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1915 Lake Breeze restoration


David Kilnapp

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Hello fan friends. Today, I finished the restoration of a fan I have always wanted - a Lake Breeze alcohol fan. The fan was covered in 75 years or more of grime and dirt (mostly nicotine) but fired right up though later, it froze up solid so I had to take it apart and clean the moving parts.

Here are some before pictures.

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Here are the parts that make it run.

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I cleaned up and repainted the cage and the badge which came out rather well.

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Thanks to Ron Bethoney for cleaning and polishing the brass blade.

Here it is running

https://youtu.be/_tzxOoMK_Qo

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Very cool fan. You did a great job on it! 👍

You actually painted that fan in your basement? If I did that my wife would kick me out of the house. Haha 

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Hi Vic. Yes, my wife isn't crazy about the smell so I paint in the garage and then move it into the cellar to dry. I only painted the cage. The japanne was in great shape under all that nicotine and polished up nicely so no repaint needed.

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Beautiful work on that! 

Can you run that on lamp fuel? I know alcohol burns pretty hot, don't know if lamp fuel is hot enough but I know they have odorless indoor lamp fuel. 

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Runs on denatured alcohol.  I’ve used sterno on the one I had. Safer than alcohol. I set the fan on 2 bricks so I could slide the sterno can in and out to light and snuff it. Works perfectly 

 

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It’s a neat fan to watch. Very clever mechanism. Next up is the Manhattan No. 3 restoration. Louis Luu is casting me a new spider for the blade then off to Ted Kaczor for some new wings. That’s a fun little fan!

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Not cast...I'm going to CAD and print it in brass.  I will get it done this week and have it printed.  Have a great day David.  And yes, internet is back up.

 

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The hub was a wreck but I managed to get the measurements.  I recommend printing it 101% larger to allow for sanding and polishing to get the correct profile and any artifact lines.  The 1% increase will not affect overall dimension.  The original hub was sand casted and had flashing on the edge.  The pitch is around 3 degrees.

 

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