[SEL] Spam> Another Hunk of Iron

[Rob Skinner]

On Jan 12, 2008, at 6:08 PM, Judge Tommy Turner wrote:

> Dave,
>    The blower looks a lot like a forge blower and may be the same as
> one.  The casting its mounted on is specifically for the engine trucks
> though.  Air goes up through the ductwork and circulates around the
> bottom of the tank.  There is a center hole in tank, about 6 inches in
> diameter, that the air flows up though.  There is some fins on it that
> causes the air to have to circulate around the top of the tank.  I
> assume this it done to try to maximize the air flow and cooling  
> effect.
> It then vents out through the top of the tank where it has probably  
> 100
> holes, about 1/8 to 3/16 diameter.  Its quite a set up.

It's a beautiful engine Tommy.  The fact that the thin metal is still  
intact just knocks my socks off.