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Hello Friends: You may recall that I recently acquired a second Manhattan No. 3 fan which was missing the cage and the blade. I inquired of Bill Dunlap (in Hawaii) if he might be willing to take on the job of fabricating a cage and a blade. You may have seen his post about how he came up with a clever jig to make the center ring for my Manhattan. Anyway, Today the original and reproduction cage and blade arrived in the mail. You'd be hard pressed to tell which are the originals and which are the reproductions. See the answer below. The top picture is of the reproduction parts and the second picture is of the originals. The blade that Bill made is perfectly balanced with not even the slightest vibration. While I won't divulge the price that Bill charged, I will tell you that his prices are more than reasonable (in fact, I tipped him because I felt that he didn't charge enough). I believe that Bill will entertain other jobs if you've a mind to inquire. I'm so grateful for his willingness to share his talents and superb craftsmanship!

Will give this a try. I will also be making the other part of the gear, T-bracket and back arm housing.

21 switch plates began as white and later painted black. Unsure on 21646 but the 21645 tap leads ran under laminates because the tight tolerance between top edge of laminate and inside of motor housing would squeeze and cut into wire. Running under laminate stack avoided the potential of shorting

Being you're a member, go into the INFO section and check out your serial to others documented in chronological order in Ron Jeter's survey. It will give you some idea of the manufacture date of your example.

Adams & Bagnall offered a Jandus badged DC vane oscillator in 1911. Jandus/ABJandus, Dayton Fan & Motor, and Shedd scratched each other's backs in 11 sharing fan motor components and models to complete their fan motor line to compete in the fan motor market.

Housing gear in 127 and 111 teeth. Still need to put in the stem and the holes. I'll be done with the mating gear sometime next week.

Hello. My brother has over 100 restored fans. They are beautiful. I am looking for a buyer and someone to help me in finding their worth. He has taken ill and I need to sell. My email is dianemrippy@hotmail.com Would appreciate some advice.

This fan has some uniqueness to it. The rear cover has air vents. Its the only Airmaster with this kind of blade. Never heard of Electro Machines. Total motor cover.. This is a very smooth running fan.

Here's my Emerson 16666 fresh off the work bench and writing this up while enjoying watching it run (I know it's 17 degrees out but who cares!?!?). When I got this fan, it was complete and not in trashed condition. Cage was surprisingly perfectly round. Seller said it ran. I'll take his word on it as I wasn't going to test it with that much bare copper showing. I wasn't in the mood for sparks everywhere. Enough sparking had already been done on this fan as one of the hub fingers had been welded back on. I sent the blades to Jerry Bravi for his expertise. He reported back that the weld was good and strong. A couple days later, I had a beautiful set of blades back in my hands. Jerry does spectacular work! All the iron was sent to my buddy Dustin Soto at Mirror Image Coatings in Racine, WI. His powder coat work is absolute perfection! I handled the rest of the brass polishing. All of the steel fasteners and steel parts of the oscillator linkages were gun blued. These lever oscillators are a thing of beauty in my opinion! Such a smooth and quiet runner! It's too bad all of that beautiful linkage is hidden at the back of the fan!