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I picked this one up a while ago, I knew it needed a rewind but the price was right. Nothing fancy here, I was able to save the original finish but I did paint the blades and gear box. I rewound the stator and cleaned up the hardware. I didn't polish any of the brass so it would blend in with the original finish. Here's some before and after pics.It was a 1929 badge that was restamped for 1930.

Hello fan friends. Darryl and I were texting back and forth today as I inquired how it was going with his eye situation. His response is below: "I went to the doctor yesterday and he said that everything looks good. The retina is attached all the way around and not much scar tissue. He said the Scleral Buckle surgery was the correct surgery that he made the right decision on that, and that all we need is to give the eye more time to heal. He said that the gas bubble should continue to dissipate over the next two weeks and around the end of May is when I should be able to handle the cataract surgery. Once they remove the cataract and put a new lens in my eye, I should have good corrected vision with glasses. For now my depth perception is terrible so I can't drive and it is not safe for me to be trying to operate a lathe or milling machine. So I am able to send parts to folks if I have the item(s) in stock but if it is something that has to be made, I won't be able to do it for a bit. Thanks for concerns and prayers" "Best news I heard yesterday was that I can now sleep down in my bed again. I've been having to sleep either sitting up in a recliner or propped up on three pillows in bed, and could not lay on my left side (side of sugery-left eye). Doctor has removed those restrictions. Drops in eye now only 3X/day down from 4X/day. My global something time is up May 12th. That's the time after surgery that anything could still happen such as infection, another detachment, etc. I guess my prayer now is for continued healing and that the future surgery goes well. I am thankful for my good friends in the AFCA" Keep the prayers, cards and get well wishes coming. They mean a lot to Darryl (and to me). Best, Dave

Found this little guy a while back, No blade , no cage and no power cord. I fingered if was a lost cause but when I took it apart the armature looked great and the brushes like new. So I went to work on it. When I got it running the rotation was CC so I started looking blade for CC rotation then I realized that the rotation could be switched by rotating the brush contacts. Added a brass toggle switch on the back and cut a GE blade down to 6". Then made a little brass cage for it. I did put a 1/2 wave dido in the base to slow it down some . IMG_0758.MOV

Hello friends: I've been taking some time to attend to some things that I have meant to do but never got around to. One of them was to get the correct decal for my Eck Hurricane. Peter Blackman (Blackman Designs) did this for me (using 18 karat gold leaf) for very short money and turned it around in three days. I ran my fingers over this decal but could not feel the edges, that's how thin this decal is. Peter does wonderful work and he's very gentlemanly which makes it a pleasure to know him.

Hey Ben, instead of everyone always complaining about everything, how about you volunteer to take over all the forum management, website coding and wiki coding? Or run to be on the Board? That way you could voice your opinions, be constructive, and make a difference.

Well, I finally finished that hassock fan project! I salvaged the motor, blades, three-armed motor mount, and switch from an Emerson hassock fan that had seen better days. I cleaned up the motor and painted the housing, mount, and switch cover a brownish metallic color, and the blades got a matte black finish. The top and the legs are walnut, the rings are alder, and the inlaid pieces are cherry, maple, and purple heartwood. The inlay was made possible by my girlfriend using her diode laser to engrave the top and to cut out the pieces. Then I did a black epoxy pour around the pieces and in the arcs. The vertical rods are bead-blasted brass, as is the switch knob and shaft that holds the top in place; I turned the latter two on my lathe. It was quite a job! Pics below…

Mark your calendars. The 6th Meet @ the Museum will be happening Thursday thru Saturday September 21 - 23, 2023. Early arrivals welcome after 12:00 on the 20th. We will be open from 9:00am until the last person leaves each day. There will be security in the tent Thurs and Fri nights. The meet coincides with the Indy Advertising show held on Friday and Saturday at the Boone County Fairgrounds. That's just an easy 10 miles or so from the museum. As always, the tent will be up on the northside of the museum, with tables and chairs. The shop is open for anyone wishing to work on a fan, and the museum is open for touring. If you haven't been to the museum in a while, we have lots of changes that have happened. We've added over 250 addition fans on both floors and hopefully our newest display will be up and running in the shop . We'll have the grill fired up for lunch on Thursday and Friday and of course, the coolers will be filled with beverages on ice. There will be a flyer put out in the Fan Collector later with a list of close by hotels. Hope we see you.

This is a Style W-134110, 3 speed stationary, 120vac with brushes. Even before I got the the fan, I decided to strip the black coating off of it. I wanted to show all the brass underneath. It runs smoothly and no vibration in three distinct speeds. I want to thank Darryl Hudson for making me a new set of brushes and brush caps and also Tony Clayton for the awesome wire that he made. I think it matched the fan very well. And thanks again to Steve Chew for selling me the fan. Before post: k When I stripped off the gold paint on the cage I found a home-made steel S wire. I replaced it with a brass one that I had made myself. Shown on the left side. Is this the manufacturing date on the badge? Awesome wire made by Tony Clayton!

Where are the crazy astronomical ebay prices coming from??? these people are nuts, they think their boat anchor fans are worth their weight in gold. UNBELIEVABLE!!! ok I'm done ranting

I ran across this picture of a very cool fan while just cruising the internet. Anyone seen this one before? Looks to me like contra-rotating blades. Dang, I'd like to have one like this. Cheers, Bill

All set for tomorrow just need more fans. Museum shuttle all gassed up and ready capable of carrying 45 passengers at a time

I took care of that with my vise this morning. I don't recommend the same for Peyronie's disease.

Don't forget to ask to visit Roadt's stash when your there! He blindfolded me and took me to some abandoned factory in Milwaukee he purchased. It was huge! He only allowed one picture taken, sorry.

Also "Form F" but with speeds selector, with its family member, the "tombstone".

It would look like this when you get it done. I found the image on an old flash drive of mine last night. I don't know who to credit it to. It must have been posted in the past.

Patrick Ray and Ryan Cmunt are blown away by Robin Cook's collection of fan books while Robin displays a 1903 GE pancake. Luke Skelnik, intrigued by a mighty mini Westingouse, powers it up under the guidance of Ray Hane, left, and Patrick Ray.

A group photo of all those who attended the 2023 Florida Fan fest ...

Just got lucky and snagged this 16666 locally that has been through some s**t. It funny how I didn’t find lever oscillators for 8 years and now in a span of 3 months I’ve found two. This one will need a replacement blade set and replacement oscillator links from what I can tell. Luckily it had the elusive knurled oscillating knob still on it, took that and transferred over to my 12666 to make it 100%!

Emersyn Kate, born 4-18-22 (VERY rare model Emersyn, only one made!!)

Finished Dr. Max Levy.....DC Tried cleaning first and I was unsatisfied. Went with satin black and Bill's nickel plating . I know Dr Levy was an inventor and had some photography stuff but I thought he had some ties to Dentistry? One of my favorites now " probably " never sell 20230323_182816.mp4

I was the only bidder of this nugget.I have the G with the fluted base, so now a matched set!

Here's something interesting that came my way recently. A Fidelity ceiling fan motor I'd not seen before. In fact I wasn't aware (until recently) that Fidelity made any AC stuff at all. I'm searching for the brackets now. Here's a link to a post Russ H. made about Fidelity falling off the map in '22. I do wonder about this fan and its timing... http://www.afcaforum.com/view_topic.php?id=26514&forum_id=1&highlight=fidelity+ceiling+fan

More of Stefan's rare fans

Thanks to all those that came and made it a lot of fun

That was a great design but a poor choice of casting material. That's the fate of I'd bet 80-90 % of those oscillators. One of their poor aging attributes is the fact that pot metal subtly expands as it ages, wedging itself into the places where it was originalloy easy enough to install. Until one of the computer geniuses takes an interest to print these in aluminum, they will remain largely an army of stumps. I've got several that I'd like to fix and have gotten a few stumps with intact gear cases. But, I've never tackled the job, not wanting to break the few extra intact gear boxes I've found. You would mose surely have to knock the box out from the inside. Very carefully with a small punch using small taps with the hammer work your way around the perimeter of the box being sure that the motor housing is suported where the gearbox would be free to drop out were you successful at the venture. Using a heat gun to warm the motor housing after having left the unit in the freezer over night, may cause enough expansion of the cast iron to break loose the tight bind between the iron and the pot metal. This is how I've rehearsed in my mind to accomplish what you are wanting to do, but I have not taken the time to make it happen...yet. Someone else may chime in with better ideas or an actual testimony of success. Good luck with this project.

OK.. where is Waldo?..

Emerson rebuilt stator stump tested.

Hi Noah, give it another shot. I had to change some other settings in a different area. This software isn't exactly straightforward or well documented, so it takes some poking around.

I read guidelines, Joined forum, and Autofill fudged my last name from my username without me noticing. Please change my username "Landon" to "Landon Straus" I attempted to pm a mod, But forum restrictions will not allow me. -Thanks. fans have been my life for 20+ years. I come in peace. please don't delete me lol

Hi Ben... Sadly , we didn't set the rules for that feature and while I get that it is frustrating, from the other side, it does prevent an onslaught of PM's to members that might be spam. The club does have lots to offer it's members and we would welcome your membership.. Annie Hill President, AFCA

Peyronie's disease?

Coming up quickly.....if you are planning on coming and have not told me yet ( text ,pm forum ) please let me know . Helps with food and drink preparing Some are coming Friday night to set up etc. I have arranged for a famous Wisconsin bar tender to be onsite for old fashioned drinks That's door prizes , two seminars,famous fan fixer, riveter, fire and police protection, food, onsite bartender, museum shuttle, possibly a switchless tesla,hoho's twinkes, ray hane, birthday cake, free 8 hp motor, and Queen Sadly Ruth Buzzy is not going to attend

Happy ending. Looks great, cool fan!

Kim always hosts a great event!!! Count me in.

Tony re created my badge and it's phenomenal! here's a before and what I got back, amd what it looks like on my fan

Mel, Jim just posted with little doubt another example of an 1893 outsourced fan blade. I can't see how you could go wrong reproducing it for your Detroit fan. The Detroit Motor Co. stampings seen on the wings of the claimed Wilm's example blade above I doubt are authentic for such a covertly marketed fan motor.

I love Venn diagrams! Cackle, cackle, cackle...

I had a friend of mine, make a custom 6 inch 5 blade for me, I am just seeing if there’s any interest at $100 a piece ..I know that seems a bit pricey but there’s a lot of work in them. They are perfectly balanced properly coined and highly polished and not made in China.. if I get enough interest, he is willing to make a small run.. they are 6 inches in diameter and can have any size hole you want to fit any shaft diameter.. here is one shown on a little 6 inch GE, I would think it would look neat on a polar cub as well.. a few years back I had him make a six wing bull winkle,.. he might make another run of those as well. It all depends on if there’s any interest…

Russ The fan I have was purchased in Missouri, and the one a collector sent to me to post came from Alan Wilms. Looking on eBay I saw another one purchase with the same base as mine but a fancier tag. This bipolar sold for less than $400.00!!! Some lucky buyer got it for a steal. Here is the one from eBay. I do not own it. I only own the one I originally posted. I like that it is mounted the same as mine but the tag is fancier. My switch is a simple on-off.

These were sent to me by a member. Posting them for the thread. A very similar fan with different switch and cast iron base. Tag is identical. Russ, I think you have it in the image of the Manchester motor posted on 3/2. Mel

Found this 6250-F $40, cleaned up really nice, blades are straight. I'm normally a Westy guy, but this was too beautiful to pass up.

1899 - Ford took over the Detroit Motor Co. address...

1892

Meanwhile, Dave Dimitrion and Bill Samek were at wit's end over a Westinghouse ...

Found in the New Hampshire wilderness -- Dave Dimitrion's pair of exquisite, original Daytons are show-stoppers. They don't come any cleaner ...

Don Eckerson (seated); Bill Shrive; and Peggy Wright, left, and Margaret Eckerson ...

Renee speaking with Bill Samek and Les and Loretta Dobbins on Saturday night.

Financial troubles? I'm guessing if in a 1907 book, the case was prior to?

I thought I would post some pictures of my sandblast cabinet that I've had for over 5 years. It's a Harbor Freight brand and I've modified it as shown in the included pictures. It came with lighting installed, but after using it a couple of years, I replaced the 2 Fluorescent Tubes with a 2' LED light. During assembly I applied silicon to all the joints and haven't had any problems with media leaking. I used to get frustrated with the gun itself trying to get the media to flow through the siphon tube. I tried a bunch of modifications but nothing worked well so one of the first things I changed was the gun. I don't have a large compressor but I found a gun on McMaster that was designed for lower CFM. That helped but I still had problems with the media flowing smoothly. Last year I was again looking at modifications on YouTube and found a media metering valve someone put together using metal pipe fittings. Then I found one that someone had made from PVC and decided to go that way and it works great, no more surging. (picture below) The next thing was the wasted media collecting in my vacuum. I have always used "bags" in the vacuum to help protect the motor and filter. I installed a "Dust Deputy" and a "Baffle" over the outlet port of the cabinet. This helps stop the excess loss of media and what does escape is captured in the bucket below the Dust Deputy which I just discard. Other things I changed was the glass in the viewing area. I used to use a plastic film designed for blast cabinets and this worked but required frequent change. In place of the screws and nuts securing the glass I installed "Rivet Nuts" and this makes it easier to change the glass. I then got a piece of 1/4" Tempered Glass to replace the original glass. I also use a piece of Double Strength Glass, which is exposed to some indirect media blasting, with the Tempered Glass and so far I've not noticed much degradation. For media, I use Glass Beads and found it will remove most surface rust. Like I said, I don't have a large compressor so I blast some and then take a break to let the compressor rest as it's over 20 years old. I regulate the air to about 60 PSI and use an inline moisture trap. I've included some pictures below. John Fengel