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Cleaned oil cups, test ran on an Inverter & 12V battery (power was out) Working on some project 1404s also.

I sent my brass gearbox from Louis Luu to Jerry Bravi to drill out the holes as Louis instructed me the indentations in the castings were the guides. I also consulted with Dave Dalsin who reproduced the brass gearboxes in past. He too stated he drilled the holes aligning and using a drill press. Jerri Bravi did not feel comfortable with this, but agreed to follow through. The gearbox came back to me, and the shaft holes wear not properly spaced. The gear mesh is to snug and dysfunctional. I am not holding Jerri Bravi responsible. I paid Jerri Bravi $90.00 for the attempt. That was fair. I respect Jerry Bravi. He tells it like it is and follows through like he should. I contacted George Durbin and Charlie Wicks to see if they got their gearboxes promised as I wanted to see how theirs turned out. It appears they never got them. Whether they are upset or not is irrelevant. Why was I so special to get one and not them? Roughly a month or more ago Louis called me stating to me he was going to send me a stainless-steel gearbox and another brass gearbox. He was all excited about the stainless-steel example. I have nothing from that phone call. I don't want an explanation from Louis. He said in that phone call that he trusted me. I appreciate that. Why call me to tell me he is going to send something that didn't come? Louis Luu and I are not at each other's throats. I don't hate Louis. I sent him a nice new meter to help him out. I hope he learns how to use it. I just respect people that follow through with what they say and their promises. I don't want any more from you, Louis. If others are supportive of you, please continue to support them. You are talented with skills that can help others here.

Yes… Louis did send me a kidney for free of which I am very grateful.We have given and exchanged fan parts to help each other getting our old fans going on various occasions.. I hope this spirit lives on as that’s what it’s all about… preserving our fans and supporting kindred spirits in our passion. I’m sure if Louis promised something he will do it as he’s always been a man of his word with me… he’s just a busy boy.. omg 😳 just look at the cad stuff he’s pumping out and helping many folk in the process

Bought this little fan from a member at Lake Houston meet in October. It was in great condition and was all cast iron so decided to do my best to bring it up a notch. I in stalled a switch (it had a inline switch) put some rubber feet on the base, made a brass cage for it and modified a GE Aluminum blade for it. That little fan runs great! Video.MOV

110-120 volt model. Only thing I can tell you is that this version only seems to show up if I machine translate search "Antique orbit fan" in Indonesian.

Charlie and George are equally important and I do appreciate you asking why they did not get theirs.....they were not ignored. I simply had a limited supply. As for the stainless steel....I did state when I get them done in CAD. It does take a great deal of my time doing CAD. I will remove your name on the list....no harm no foul. I also have Jerry's work...very excellent. Russ...take care. You are a valuable contributor to the club as well.

Wow! Looks like you won the shaded pole Good Enough lottery! 😃 In an effort to make things cheaper, the three speeds were a combination of windings and taps to eliminate the speed coil! It's quite a piece of work. There looks to be four shading bands on the stator that has only two visible coils. I assume this is a four pole shaded pole motor. This is not an efficient design for a 16" fan. (Normally fan makers would use a more efficient design like split phase, PSC ((capacitor)), or a phase shift winding in the speed coil.) GE opted for cheaper for them to build, and more expensive for you to operate. Hence GE = Good Enough! 🤪 Consider yourself lucky that the head wiring is still intact. Trying to reconnect the stator taps, and getting things phased correctly would be an electrical Rubik's Cube without a schematic or color coded connection diagram! You have a unique piece of fan history. Happy Fanning!

Folks, I'll make things simple. I won't bother to pick up the bronze/brass castings as I have no interest in it. It is more trouble and not fun. I simply did it to help and to learn a task. From now on, I'll stick to making stuff for myself and if you see something you like, ask me. If I have them in CAD, I'll be more than happy to help. This is suppose to be for fun. And if you want to learn how to CAD, there are plenty of tutorials out there on youtube. CAD is fun for me and that is why I do them. Fan collecting is supposed to be fun.

Your trade was not fair. You kept adding stuff to the list of stuff you want and bad mouth someone who has been there to help me. So please spare us the trouble of stoking the fire. As for Russ and me...that is for us to settle out. Only reason I posted was so that we all have a clear understanding of the trouble involved and not everything works the way it should be intended. I was simply stating fact between me and Russ. If Russ has a problem with me, he should have asked me for clarification. I came home after long days work and called him to calm him down. Apparently, it did not work. Again, this is meant as a hobby. Like most things in life, everything else seems trivial. This thing between AFCA member is trivial and will pass as I have seen many things come and go. Just remember what is important in life. Do mostly good and avoid doing harm. Holding onto a grudge is not worth it to me. As for your comment under sale "I will trade ya." I've learn my lesson not to do trades. Your trades are one sided. Your wires are great but not fair to me.

I have a couple of the last batch of bronze gearboxes which I gladly paid for. They will be gorgeous when done. Analysis by an experienced machinist who's been involved with several generations of kidney box reproductions, one in brass and another in aluminum revealed the followoing: the bronze batch had enough shrinkage in material thru the casting prrocedure that the appearance of where holes should be drilled in the unfinished castings is not where the holes should be for the gears to match up to the motor shaft and worm gear. Looks like each box will have to be machined starting with the mounting holes to the back of the fan motor then working from that to measure the accurate placement of the mounting holes for the rest of the gears with the box attached to the fan and wormgear in place. May also need some reaming out of the sides of the box for lateral geartooth clearance. If any boxes have already been drilled by the appearance of hole positions in the raw castings, they can be salvaged by machining a plug to braze the holes shut and then remachining as mentioned above. This will be an additional expense no doubt, but I think will only increase the intrinsic value of this production run of Good Enough fans. Thanks again Louis for tackling a project(s) with unavoidable variables, unknown until the work is done, just for fun, squeezed into your spare time around your day job.

Russ glad I'm not the only one with empty promises.

Here's a Jandus C frame I've almost completed. Just waiting on wire and plug to assemble, and an itty bitty GE lil' ripper. Cute, eh? Cheers, Bill

Louis, read this quote from you........"Charlie, Russ, George, Don are people I have promise to sent out free samples to for testing." ~ Louis Luu. I told you tonight when you called I talked with George Durbin yesterday, and messaged Charlie Wick today. I told you they told me they have no kidney gearbox from you to date one year later. What did I tell you on the phone that has nothing to do with Cad or the what the casters do? Don't make promises to people and leave them hanging. There are people out here dying for a gearbox. If you want to jump from Cad to Cad and razzle and dazzle us all, have at it. We discussed my gearbox, so we have an understanding. I sent you a nice new free meter, please learn how to use it so you don't send me another stump for free with a dead stator in it. Now take a chill pill.

Finished up this b junior for a client! These are fantastic fans. A reverse timeline is posted below.

Can one of the above names mentioned please share their received finished Louis Luu Kidney box on their fan?

I use the KB unit mentioned above on AC/DC fans.They work perfect.I have not tried on an AC fan yet because I integrated the controller to the line cord and gave them away to relatives.I plan on putting another together.Don’t take any of this as if I know anything as I am throwing this out only as a source of conversation.My understanding the reason a fan controller is not good for AC,is slowing it below recommended voltage will cause the motor to try and compensate and build heat.So with that thinking since these motors,fans,are designed to run on lower voltage all should be good??I’m speaking only on the KB unit since it’s the only unit I have used because the minimum speed can be adjusted so there is no chance to stall.Fans are different too than a motor that has a load other than spinning freely in the wind as far as reducing voltage.Like a saw or belt driver etc which makes it seem more plausible? I will try soon on one of my AC fans and see anyway.

John and I corresponded over the summer about this very thing. Hope it's ok to share his words. At the time I had a question of whether a router control could be used as a poor man's variac. He responded it chopped up the sine wave. When the conversation shifted to the BN controller, he replied below: Search: Google images for "Triac AC waveform" for examples of what a Triac does to the AC sine wave... Your message peaked my interest of the BN-LINK Exhaust Fan Speed Controller. I bought one, took it apart, and tested it with several different fans. It has a VERY BASIC circuit and does not have the sophistication of the KB Electronics control. It made the lamination's buzz in two of the fans. The fixed minimum speed allows the motor to stall, (Which is not good). Please use a Variac, or a KB Electronics KBWC-15K fan control for your best results.

Great restoration.

Nice work!

You've got a beauty! Great work!

Nice save!

Nice job John! Beautiful fan.

Beautiful job John! Did you actually repair that base or find a replacement?