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Thanks to Louis and his generosity, I now have a big Verity's. I have a couple of the little guys, but this is my first large orbit fan. I ended up restoring it because it appeared to me to have been restored at some point. It was in pretty good condition aside from the paint and covered in a thick layer of deposits of some kind. Under the crust, the chrome looks nearly new, so nothing has bee rechromed, included the screws. The rubber feet and grommets were nice enough to re-use after soaking in AFT overnight to soften them. A note of caution for anyone going to restore one of these. The paint is near indestructible and withstood soaking in paint remover and my torch. Only soaking in lacquer thinner got it soft enough to remove with a wire wheel. That was a whole day stripping paint. I manage to nail the color with powder coat from Prismatic Powders, also. The speed label I made on my computer. It runs rather slow, I think, even though there is no drag on the parts, it ohms out OK and draws about 10% over the rated wattage. I think it's down to 50 vs 60 cycles. No worries, though, as 16 inch fans typically run too fast to use in my place. So after it warmed up to a crisp 63 degrees this morning, I made a short video of it. Cheers, Bill

Beautifull work Bill and a great job on the video!👍👍 I have the same fan as you do but there are slight differences . Mine is in brass as yours is in nickel. Mine is 60 cycles, 220vac, yours is 50 cycles , 230/250vac. Mine is stamped V1, yours V12. Mine is supposed to run at 1300rpm, yours 1200rpm. Both were made at the same plant. Louis also helped me out with parts and you had made a brass strut for it.

I’m not willing to have things plated due to the high cost, and powder coating by a local shop ain’t cheap either. I’ve used Rustoleum chrome paint successfully on blades and cages. Longevity?? Anyone’s best guess but it looks good to me. Bought a can of Rustoleum “shiny brass” that I’m going to try soon on some brass plated parts that I tried to shine up and ended up taking all the plate off.

I had a little time on my hands and decided to put some parts together. My neighbor wanted to see the process of how I come up with these things, so I made consecutive videos of the work in progress and put them together from start to finish. I left out the drudgery of cutting, bending, soldering, drilling and tapping chores. I've moved on to restoring a 16 inch Verity's Orbital next. Cheers, Bill

I have two of these 12" Diehl oscillators that model, they run strong and the gear box seems to be better than the earlier ones .

Louis, Tonight I finished the 16 inch Verity's. I'll post something on it tomorrow. It's sweet!

Cheat with simulation Chrome and protective clear coat. It is considerably cheaper than plating. SUPER CHROME PLUS | UMS-10671 | Prismatic Powders CLEAR VISION | PPS-2974 | Prismatic Powders

Bill is in a class of his own. I admire his work and creativity.

Great suggestion, Lane. I found the link to that post: https://www.afcaforum.com/forum5/63653.html Lots of these on eBay if the one I picked (the 25 watt resistor) doesn't do the trick. Inexpensive too. https://duckduckgo.com/?q=50+watt+power+resistor&atb=v310-1&t=chromentp&ia=web Thank you kindly for the helpful suggestion, Lane.

Thanks all for the very generous comments. I tested the battery charge duration and it came to about 3 hours. That's a bit short so, first, I made a trap door for quick battery changes and, second, I ordered an extension cable for the charging plug. That way I can just leave it on the charger and I won't have to change batteries unless I'm in a mobile situation. The 3s battery still isn't here, so I haven't been able to test that one out yet. Cheers, Bill

That's a question I can answer for you 👍👍👍