Subject: Champion 400 blower

From: [email-masked]
Date: Mon, 22 Jul 1996 13:54:26 -0400

I picked up ($8) a  Champion 400  blower it seems to run well but is 
     missing a crank/handle. My first blacksmithing project will be to make 
     one as the vise grips just don't do it. I have never seen a complete 
     one, is there something i should know about the handle? extra heavy 
     for momentum? How about maintenance? i assume you pack the screw on 
     "cups" on the outside with grease? how about inside just grease? any 
     particular type or weight of grease?
     
     thanks for any help
     
     [email-masked]

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From: Jim McCarty <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 23 Jul 1996 16:07:48 -0500

>      particular type or weight of grease?

The handle isn't anything special -- just the right length so you 
don't hit your knuckles on the fan housing. Grease the cups, but 
inside needs oil. Think the consensus on this was chainsaw lube, get 
the kind from Stihl or use way lube designed for machinery. One 
application should do for the next 80 years...
-- 
Jim McCarty
Father Helias Forge
Taos, MO
Editor Rural Missouri Magazine
Newsletter editor, Blacksmiths Association of Missouri

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