sawdust blower?? pic

[RichlandSawyer]

Delbert, one more thing.
  I havent had a chance to check out the blower site so i'm not sure if they covered it but as you noticed from the calculator  fans work in a curve. they have a drop off point. you can slow a fan only so much then there is nothing and its different for different types of fans. The calculator will not show you were that drop off point is. Dont get me wrong i'm not trying to discourage you. I think people give up on old stuff too easy. I just want to make sure you get all the facts so you dont give up on a low budget project.

Goodluck and keep us posted!!

RichlandSawyer

[pigman]

Slabs, yes I tried to use a 4in flex auger to move my sawdust.  The auger moved the dust alright but I could not find a way to get the sawdust to drop in the auger. It would move the sawdust directly above it but I had to constantly push the dust over to it. I now use a 2hp dust collector and a plastic flex pipe hooked directly to my bandmill.

[Corley5]

This is the Dayton blower I want to rig up to get the sawdust away from the firewood processor when it's set up in the barnyard or in a building.  I paid 10 bucks for it at the auction in Harrison where I bought my 372 and some white pine cookies for Jeff.  My original plan was to use it for planer shavings.  All it needs is motor.  The bearings seem fine.  I was lucky this winter in that we were able to get to the woods most of the winter with tractor to dispose of the sawdust.  That doesn't happen very often up here.  I want to be able to blow it into a big pile to be hauled away in the spring or into someone's trailer for animal bedding.  I've also thought of blowing it into a building to keep it dry until it could be loaded out.  Here's the pile of sawdust and other debris from the past winter.




Here's my dump operator.  He pushed the button for every load   Loading and hauling 7 loads in the Gator wasn't as efficient as the tractor and loader bucket but we had a good time .  I always said I'd be glad when the day came that I could tell him to get his stuff and get in the truck and now it's here.  The last four years has flown by 

[Furby]

PTO powered!

[Jason_WI]

Corley5,

I think I have a 1.5 HP 1725 RPM motor on it. I am going to put a 2 hp motor on it and maybe speed it up a little. Not sure what the blower is turning at.

Jason

[Ron Wenrich]

We had one farmer that used to park a manure spreader next to the processor.  He tied a tarp over the top, and we put the pipe underneath.  It was a pretty easy way of getting rid of dust. 

[mike_van]

Delbert, note that all of the blowers shown are the radial fan type, not the squirrel  cage design as you have there. Reason is, they work the best. The blades on the radials tend to be self cleaning, yours will gum up. The squirrel cage may move a large volume of air, but it won't do it with any velocity or static pressure needed to move dust.  My first attempt at this was an old blower from a hot air  furnace, squirrel cage design, it hardly moved dry sawdust from woodshop equipment, let alone wet stuff.  I'm no air engineer, but blowers work because they create a vacuum at the inlet, air & dust actually get pushed in by pressure outside this vacuum [I read all this somewhere] inlet/outlet size are important, a blower can only suck in what it can push out & vice versa. The squirrel  cage types just don't create a large vacuum. The old corn chopper blower is a better bet, they could blow wet silage 40 ft or more straight up. Once again, they are radial fan design. I'm just trying to save you a lot of wasted time.

[sandman2234]

Furby,
  There is a guy an hour away with a couple of those for sale. $900 each. I thought about it for the tractor, since I hate racking leaves.  Found a smaller one for the Steiner, at a better price.
        David from jax

[Furby]

I'm asking well under half that!

[sandman2234]

Yeah, but shipping would kill the deal getting it to Florida. I got lucky and got one for a Steiner for $501, and the mower came with it. (plus 2 decks). Deals like that don't come around often.
    Those blowers beat a rake all day long!
    David from jax