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They are still out there! Found this Western Electric 12" Vane at the flea market today. Needed some lube and cleaning. Running pretty good!

Hi everyone, Just finished these little jewels. I got them from Doc. at the Harrison meet, One was petty much complete and then a box of all brass parts. Along with the box of parts and some had I was able to get two fans with some leftover parts. Thanks again Doc for the fans parts and a great time at the Harrison meet. Video.MOV

Hello fan friends: Today, after about a month of work by some very talented craftsmen, my 1910 MESCO is complete. I hope to be contributing a detailed explanation of the various aspects of the restoration to the quarterly magazine so what follows is a brief summation. I purchased the fan from a seller in BC Canada on eBay. I don't often buy things on eBay but this was an extraordinary fan with some challenging issues (which probably had something to do with why I was able to acquire it so cheaply). Below are pictures of the fan as found. The seller indicated that it was not tested so there were no assurances that the fan would operate. In fact, when I got it, it only ran on the top speed so there was an issue with the speed coil (which I was able to find and repair). While I waited for the fan to arrive through international customs, I did some research (and pestered some of our really patient AFCA'ers) on bridge rectifiers. I wanted to completely understand how they work and know what I would need to allow me to run this fan. Thank you to Bill Fanum, Carlton Ward and others that I pestered about how bridge rectifiers work. I have a pretty good handle on the subject now. Below is what I built to house the full wave bridge rectifier. The repairs to the cage were difficult but Ron Bethoney of New England Brass was more than up to the challenge. Here are the good talented folks (in addition to Ron) who contributed their skills to make the restoration possible: Rick Powell (Japanning of the base) Tony Clayton (reproduced the original wire) Mike Rathberger (supplied me with pictures of the original lettering for Peter Blackman to copy) Peter Blackman (painted the OFF and ON lettering on the base) Below are pictures of the restored fan. You can watch a video of the fan running below:

This lady who lives down the road from me brought over this 1936 GE and wanted me to repair it. I rewired it, cleaned lt, fresh grease and oil wicks. Blades where pitted. Not much I could do about that. I runs great and looks pretty good considering the condition it was in.

Good morning, we are OK & house is OK. 8 trees down in just my yard & power will be out for quite some time. No cell service & no internet, so far anything urgent, contact Vice President Steve Sherwood. Hope to be back online later this week..we'll see.

A few more coming. Pictures don't do the Jandus justice. Emerson 21666: I have never seen brass blades and cage look that good .

polished up well enough that I decided to have blades done properly.

Fan Fair is now less than a week away. We'll be setting up tables on Tuesday afternoon for an early opening on Wednesday morning July 31st. People will be arriving and getting set up so there are no events scheduled for day 1. On Thursday Day 2, Fan Fair registration begins. There are three seminars. Bill Fanum will be talking about Fans and Autism at 9:00am. Next seminar is Eddie Frank and Coin ops at 10, and Rick Hill will be talking about Metal Casting at 11:00. All seminars are in Room #1. There is a Board Meeting scheduled at 1:00pm then Steve Cunningham's Fan collection will be auctioned Thursday evening. Bourse opens at 7:30am each day. On Friday Day 3, there is a business meeting scheduled 9:30-10:15am. The Ladies day out Luncheon starts at 10:15 and the destination is at Rosie's Place, a popular eatery in downtown Zionsville. Meet in front of the pavilion to carpool. There is a cookout that evening at the Museum, with tours starting at 3:00. Menu for cookout is burgers, dogs, potato salad and chips, along with water and soft drinks. Both floors of the Museum will be open, along with the shop. Saturday Day 4 starts with the Bourse opening at 7:30. Fans can be registered for the auction from 10 -11:30. A buffet lunch will be served in rooms 2 & 3 from 11:30-12:30. The Auction in the Bourse starts at 12:30 and goes until 4:00pm. The Evening Banquet is from 6:00-8:00pm. Mike Mirin and Larry Hancock will be providing nighttime security in the Bourse Wednesday thru Saturday. There are lots of restaurants/bars in Lebanon, Whitestown, and Zionsville. The Museum is at Fanimation. Address is 10983 Bennett Parkway. Fan Fair is at the Boone County Fairgrounds, in the Witham Pavilion 1300 E 100S, in Lebanon. The Hotels are just a couple of miles away at the State Rd. 32 exit on I-65. The distance from hotel to Fanimation is around 12 miles. Check around Indianapolis for road closures, especially if traveling from the south east. Safe travels and we'll see you in a few days.

I bought the fan from Doc at the last meet up. It needed blades. Could not find any so I made them from scratch using Arkansas Cherry. Coated with clear furniture lacquer clear. I just need to drill the holes for the blade arms and will be good to go.

Nice Jim. A 1900 all original untouched working 1900 stick mount pancake. Nicholas must be swimming in those where he comes from. To me, the untouched cakes with all original parts are getting scarce. I too hope an afca'er got it -- and leaves it as is. I also hope he or she (can I still say that?) is not depending on shipping it....

I just use one of these screwed down to a piece of wood I can clamp down if needed. It works decently for brass but steel has to be annealed well. I had a tool like that one I tried but I couldn't get the curve to form in small enough increments to get it correct.

Well this isn’t sketchy AT ALL.

PS..... not my boat! What's better than having a boat? Having a friend with a boat!!!!

Never seen Knapp motor with a slide switch before. These will make great fans. I got the feets done, hubs done. I do need to replace the stator holder with more substantial bronze.

Hello friends, I have asked Pat, our editor extraordinaire to delay publication of the August Fan Collector to mid August so we can bring you the latest from Fan Fair & from the various meetings. Thank you for understanding.

Fan fair~1 month away Some for sale some "not"

Wish I had a pic of one I've done. But you can split the difference. I've used brass aging solution on tags and darkened the background then polishing the high spots. You can control how aged the brass becomes to choose your level of highlighting. Not as sharp of a contrast as brass against black paint. But it creates a nice contrast.

UV light boxes, jigs preparing for Fan Fair! Lots of fun!! Can't wait to see everyone! The first Pic may be a little confusing but it is for cutting corner splines "for strength and good looks" on small wooden boxes and picture frames. I have made hundreds over the years...

Hi all! I picked this up in Harrison, AR last month. I’d been wanting one for a while now and as luck would have it, I found one for sale in Doc’s “Patchwork Barn” at the Pig Pickin’ meet. I’m real pleased with this fan. Fits the bill perfectly. Spent a little time cleaning on it this afternoon and snapped some pics. Hope y’all enjoy!

I think the rules are extremely clear on this forum. There will not be any flaming posts & quite frankly I have had enough & from all of the emails I have received, I'm not alone. The next offense will involve being suspended from the forums.

I’ve got a 12666 as well. Kinda funny that it took my longer to find a 16666

I’m having to screen grab the pics that wouldn’t upload and upload from that. Makes no sense.

Thursday night will be a special auction. Terri and I will be selling some of our fans from the Museum. Nice fans.

Have an amazing 4th of July today everyone!!!

Jim, what I do anymore when trying to achieve a factory or a well used original finish is take sandblasted cast iron and give it 2 wet coats of Rustoleum appliance epoxy. Let it set for one full week minimum (seven days) and sand the finish down with 320 wet or dry. Tack it off and give it another 2 wet coats and let it set again for a week minimum. Give it a sanding with 320, tack it off and give it one nice coat. You can let it set for a few days or what I do is place in an oven at 150 degrees for a few hours. This kills the shine. Then after a few days, I decide how much to distress the finish. The whole process is time and labor intensive, compared to doing automotive finishes, but the results are worth it. Here are some pix of past projects. All the vane tables were finished in Rustoleum appliance epoxy, baked, distressed and sprayed with a mixture of muriatic acid and hydrogen peroxide to speed up the rusting. The bases on the bracket fans were done to same way to match the motors, and the 1900 trunnion was finished in epoxy and baked. Closest I've found to looking like original factory enamel finishes. The only mention I ever saw about GE using a Jappan finish was in 1897 catalog. Before I tried anything Jim, I would shoot your base with a clear satin and see how it looks. You can always proceed with the epoxy finish later. I'd say within my collection of cakes, 8-9 are done in epoxy, but most are in original condition. There might be 6-7 in automotive finishes with polished brass. That's out of the 72 cakes of mine in the museum.

coincidentally the Star-rite came from the same vendor....what a day

This is a small portion of what I have... I have another couple of storage units, a 2k square. Ft. basement with several hundred in it and my out building with many hundreds of others! I had an ephifamy awhile back... I think I have a thousand fans and I am 67 yrs. old... And mostly sickly for the last 2 years not including 5weeks in the hospital with Covid that really cost me and chemotherapy for 12 years is taking a toll on me... Who am I kidding? I will never get to them on my "someday" list... Parting is hard though... I am getting to it, My wife is laughing at me as I type this... Anyway I can't wait to see everyone at Fan Fair in a week

Aussie Art Deco

I thinks it's just up to the maker or business. I have an original brass property tag from Indianapolis power and light on an R&M which the background is red. A second, later fan bought at same auction had a watermark decal which also had a red background.

Grind/modify the tip...

I was at the Florida Fan Fest meet and my mom bought it for me and I was impressed that it had it’s original cord and when I brought it home I plugged it in and it fired right up and I was amazed how much air it moved and it has the original switch and it is complete including the Bakelite knob

Nice. I have the oscillating all aluminum model and the 1924 8" introduction Signal Jr. oscillator to complete your Signal 23-24 introduction models. I'll sell them to you at bargain price of a mere $1,000.00. And wait, that's not all, you will get a FREE bottle of my special Amsoil 20 SAE synthetic non-detergent compressor oil to keep them running tip top for decades to come.

I got a Kendricks and Davis ball motor fan from an antique store in Daytona Beach Florida for $60 it also has the original head wire and all the paint is intact. And it also has the original brushes

Congratulations on another amazing 👏 restoration David. I recived a section of original wire from David to clone. Original is seen on the right after cleaning the top half.

Last of the GE Pancake models from 19th Century, last of the Pancake solid motors (no perimeter vent holes), Nice original shape, and appears complete. Most likely 104 volts 60 cycles, but if odd cycles such as 125 or 133, all the better. I'd say the winning bid was about right by the time you throw in premiums and shipping.

So how I got it was my mom showed it to me on hibid and ultimately she won it for me and when I got it it had 2 toggle switches in the base and I had to rewire it from the stator down to the switch and we polished the blades and i think it was worth the money and effort to get it!!! IMG_6283.mov

Thanks to Bill's cage and blade work ( not too much to work with ) and combination Bill and Kim's painting tips it preserved pretty well. Hard to see on pics but base was intentionally scraped and scuffed to match beat up motor housing

Braided Catfish fishing line. After you snug the whipping knot, take a dab of some school glue on your fingertip and smear it over the knot. 🙂

Here is a fan. No provenance ties it directly to a WW2 sub but I haven't done any research. 115V DC. There were 5-6 of them along with other items. I bought one as they were cheap.

A Navy ship fan I had for a short time.

Left of the cake...

He probably picked it out of your trash! (Just kidding)

Nice! I was at the local flea market yesterday, and a fellow there had a halfway decent Emerson 71666. We just didn’t agree on a price though, so I walked away.

Love the graphic. I feel for you on the investment of the scanner. However I believe you’ll be entering the next level on your artistic talent. I look forward to seeing the results.

Trip home after the rain was beautiful too!!

John, please share a photo of your fan from the side and rear. Thanks! If your rotor is going back and forth within the housing, you have more shimming to do. Shim up the end of the rotor first that you insert into the stator field and when it seats, the rotor should be centered into the stator field.

Reason enough right there... which makes Facebook the redundancy, not AFCA. I'd give AFCA any information, insight, experience I have to share; Facebook I absolutely refuse to even access... and I disappear its cookies & cache when someone posts through them in some mysterious fashion or I inadvertently am led there... Two sites for the single function of dealing with fans, one actually outside of the Club, seems wasteful I agree, of time if nothing else. This is our Club. Got a problem with Search? Let's address your grievance and fix things. Something else that doesn't suit? Let's find a better way, if it agrees with the general membership... This is our Club. Facebook is a predatory corporation, every click on which expands its grasp, and staggering, possibly unjustified, wealth. I say... support AFCA instead.