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Good morning to everyone. I just wanted to let everyone know here that myself and Robert Grove have settled our issues in regards to the sale of the HC and ECK fan. We have recently spoken on the phone and had a wonderfull talk, between everything that was going on we have finally settled this matter between us. And both parties are very happy, Robert had expressed some issues that he was worried about on my behalf and I agree with the way he felt, and both for myself. It's a hard battle when parties live on the otherwise of the world. I'm glad I can see that Robert is a reasonable man and quite understanding. By any means I don't think any bad of Robert and would be happy to continue to sell/ buy fans of him in the future. I wish everyone the best with fan hunting!

I went to the flea market Friday hoping that the good weather and holiday would bring out some better buying opportunities. I was not disappointed, I was able to pick up 3 (and a half) fans of still, undetermined quality. However, I did bring home two Emersons. A 19666 and a 19646. I also picked up a an older Peerless (BB1?) stationary, The half I got was the top half of a 16" GE Loophandle with a busted pot metal rear bearing carrier. Not too bad for half an afternoon spent wandering around in warm and windy weather.

I purchased this ceiling fan quite a number of years ago, and then left it boxed. Finally I was motivated to do some work on it and hang it with some of the rest of the fans throughout the house.

I used to have a lathe for this kind of work, but had to let it go due to limited space. I've since had to find new methods to get from A to B. This is one. I use a Jacob's chuck with 1/2 x 20tpi mount and attach it to my drill press table. Using a 1/4 inch mandrel, I clamp it between the two chucks and tighten them with the key. Then I lock down the table so it can't move. Next, I chuck up the stock in the lower chuck, a drill bit in the upper and begin to drill. The end product comes out like this. Obviously, I'm limited to 1/2 inch stock as that's the largest that fits in the lower chuck. However, I could turn down larger stock to 1/2 inch first as a tail to use for chucking it up in the lower chuck. That's all for now. Cheers, Bill

Fraternal.....

One of the guys who owns an antique store has me referb. a fan for him now and then. These two Vornado's he gave me to fix. The one on the left had a bent out of balance blade but the motor was good. So I repaired the blade sand blasted and painted it. The one on the right had a shorted out motor. I sand blasted it and painted it the same colors. Mick does not want to put the money into a rewound motor so part of my payment is going to be that fan. Rich rewound a 1001 motor and its on the way should be here tomorrow so I can finish up. I made a new turning wheel and put the gold pin stripes on it. there were three indentations that ringed the fan but I thought two would work fine. Put on a flat green cloth covered cord and it looks good to my eye.

IMG_2442.MOV Yesterday I got this original paint, low mileage Westinghouse 12" stationary residential desk fan back together after a period of maintenance and repairs. It had been sitting on my basement shelf for probably 15 years, which is sad. It originally came from a private antiquities museum north of Kansas City that probably closed in the late 70s. I befriended the elderly owner around 1996 and picked this fan along with a gyro, lollipop, peacock and an all brass vertical axis rarity. But this is the one I've kept. Huge thanks to Tony Clayton for for the original-style headwire (I've been reworking all of Tanks with it), and extra huge thanks to Mark Olson for repairing the break in the original start windings. Disapproval and criticism to US Postal Service for losing track of the motor in the mail for over two weeks -- scary. The fan runs beautifully and incredibly smooth and quiet. I am partial to Tank fans, and this one is really wonderful.

Hello Friends: You may recall that I recently acquired a second Manhattan No. 3 fan which was missing the cage and the blade. I inquired of Bill Dunlap (in Hawaii) if he might be willing to take on the job of fabricating a cage and a blade. You may have seen his post about how he came up with a clever jig to make the center ring for my Manhattan. Anyway, Today the original and reproduction cage and blade arrived in the mail. You'd be hard pressed to tell which are the originals and which are the reproductions. See the answer below. The top picture is of the reproduction parts and the second picture is of the originals. The blade that Bill made is perfectly balanced with not even the slightest vibration. While I won't divulge the price that Bill charged, I will tell you that his prices are more than reasonable (in fact, I tipped him because I felt that he didn't charge enough). I believe that Bill will entertain other jobs if you've a mind to inquire. I'm so grateful for his willingness to share his talents and superb craftsmanship!

I think I'm going to pass. Image of the wall-mount dragon brass fan... p.s. Hopin' y'all had a great April first!

I took these in NWA today. Solar Eclipse Arkansas. Nikon D3100 with Sigma 150-600mm 5-6.3

Thanks to Mike I was able to pick up this shiny 10" Oscillating Artic Aire at Fanapalooza. No work necessary on it looked and ran great. Two fans in two fans out net gain zero, perfect in my world

I polished the high parts of the relief. I think it makes the fan pop.

All together! Only thing I'm waiting on is a new tag to be made. Found that early Menominee Clamshells with the exposed brush holders has the same size brush caps as what this fan needed. Shout out to Darryl Hudson for making new ones!

A long while back, David Cherry made this table and I always wanted one but could not find the appropriate feet. I whipped this up.

Just like I really needed another belt drive, just couldn’t turn down this little 24” Emmy. This will make two 24” Emmys so probably going to fix this one up for mom’s porch. Skeeters don’t stand a chance against these things.

We will be celebrating our 15th anniversary of hosting the AFC Museum at Fanimation this Summer. We continue to add to the impressive collections of fans on display, fast approaching 2250 fans. All of the fans belong to members of the AFCA, which are put on loan for visitors to enjoy. We have added two items to the downstairs museum, both of which are rare and /or unusual. The first is a huge Chicago Water Motor. This thing has been laying around for several years, awaiting its turn to be readied for display. It was completely disassembled, sandblasted, painted or cleared, stencilled, and mounted to a stand. It will be lighted inside so the waterwheel is more visible. This thing is massive. The second addition is a Peerless Bipolar 16 inch fan. It's owner brought it to the Museum from out of state. He wanted to get it running, which we did, and then decided it should be displayed. We'll be doing some light cleaning on it, adding a cord and rectifier to the switch, and once determining the correct style of cage, building one for it. There was a lot of buzz about this fan a while back, as some of you may remember. Come and see it in person this summer, it'll definitely be worth the trip.

Needs buffing polish and getting the rest out of the box and assembled. A very special thanks to Kim Frank and his cake passion and earned hands on bearing skills, and just being a fine human being.

Several great Fan Meets coming up. North Jersey Breezin May 31 - Jun 1 Pig Pickin in Harrison Arkansas June 13 - 15 Chicagoland Fan Meet June 21 - 22 Come out & meet your fan family!

Thanks to Jamie and all of those who worked with him to bring us a great website. I do not use Facebook or other social media. I get most all of my fan information on the site. People that use this site have been a great help to me as well with their vast knowledge of the hobby. What each and all of you have done to improve this site has been more than above average. You have made this site to be more helpful and quite addictive. Thanks again for a job well done.

So my daughter said she didn’t want that little Jubilee fan with a pleasant breeze.She wants a big fan that puts out hurricane force winds.Be careful what you wish for!She seen it running and said,,,IS IT SAFE! My reply,,DON’T STICK YOUR FINGERS IN IT,or your hair!! Im going to ruffle some feathers on this one from the leave it original group .Im going to paint it as pink as Miss Piggy’s posterior.Thats what the daughter wants ,she will get.Im going to bling it so shades will be required to look upon it.That and I have four or five of them.I’m not about to paint one of my Westinghouse’s pink.🤬 So here’s the candidate.It was someone’s project that they Jimmy rigged the wiring I suppose to see if it would run.The blade was so out of clock you could see it at a glance.I guess they gave up at that point so I’m picking up the pieces so to speak.I hope they are all there.I do have extras like the blade on it.I have the wings back in alignment ,now I can balance it.I get to try out my Jerry Bravi balance rod. This thing is scary without the cage!! IMG_2652.mov

Really Larry... The jr. Should come to Indiana... It does not belong in Sikeston... Wut was you thinking?

This one showed up at docs last fall

Still a work in progress. Special thanks to Seth Anderson for the 3D printed centers.

This event was a blast. It was fun. Thank you to Jim and his crew who helped put this on. The food was great also. The raffle was rigged.LOL..

Bill indeed got the Westy pancake running. Wish I had the video of them torching the rotor outside Thank you all who attended ...that's what makes it great ( 70 degrees clear blue blue skies helps) 20240413_194001.mp4

Another option that would go well with white or off white.

Good morning friends. Yesterday, I received the repaired gear from Louis Luu. Recall that the old gear was made of phenolic resin which basically turns to mush after many years. Here is the old gear with the worn phenolic resin gear. And the new gear is below, which Louis generously scanned and had manufactured for my young friend Jack. This gear should never wear out, unlike the phenolic gear! Below is a video of the fan running with the restored gear. Many thanks to Louis who would not even agree to be compensated for shipping. You are a kind and generous man, Louis, and the AFCA is very fortunate indeed to have you as a member. I certainly am grateful.

My Movie 9.mov Finished up the Dayton. A little surface rust and paint loss on the bottom rim of the base and cage but overall the finish is in great shape. Runs nice and quiet on 32v DC.

Some progress on the all brass this weekend. Started working on polishing, ended up having to wet sand due to the rough surface of the brass. Not quite done yet, but gave it a quick hand polish and pretty happy with the progress considering it looked like the base next to it when I started.

We are making these for the eclipse!

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Scored my first century S3 yesterday. What can you tel me about it? What year? Pot metal or no pot metal? Is it Japan or black paint? The little switch on top of the gearbox does not move and I don’t want to force it. Any tips on that? What’s the best method for getting oil in that little ball bearing type oiler? (My zoom spout oiler didn’t really do a good job of pressing the ball in and putting oil in… I have a couple old metal pump oilers, but I just haven’t got them cleaned up and loaded with proper oil yet). Also, the switch is missing the plastic/bakelite(?) cover piece. Do the usual suspects that make these have them for this model? It works great on all five speeds. Pretty distinct too. Obviously a total tear down of the gearbox at least is in order, but I’m not ready to monkey around with this yet since I’ve never had one of these. Cage has seen better days. But it is all brass and fixable. I’m sure. Maybe with a couple new S wires, etc.. Also…,whereas Emerson’s have that adjustible Collar, those seems to have a sort of cogged mechanism that you can rotate the top half of the fan with am I correct in that? thanks

This fan has some uniqueness to it. The rear cover has air vents. Its the only Airmaster with this kind of blade. Never heard of Electro Machines. Total motor cover.. This is a very smooth running fan.

Hi Marc. Every good collection should have a skeletal S3. The switch is perfect as it is. There is no bakelite covering on it. You'll see why when you open the bottom as there is a hard leather part of the speed coil switch that insulates. You can see it below just peering out from beneath the switch. The only pot metal on this fan is the gear box as far as I remember. The fan is definitely japanned. This is a five speed fan but the issue with some of these speed coils is that sometimes, there isn't a lot of difference between the speeds. Be gentle around the speed numbers as you clean. Those are nice to have and hard rubbing will remove them. As I recall, one of our members produces a decal that will replace these numbers with Slow, 2, 3, 4 and Fast. This fan's gears are a marvel of engineering and very clever. Remove the rear plate on the gear box and you will see this gear: The two little ball bearings compress into the shaft so that the little lever (the one you say doesn't move) has a nub on the end of it that fits into the far right groove pushing the center gear on and off of these ball bearings which locks and unlocks the oscillation. The rotor looks like this: The little lever appears on the far right of the picture below. You can see the nub on the end of it. As i recall, there is a set screw on the back of the gear case that must be removed to pull this lever up and out. That set screw fits into the center groove on that lever. The press oiler on top of the gear case can be removed with a small open end box wrench for cleaning so that it will depress more easily (above picture far left). The worm gear (below) can easily be removed so that you can slide the gears out of the rear case to clean them repack in red and tacky grease. That center cog mechanism, allows the re-orientation of the fan's arc swing. You would move that while the fan is off. It controls where the arc begins and ends. Very clever design. The stator comes out easily on these fans. Take care to label the wires so you know what wire goes where on the speed coil. I attach diagrams which you may find useful. Hope this information is helpful to you, Marc. Congratulations on a nice acquisition!

Post to the wire I made for Edison C Frame

1900 Peerless fan motor line now includes a 12" and 16" Bipolar desk and bracket along with another model desk and bracket fan motor and ceiling fans. Peerless direct current desk and ceiling fan motors. : Vallee Bros. Electrical Company : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive If I am correct about the 1899 Peerless fan motor line above being exclusively a 12" bipolar desk model, this 16" model pictured below with a 2 rivet blade spider and sealed cast rear housing dates exclusively for the 1900 fan motor season. Changes were made in 1901 to the Bipolar model adding a 3rd guard support, 3 rivet blade hub spider, improved brush holder arrangement, and redesigned cast rear motor cover with exposed commutator.

Tony Clayton makes covered wire. He’s here on this site. I’d check him out here and message him. Also Darryl Hudson always has some replacement wires. He’s a machinist and does very good work. Check him out at Hudson Custom Machining. There are a few sites online, but to be honest Tony’s wire is far superior, Darryl’s is a step above the online stuff as well. You should definitely consider joining AFCA here. It’s proved valuable to me.

All of the reservations are booked at the venue and Jeanie and I are happy to announce the dates for Fall Fan Fest 7 ! September 13 and 14, 2024. Additional details are in the attached flyers as well as regional maps. Like last year, the meet will be held in the beautiful Clayton Ely Emig park. The pavilion is huge with plenty of large tables, lots of electrical capacity, and clean bathrooms. Jeanie will be preparing her usual Fall Fest fare for lunch, and there will be plenty. The Saturday meet is open to everyone and "Guests" are especially welcomed. This is the place to go to buy fans at a reasonable price, from fair sellers. Or bring a fan to work on, as we will have a workshop table set up for that purpose. There are always knowledgeable fan folks there to assist. On Friday, we plan to have a meet and greet at our home for early arrivals. Each year it's been nice to have time to chat with friends aside from the hustle and bustle of the meet. I will have fans for sale in addition to what I'm bringing to the meet. This part of the event is for members and registered AFCA "Guests" only. It is not open to the public. The Saturday meet IS open to the public and everyone is welcome. Mark your calendars for another fun event this year! I will ask for RSVPs as we get closer. I'll start the RSVP list about a month in advance. Your response is important as that helps us to make sure we have plenty of food for everyone and don't run out, or buy too much that goes to waste. Don't take too much time to book your rooms, since they fill up fast around here and the rates go up as the Fall tourism season approaches. Amish country is only about a half hour away and there are a lot of family activities to be had! Jeanie and I hope to see you again this year!

The two essential tools for motor rewinding other than a winder/counter and forms are calipers and a GRAM SCALE. It makes counting turns unnecessary and winding coils near effortless.

Well said statement.

Not into collecting pencil sharpeners, but... I think I could find shelf space for one like that!

One last one for the night.