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So my daughter said she didn’t want that little Jubilee fan with a pleasant breeze.She wants a big fan that puts out hurricane force winds.Be careful what you wish for!She seen it running and said,,,IS IT SAFE! My reply,,DON’T STICK YOUR FINGERS IN IT,or your hair!! Im going to ruffle some feathers on this one from the leave it original group .Im going to paint it as pink as Miss Piggy’s posterior.Thats what the daughter wants ,she will get.Im going to bling it so shades will be required to look upon it.That and I have four or five of them.I’m not about to paint one of my Westinghouse’s pink.🤬 So here’s the candidate.It was someone’s project that they Jimmy rigged the wiring I suppose to see if it would run.The blade was so out of clock you could see it at a glance.I guess they gave up at that point so I’m picking up the pieces so to speak.I hope they are all there.I do have extras like the blade on it.I have the wings back in alignment ,now I can balance it.I get to try out my Jerry Bravi balance rod. This thing is scary without the cage!! IMG_2652.mov

Tony Clayton makes covered wire. He’s here on this site. I’d check him out here and message him. Also Darryl Hudson always has some replacement wires. He’s a machinist and does very good work. Check him out at Hudson Custom Machining. There are a few sites online, but to be honest Tony’s wire is far superior, Darryl’s is a step above the online stuff as well. You should definitely consider joining AFCA here. It’s proved valuable to me.

Evan, Thanks so much for the info. You’re right about the addiction. I bought these fans last Saturday, became a member on Sunday, and went a little crazy on Tuesday after seeing how many people collected and restored these things and how old they were. I returned to the estate sale and saved a “few” that were headed to the scrap yard. The person that collected these had to have been a member. Best I can tell his last name was Wells, living in Crosby, Tx. Paul, when is the meetup in Houston?

That 73 series is a good fan, the improved Parker is much better than the earlier style. I have made custom fans for both of my kids & they loved them.

For those that didn't catch part 1 Restoration process A short recap.First It has an interesting tag that I thought maybe a motel fan.There really is no reason to think that.Who knows?But I did look up the initials and I’m sure just by coincidence the year of the fan and the start up or move of a movie production company to a new location in 1954. Needing more space to accommodate increasing production, in December 1954 Ziv purchased 92 percent of American National Studios in Hollywood. The trade publication Billboard said that the six-acre purchase was reported to have exceeded $2 million. It had more than double the space of Ziv's previous facility. Now the recap.Mangled cage,13 separations ,one cage support off.Blade out of wack.The blade bronze only had light reparable damage visually.The fan body is very clean with minor scuffs and staining with zero rust.I could have restored 2 or 3 fans on the time spent on the blade alone.Silly I know.I did go back and add more shine after going a full brush look.All descriptions in part one. This video is only right at 3min. long.There is no talking,very little text ,with the fan running at the end.Has a nice spin down at the finish. 

My favorite Maytag repairman moonlighted as a radio station manager.

The two essential tools for motor rewinding other than a winder/counter and forms are calipers and a GRAM SCALE. It makes counting turns unnecessary and winding coils near effortless.