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My head will be oscillating just to try and take it all in! Thanks Tom and Kim for making such a fantastic display.

We closed the museum doors on October 14th for three weeks. We have taken in over 250 antique fans in the last couple of months and were running out of places to put them. With some measuring, we concluded we could add one more row of display cases. This entailed building some longer wood shelves, and freed up the 6 existing display cases needed. We started with the Emerson aisle, taking every fan down, removing the glass and wood shelves, and moving them about 6 inches closer to the GE aisle. It is now 31 inches wide, a bit closer for that up close and personal viewing of fans. All the existing rows were done the same way and when all were moved, we had the room for the extra row. As you can see, we have a lot of new empty shelves just waiting for members fans to be displayed. We have a row of nothing but oscillating fans. We still need an Emerson 2210/2220 and a Century S-4, but have a pretty comprehensive showing of how oscillation designing progressed. We'll be doing a separate section for coin ops by GE and W/H. We can still use more Emersons (didn't think I'd ever hear myself say that) especially the earlier stuff. Century isn't represented much either. If you'd like to have a fan from your collection on display in the AFCA museum, give me a shout. After this, we'll be going upstairs and reorganizing the layout and adding more fans. The next time you visit, you'll see a different museum with a lot more to look at on both floors. The first five pictures show the museum as it was and then being broken down. The rest show the finished project except for some finessing here and there. Come visit us and check it out.

amazing , thank you all for your hard work

Contact Jerry Bravi and buy a new bladeset. Not cheap, but worth it -- especially for a desireable fan like yours.

The diameter of required wire is determined by the voltage, amperage, and length of wire for the most part. Very short wires can be very small diameter without problem. For the vast majority of desk fans of any voltage, 20 or 22 gauge wire of about a foot long poses no problems whatsoever.

Most people use 18 gauge most of the time, but you can use down to 22 gauge no problem with a typical desk fan motor. These things don't draw that much power. I try to use whatever size I can find evidence of being most like original, and I've seen 20 and 22 gauge used as original head wire on some fans. I have had good success with wire from https://sundialwire.com/

They are excellent fans. You’re missing the speed switch, but they can be run fine off a rheostat. Infinite speeds.

those are beautiful and powerful fans. I've had one running flawlessly every summer in the shop for the past 26 years. blades & brackets do show up if U R watching and waiting.