Ron May Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 My girlfriend wanted to restore a fan on her own. It'll be a Christmas gift for her dad who has a huge collection of Detroit Lions stuff. She disassembled it, drilled out the bearing retainers, blued all of the hardware, sandblasted everything and did the bodywork. Then she stripped and rewound the stator. I sprayed the epoxy primer and she did all of the wet sanding and got it ready for paint. I sprayed the base/clear urethane and did the final wet sanding and buffing. Here's some before and after pics. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Rathberger Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 Fantastic. Sorry to hear he's a Lions fan though, almost as bad as being a Bears fan... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Powell Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 7 minutes ago, Michael Rathberger said: Fantastic. Sorry to hear he's a Lions fan though, almost as bad as being a Bears fan... Trust me it’s worse 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Butler Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 Give my compliments to your girlfriend. Beautiful job. A fan is the perfect Detroit gift because they blow! 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel Lagarde Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 A nice custom restoration, Ron. Your girlfriend and you did a wonderful job. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Gaines Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 Nice job Sweet! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Dunaway Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 great interpretation on that fan !! She does good work. You do too 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Chew Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 That looks awesome. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kilnapp Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 Well done indeed!! I love the colors! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel OToole Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 Very cool 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Roadt Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 Very nice What fan is that? Handy breeze? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron May Posted October 18, 2022 Author Share Posted October 18, 2022 11 minutes ago, Jim Roadt said: Very nice What fan is that? Handy breeze? Thanks Jim, I believe it's a Signal. It didn't have a badge when I got it but the cage looks like a Signal to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John McComas Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 Looks GREAT!!! I'm sure her dad will be impressed with it. 😃😃😃 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron May Posted October 18, 2022 Author Share Posted October 18, 2022 Thanks for the kind remarks. It was a fun project, I was proud of her for wanting to take the time and effort to do it right. Now maybe I can get back to MY fan projects! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marce Clark Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 that looks Awesome ya'll did a great job. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Chew Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 (edited) I would love to put the same color combination on this 5" Gilbert frankenfan. Edited October 19, 2022 by Stephen Chew 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Daugird Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 I don't know anything about basketball, but that fan came out nice. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karolyn Badon Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 WOW! Beautiful! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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