Anthony Lindsey Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 Picked this up. Don't know if it was for a fan or some type of utility motor. The neck is towards the back so that probably rules out a normal fan base. The rotor only sticks out a little bit from the housing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Rockwell Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 Never seen one to study and I know next to nothing about the revolving fans, but for what purpose other than a Fort Wayne fan would the offset mount (red arrow) be utilized? [ Imagine it mounted on a base as it appears in the original photo... what utility motor needs to run at an angle, not horizontally?] What does it appear like viewed from the blue arrow vantage? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Rockwell Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russ Huber Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Carmody Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 (edited) Better be careful.I've seen a working one before. Phan-tasm- Edited August 9, 2022 by Paul Carmody Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Kovar Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 Tony, on which sideare the oil holes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Kovar Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 It appears the motor hassome kind of "white metal"bushing.Those bushings are knownto swell and thus seize thearmature shaft.Can the shaft rotate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Kovar Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 8 hours ago, Anthony Lindsey said: Don't know if it was for a fan... The neck is towards the back so that probably rules out a normal fan base. So, you're telling me thisprob'ly ain't legit? 😠 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Lindsey Posted August 9, 2022 Author Share Posted August 9, 2022 Rotor spins freely. Here are some more pics. Oil holes are on the same side as the neck so if ut was hanging oil ports on top. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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David Allen Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 So, as a fan; this just hangs by its cable, and flails about wildly when turned on? That's what the drawings seem to show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Rathberger Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 25 minutes ago, David Allen said: So, as a fan; this just hangs by its cable, and flails about wildly when turned on? That's what the drawings seem to show. It rotates 360 degrees as I understand it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Allen Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 30 minutes ago, Michael Rathberger said: It rotates 360 degrees as I understand it. Looking at Steve Rockwell's catalog page, and Russ Huber's restored fan, it looks like it has just a cable to hang from, as opposed to a solid down-rod. I don't understand how that would rotate 360° without all sort of swinging and tangling and unscrewing its self from the socket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Rockwell Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 (edited) Edited August 9, 2022 by Steve Rockwell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Rockwell Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 1902 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Rathberger Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 3 hours ago, David Allen said: Looking at Steve Rockwell's catalog page, and Russ Huber's restored fan, it looks like it has just a cable to hang from, as opposed to a solid down-rod. I don't understand how that would rotate 360° without all sort of swinging and tangling and unscrewing its self from the socket. I'm with you. Never seen one run so not certain but I imagine it worked. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Lumsden Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Lumsden Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 What distinguishes a revolving motor versus a dragon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Peters Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 Quite a novelty seeing it spin around. Too noisy though, to use on a regular basis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Lindsey Posted August 10, 2022 Author Share Posted August 10, 2022 They came up with some neat stuff back then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Rathberger Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 Thanks for the video. Seems to move quite a bit, I'd not be comfortable with it over my head.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russ Huber Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 On 8/9/2022 at 8:43 AM, David Allen said: Looking at Steve Rockwell's catalog page, and Russ Huber's restored fan. Just to clarify, I used the images from past post on the old website. Not my fan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Kovar Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 Tony,... yours is a lot shorter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Lindsey Posted August 10, 2022 Author Share Posted August 10, 2022 Hmmm.........so it seems. It was in the pool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Lumsden Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 Same here... So maybe for a Dragon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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