1902 Champion Blower & Forge Co. No. 400 Forge Blower (Part One) [Restoration] @HandToolRescue

Uploaded February 2017 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

In this video, I disassemble three separate, but similar, forge blowers in order to get all the parts needed to assemble one fully functioning forge blower. The bronze gear proved too difficult to remove without damaging some other parts, so I just left it in. I had triple of all the small parts like nuts and bolts, so my main goal was to get them off by any means. In the next video, I will paint and reassemble the forge blower.

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1902 Champion Blower & Forge Co. No. 400 Forge Blower (Part One) [Restoration]

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$The Fractal Chair I have recreated a fractal chair based off a patent from 1913. Similarly to the fractal vise that I previously restored, this chair uses the same series of pivoting sections to fully adapt to the shape of someone sitting down. The original patent can be seen here: https://patents.google.com/patent/US1059545 I used the original patent explanation as best I could to help design the function of the chair which uses stacked tongue and groove steel plates that interface with each other through a series of ball bearings that provide the movement. The design was fully realized with the help of https://www.instagram.com/joshsfick/ who digitally created all the pieces needed to be cut with a fibre laser. Once the sheets of 1/4 steel were cut, I could start machining and assembling all the other components. Overall the chair weighs about 150lbs. Sitting on the finished chair is odd. Its comfortable in how it conforms to you, but not comfortable to sit on wood slats that can sometimes be too far apart due to their movement. There is lots of room for improvement here. Slats that are less thick would help lower the pivot point of each, so that it feels better to sit on. More sections would also increase the comfort. Increasing the range of each section and making a version where the backrest could pivot as well would be very nice. Overall this was so much fun and I will constantly sit in it every time I get the chance. Wrenches, screwdrivers, and socket drivers are now for sale at www.handtoolrescue.com Help secure more tools for future videos (if you want): https://www.patreon.com/handtoolrescue Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/handtoolrescue Facebook Group - Share your restorations https://www.facebook.com/groups/handtoolrescue https://www.facebook.com/handtoolrescue/ Reddit - Share your restorations https://www.reddit.com/r/HandToolRescue/ Podcast (with @jimmydiresta and Andrew Alexander) - https://anchor.fm/fitzall$

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