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Neither am I - I've only seen maybe a half dozen or so in person. The rest of my limited knowledge comes from old catalogs.

No big deal. I am no cake expert.

Couldn't see the tag over the switch until you blew the picture up. Time for me to either get a bigger monitor or new eyes!

99 - 6 pole - 1 speed purchased from Chicago Bob as is. It was from his grandfather's estate and treated with love. No switch coil from the factory. This is what I did to it back then in my early years of collecting. I should have been shot for crimes against fan motors.

1900.

Don't need to see the lettering. It's an 02.

German....the person selling it tells me he has never seen another one in 30 years of collecting. He id downsizing. I begged him to ship overseas. He finally agree after I told him I'm a fanatic.

It definitely looks German. Altenburg is a city to the south of Leipzig, so I'm assuming that's where it was made. Did you find it in the US? Regardless, it's a unique piece and a very nice score!

Any idea what model(s) they're working on? I can't blow up the pictures big enough to tell.

Not me. Looks like an older restoration 1901 or '02. I can't see the lettering on the brass label. Any idea what it closed at? I've got a painful memory associated with a 1901 GE pancake, so I highly doubt if I'd even be bidding on one.

This cake just sold at an online auction. Anyone here git 'er?

Don’t know if these have been posted or not.. looking into R&M history.. Came across these

Nice. Definitely interested in the gears. Possibly this part too because mine has a little damage where someon had WELDED the arm to the C frame! This is the one I have that’s missing the gears….not sure why they welded it. I mean…without the gears and with the screw in place it wouldn’t oscillate so why weld it??????

Alan & Steve lost power. They have a small generator but it won’t start.

By the end of 1913 D. L. Bates & Bro. was out of business. The rotary fan motor seen here would have been introduced and manufactured in limited numbers for the 1913 season. If memory serves me right, I recall reading the Bates concern was able to get their remaining stock of fan motors to a higher level in the Dayton factory building above the flood waters. Many if not all of their office records on the lower floor succumbed to the flooding. This YouTube video is a lengthy documentary of the onset and aftermath of the great Dayton flood of 1913.

16-Inch Version, dated 14 Aug 1913

It had been 20 years since I used this. I was mistaken, there calling golden cad. Sorry

That's what I was referring to by buying bulk, buy by the pound. All my powders with exception to gloss black are Prismatic. I have a powder coater that lets me into the shop to do all the prep work using their (heat taping, plugs, and thread plugs) for a discount rate. The Ward circulator base, pole, and guard are all Prismatic powders. Prismatic is right up there with McMaster Carr, your powder is shipped to you within but a few days.

I buy from Prismatic Powders, Powder By the Pound, mostly. I like the sample pictures and RAL color guides that help me pick the best color. Selling small quantities is great for home powder coaters. But there are dozens out there, even Amazon and Ebay getting into the act. Also, a pretty good gun and power supply can be had for 150$ that will get the job done at home. I spent much more than that, but I did have a home business doing this for a while. Coupled with a Luby 110V oven for just over 100$ and you can powder coat virtually every thing found on an antique fan except 16" guards. Cheers, Bill

This one reminds of AEG but not quite. Added to my collection.

There are people here that swear by Eastwood powder, etc. Shop around for what trips your trigger. None of it was manufactured and blessed by the higher power. 🙂

I ordered this wrinkle finish below in bulk from Prismatic, but the powder coater had their own wrinkle finish from their supplier. Powder coating finishes are expanding big time.

If you're just doing one guard per, say, go talk to a REPUTIBLE powder coater. They have powders like this in stock and have the ability to match what you seek. I have ordered in bulk from Prismatic for multiple future projects.