Primitive Technology: Flywheel blower smelt/Monsoon begins
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I tested a fly wheel on the blower. Taking an old clay fly wheel from the pump drill I made many years ago, I attached it to the axle of the one way spinning blower to see how it would effect performance. The fly wheel tends to smooth out the speed of the fan and maintaining high speed despite taking longer to get up to speed initially. A smelt was conducted using the new set up and the result was less iron than usual due to the rotor coming out of the bearings at times. To fix this, the thrust bearings were replaced with journal bearings by carving holes all the way through the wooden stakes as opposed to only part way through. The new set up is more stable and has no chance of coming out during use.
Then, before the new set up could be tested, the monsoon season began and it rained nonstop for a week such that the hut had rain blowing in from its open sides making it impossible to make fire. A third wall was added to the hut made from fired bricks and clay mortar. A damaged section of roof was repaired with tiles salvaged from the old hut. Then I build a small water wheel that rolled up stream on wooden tracks to make use of the water. Looking forward I will probably do some water powered projects until the wet season eases.
00:00-00:28 Flywheel blower
00:28-08:47 Charcoal
08:47-11:55 Flywheel blower fire test
11:55-12:29 Furnace
12:29-13:17 Ore
13:17-13:39 Firewood
13:39-15:05 String
15:05- 15:35 Fill furnace with wood
15:35- 16:59 Fire by friction
16:59- 17:33 Preheat furnace
17:33- 18:48 Fill furnace with charcoal and ore
18:48- 19:18 Smelt
19:18- 21:08 Product
21:08- 21:44 Crush product
21:44- 23:34 Pan slag
23:34- 22:53 Iron yield
22:53-24:16 Change thrust bearing to Journal bearings
24:16-26:10 Set up new blower
26:10-27:48 Monsoon begins
27:48- 29:55 Add 3rd wall to hut
29:55-31:14 replace broken roof tiles
31:14-31:26 Miserable Monsoon
31:26-32:45 "Water wheel on rails that rolls upstream" toy
32:45-33:09 Hut and blower, end screen
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Primitive technology is a hobby where you build things in the wild completely from scratch using no modern tools or materials. These are the strict rules: If you want a fire, use a fire stick - An axe, pick up a stone and shape it - A hut, build one from trees, mud, rocks etc. The challenge is seeing how far you can go without utilizing modern technology. I do not live in the wild, but enjoy building shelter, tools, and more, only utilizing natural materials. To find specific videos, visit my playlist tab for building videos focused on pyrotechnology, shelter, weapons, food & agriculture, tools & machines, and weaving & fiber.
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