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I finished this a few weeks ago and posted these pics on the FB site. Never got around to taking better ones. I do like Tanks. It came out pretty good. Powder coat and restoration by me. Darrell Koller base cover. Tony Clayton head wire. Been using it to dry my veggies and meat, but going up on the shelf soon. IMG_1917.MOV

I recently acquired a fan that I have been hunting for years. “The elusive 6 blade tank with a 6 pole motor”. When it arrived the cage was mangled from shipping and I was not happy. Fortunately, my man, Korey Kreitman was able to restore the damaged cage. He made a new back ring from brass stock, fixed and attached the bent S wires. His work is Excellent! The cage looks great and now my fan is whole again.

I posted this on the AFCA FB page but with the new forum up and more user friendly, I thought it best to post here too. I'd sworn off 16" fans because of space issues, already having several, but this Robbins & Myers List 1159 came up for a song just an hours drive from me and off I went to take a look. Another old farmhouse fan found miles from anywhere. It has the standard R&M flag (it will be attached to the center of the cage but you can see it resting at the base) but is missing the motor tag, a strut to motor screw, and a shoulder screw to attach the oscillator arm to the disc. Otherwise, it looks complete and it tests out OK so far. Pretty dirty and I don't see much pinstriping on it as I think it may have had originally but I've been surprised by R&Ms in the past when I start cleaning just how much paint detail survives. So we'll see. It has the early model inverted grease cups both front and aft so I'm placing it around 1913. Any insight on this one, things to look out for etc?

This Shedd tank recently sold at an online auction. Hope an AFCA'er is the new owner. Lot included an Emerson too.