Leaderboard

I have an old twist and spin from the 60s for exercise. I covered it with aluminum as its a collectors item. I had the soldering holder. I bought a set of copper, gold and silver sharpies and tapped it to the soldering holder. Seems to work just fine. Takes a bit to set it up so it does not move. My first attempt messed up as I tried to hold the marker stand too hard. A bit of Mguires car polish and a paper towel removed it with a light bit of pressure. I am painting this fan pearlized white/gray. Brass polished and painted accents.

When I think "dime store", I'm thinking stamped steel, like Eskimos, Festo, etc, not cast iron and brass blades. Granted, not all Cubs have brass blades, but definitely higher quality than the others.

The changes definitely came through in 1905, so until we know better let's use the 1902-1904 dating... For that matter, the guard seems to be consistent with the oscillating fan as well in that period... The R & M image I zoomed in the 2nd Post is the same pic you used in the 8th Post. When Curt didn't like the answer, I explored deeper into the subject and came up with the possible 1904 oscillator; my whole point in posting at all was to register the guard as, seemingly, Robbins & Myers, regardless of model or year, and that was the goal in the first place. So we've narrowed the possibilities, and I've learned some stuff of which I'd otherwise be ignorant... nice. It would be great to see more photos of these super-early R & Ms.....

Here a newly developed wire for Edison C Frame Battery Fan. Wire is pictured currently curing.

Glass spaghetti tubing before varnish. 2mm ID 3.3mm OD