Leaderboard

Resistance wire does not create a phase shift! ~Sparky~

Give my compliments to your girlfriend. Beautiful job. A fan is the perfect Detroit gift because they blow!

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.

Trust me it’s worse

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

We went to a play in Marlin Tx, and these fans were in the balcony.I apologize for the photos.We we’re on the ground and it was dark up there and closed to the public.Looked like they have not run for a very very long time.Theater built in 1924.I thought it may be of interest to some.I think 6 in total 2 missing blades,blade.

If the resistance coil is only used for phase shift, why not replace it with a cap, like we successfully do with BMYs with a similar coil construction?

Those are 20s GEs, so original to the building. I hope some idiot doesn't decide to discard them due to the blades.