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I can get this fan for $50 but I have to take it down. Blades are there and look in Good condition. Thoughts? .

Yes, get it. I think the later sidewinders used this switch, I’ve seen too many with it to be coincidence

It has to be either the speed coil, the switch, or the wiring.

Picked this up as it is reversible and t-stat controlled...

GEORGE, THAT IS A VERY GOOD FAN, IT HAS THE DEEPER PITCH BLADE AND A VERY ROBUST MOTOR. IT MIGHT LOOK LIKE THE STANDARD LAKEWOOD BLADE BUT IT ISNT. THEY DELIVER MORE AIR THAN EXPECTED ...THAT IS A GOOD FIND AND THE GRILLES ARENT BROKEN EAITHER

It's hard to give a tutorial for something requiring dexterity and patience. Like when my kindergarten teacher would tell me to only color between the lines. Some badges can be sprayed and the high points sanded but this really only works on more simple designs and risks wearing down the embossing before you can get the painting right. I brush on water based acrylic urethane airbrush paint. I remove paint from embossing with an xacto knife and fine hobby q-tips dipped in denatured alcohol. Then I put down a bleed check layer and clear coat of choice over that. That's the method I used for this.

As Stan mentioned in second post is how it is done. Different approaches but clean and polish the brass high points. I then airbrush the black areas. Never scrape or pick away paint however use 1000-2000 grit sandpaper with soapy water to knock paint off high areas. Any black areas which get messed up can be touched up with airbrush vs starting from scratch. Sanding marks are then hand polished with old cotton shirt and car polish. Badge/tags cleaned under hot water and toilet bowl cleaner. Then cleared. Generally use flat black enamel paint from Testors or automotive base paint

I messed up on the rotation of the lower blade. Fixed now. Thank you Seth Anderson for catching it.

Hi James, Take your badge off and either sandblast, strip or sand the paint off. Stripping or sandblasting is the easiest. Lightly sand everything with fine paper after all the paint is off. For painting, rattle can of satin or gloss black or powder coat the cage. Put your badge back on after everything is dry.

Highly dependent on how complete and functional it is. Fair could be $300 or $1000