This is not a fan per-se but the motor was a neat find and I could make a fan out of it.

[Tim Babcock]

I was at a flea market yesterday and I saw this Westinghouse electric motor.  Its not a full size motor but its not for some home sewing machine. It must have been for a industrial sewing machine.  She is an old one, I would say 20s or 30s. It ran well. The price was and get this 8 bucks. LOL. I thought someone had monkeyed with the price but now its 8 bucks. There was a vintage 50s Sunbeam 6.5 inch Circular saw. Sunbeam the company that made the home kitchen appliances. It ran well and they were asking 4 bucks. Its almost that for a bottle of coke nowadays. Anyway I thought I could maybe make a fan out of parts. I would have to search for some ideas but it could be a neat project. The motor is about half size of a full on 1/2 or 3/4 HP motor. For some reason the serial no and model are etched out. If anyone has any information on this fan and what sewing machine it would have been on I would be interested to know. Thanks .

[Tony Clayton]

I also recently fround one of these Ed, how kool. 

[Tim Babcock]

I wonder why mine has the model and serial No electro penciled out? Strange. It looks like it was factory done also.

[Russ Huber]

[Tim Babcock]

WOW they really over did the motor on that sewing machine. I could run a small table saw on that motor.

[John Landstrom]

My thoughts are leaning to a Rube Goldberg style design with pulleys leading to a blade on a taller stand.  Got:me thinking about the motor I have.   

[Tim Babcock]

John, like a steampunk fan.

[George Durbin]

19 hours ago, Russ Huber said:

Cool stuff Russ!