1898 GE Pancake project

[David Kilnapp]

Hello friends. I recently made a trip out of state to acquire this fan. I recognized it immediately by the football tag even though it had the wrong blade on it. Pictures follow.

It ran fine on two speeds. I noticed immediately that a previous owner had over sprayed the japanne with a rattle can. Note the overspray on the acorn nut and the speed coil.

I pulled the stator and began the clean up.

I contacted Ted Kaczor to inquire if he would consider making the correct blade for this fan, which he did.

I shipped the pieces off to Rick Powell for japanning and the cage to Ron Bethoney of New England Brass Refinishing.

Here it is all finished.

And you can see it running below

Thanks to Rick for being a great friend and Darryl Hudson for providing the missing acorn nut and most especially to Ted Kaczor for sharing his amazing talent with me.

Edited November 5, 2021 by David Kilnapp

[Bobby Gaines]

Nice, real Nice! That is great fan and You did a great job on it.

[Rick Powell]

David definately a “Showboat” in your fleet.  Well done my friend!

[David Kilnapp]

I would have preferred to leave it in an "as found" condition but the poor spray paint job combined with Ted Kaczor's shiny new blade would have made for a very strange looking fan so I opted for the full restoration. I'm advised that the fan would have had more value if left as found but I'm happy with the way it turned out. 

[Ted Kaczor]

I'm glad you took care of this very valuable fan. It is in good hands, enjoy. 

[David Kilnapp]

Thank you Ted. Your blade made this fan special! No doubt about that!