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Wrapped this 9” up over the weekend.

My girlfriend wanted to restore a fan on her own. It'll be a Christmas gift for her dad who has a huge collection of Detroit Lions stuff. She disassembled it, drilled out the bearing retainers, blued all of the hardware, sandblasted everything and did the bodywork. Then she stripped and rewound the stator. I sprayed the epoxy primer and she did all of the wet sanding and got it ready for paint. I sprayed the base/clear urethane and did the final wet sanding and buffing. Here's some before and after pics.

Just finished this little GE Whiz 9" Oscillator. Of course the pot metal oscillating ring was gone, some had welded a lug on the bottom and made a stationary fan out of it. Good reason to make a brass one! Replaced the front bearing housing with a Tim Marks solid brass one, fab up a brass oscillating arm and a 8 wire cage. Will here it is!

Anyone have or ever seen a 5" Gilbert desk fan?

Fantastic. Sorry to hear he's a Lions fan though, almost as bad as being a Bears fan...

I think the word is meticulous. 🙂

Nail Polish remover is the Kryptonite of super glue

Here's a handy calculator for determining wire gauge for any 220 fan.Gauge calculator

You're just one step away from making one of these into a traversing lever orbiter. Cheers, Bill