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Picked my pedestal swan today! First one I have seen.

Hi Everybody! Finally I finished my 12" Jandus Wire yoke. I acquired over a year ago. The biggest problem was get the right blade, When I received the fan it had a 12" GE blade on it so I started looking for the right blade. I had no luck finding one so I decided to let Dan Nguyen make one for me, Dan made me a beautiful correct Jandus blade and shipped it my way. That is when the problems started, three months later still no blade. The last tracking report it was at JFK airport, After another two months Dan decided it was lost and said he would make another one for me. The second blade arrived in about a month safe and sound in bullet proof metal box. Dan is the man he fabricated two beautiful blade and I finally got one. Rick Huckabee rewound the stator, Darryl Hudson replaced the bearings and sent me a bearing cap for it. Anyway its done! Video.MOV

Still a work in progress. Special thanks to Seth Anderson for the 3D printed centers.

I received a request to reproduce a Manhattan fan cage using a sample. When I opened the box, I was met with a real problem. The center piece was a stamped ring instead of a solid ring. I don't have a punch press and tooling to make these, so If I couldn't figure out a way to fab this up, I would have to return the cage and not accept this project. Searching around my toolbox, I found a huge tube socket for the sprocket nut on one of my bikes. It was the right size. I rounded the end of it on my belt sander and radiused the inside with my moto tool. Taking some sheet brass, I measured it up and cut it to size. Using hammer and dolly method, I folded the edges around the tube socket, stopping to frequently anneal the brass so it wouldn't crack and split. At this point I used my drill press to push the center through inside the tube socket. Now I had something that would work. Success. I saved the project. The rest is just like any other cage, with rings and spokes. Cheers, Bill

Works fine with my dc fans... I made and sold many...

I thought I would never see Jim Funk's last blade patent assigned to Reynolds Electric of Chicago filed in 1940. For those that don't know James Funk designed cast aluminum blades used by Airmaster/Diehl and Marathon circulators. Funk passed early in life at age 48 from what appears to be liver disease from alcoholism. His blade patent design to Reynolds would have been his last. 1498402039060494066-D0131699 (storage.googleapis.com)

Yes. Dayton marketing propaganda. 🙂

John McComas posted the compact HP printer transformer/rectifier years back. It's ideal at 32VDC output at 2.2 amperage. I have never purchased one yet as I have variable DC power source. I would assume there are two wires on the output end. However you want those two wires leading to your 32 VDC fan is your call.

Not found, that I know of. Super interesting rotor, both the construction and the winding. Nick's right in that it does have Gramme characteristics. Hope you can rustle up a better picture of the ornate casing Steve. Still, beggars can't be choosers. None of the motor construction has been seen in true pictures until yours.