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  1. Ron May
    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.
    3 points
  2. Tim Babcock
    Just finished up. I have not put the slide doors on but they are painted and ready to go. Runs good. This is the color scheme I picked.
    2 points
  3. Chris Campbell
    Wrapped this 9” up over the weekend.
    2 points
  4. Vic Valencheck
    This is a fan that has a 12" steel blade. Runs in 3 distinct speeds. I repainted it in Dupli Detroit Alpine Green and Krylon Fusion Gloss Smoke Grey. I bought a grommet kit and speed switch from Rich Raclawski. Tony Clayton dyed me a piece of zip cord. I get some vibration but for a 12' blade it pushes a lot of air. On high it runs at 3 amps. f https://youtu.be/s00IfuktKsM
    1 point
  5. Marce Clark
    that looks Awesome ya'll did a great job.
    1 point
  6. Patrick Ray
    Beautiful in the sun!
    1 point
  7. Trevor Andersen
    1 point
  8. John McComas
    Looks GREAT!!! I'm sure her dad will be impressed with it. 😃😃😃
    1 point
  9. Daniel OToole
    Very cool
    1 point
  10. Steven P Dempsey
    from some years ago in our old house - miss the big house, but not the maintenance & heating costs! The new owners cut down my Privet Hedge - 100' long,7' tall. Took 3 trims a year, a ladder on both sides. On reason I started collecting old fans.
    1 point
  11. David Kilnapp
    Well done indeed!! I love the colors!
    1 point
  12. Stephen Chew
    That looks awesome.
    1 point
  13. Geoff Dunaway
    great interpretation on that fan !! She does good work. You do too
    1 point
  14. Bobby Gaines
    Nice job Sweet!
    1 point
  15. Mel Lagarde
    A nice custom restoration, Ron. Your girlfriend and you did a wonderful job.
    1 point
  16. Steve Butler
    Give my compliments to your girlfriend. Beautiful job. A fan is the perfect Detroit gift because they blow!
    1 point
  17. Stan Adams
    Those are 20s GEs, so original to the building. I hope some idiot doesn't decide to discard them due to the blades.
    1 point
  18. Jim Kovar
    https://hepcatshaven.com/2011/10/09/vornado-fan-company-and-resto/ I dig the new colors.
    1 point
  19. Lawrence Smith
    Thanks, this was something I wanted to see if it could get done. ( a person doesn't know until they try ) not sure on a total cost-- this has been some time in the making. Long enough that the chrome place is no longer in operation, the blades are custom solid brass. He says he could make more if others are inclined
    1 point
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