

[@GotToThink4yourself]

51 minutes of explaining the basics you suggested one needs for the build. After all,it is a box with holes, bloody hell mate.

[@ValhallaIronworks]

Start your own channel and make videos then and stop bothering me on mine. You're acting like I owe you something. This is a social media platform, and I can make whatever videos in whatever style I want. Bugger off and find another channel.

[@mauricem.c4986]

You should use post up templates words better than talking add back ground music much better you talking.

[@ValhallaIronworks]

Why do you feel entitled to have everything laid out for you? The purpose of the video isn't to give you a step-by-step guide on how to do it. Figure it out for yourself.

[@mauricem.c4986]

@@ValhallaIronworks just an advice as it is a more professional set up sorry if my comments caused some discomfort.

[@AndrewJordanBladesmith]

Its called a FURIGO not a FORGE BLOWER . The sliding panel is covered with BEAR fur gadget seal . This makes a much better seal . A violin resin fine powder is used to make the Sliding panel move very slickly . Yours is way to clumsy for air control .

[@ValhallaIronworks]

I honestly don't give a damn what you think.

[@emmanueladam1369]

That's not a Japanese fuigo!!! It's a Chinese one.

[@ValhallaIronworks]

You're right!

[@tobedetermined4180]

Zzzs 😴

[@ValhallaIronworks]

I had the same response reading your comment

[@bd8299]

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[@ValhallaIronworks]

And yet here you are watching it. So thanks for the engagement. All helps me make money.

[@BearfootGhost]

Hahahahaha!!!!