Michael Rathberger Posted December 6, 2022 Posted December 6, 2022 Picked this up over the summer. I have a soft spot for these later westy's. I like the way Westinghouse kept updating the design based on the original power-aire, just with current materials. Anyway I thought it would be a quick turnaround then found out the oscillator shaft in the motor housing was wallowed out. How that happened is beyond me, the fan weighs about 3 pounds and there's just not a lot of pull on it. I ended up drilling it round and putting a liner in. There was not a lot of material to work with so I used a thin steel piece I had on hand. Blade had a deep scratch I took out with some fine sandpaper and novus polish. It works pretty well now. 2 speeds. I'll use it in the office this coming summer. It's all original finish down to the cord. Not perfect but perfectly original. 3 Quote
Ron May Posted December 7, 2022 Posted December 7, 2022 Looks really clean! I love those translucent blue blades. Quote
Russ Huber Posted December 7, 2022 Posted December 7, 2022 Nice catch. I used to literally have a small grouping of those. Never saw one like that. Gustav Koch engineered bucket loads for Westy fans 30s into the 50s. 1499071272413350119-02603674 (storage.googleapis.com) Quote
Mike Aidinovich Posted December 8, 2022 Posted December 8, 2022 Very nice fan Mike. I like the Poweraire & Livelyaire fans, actually have a Livelyaire running every night in the bedroom. Very quite fan. Quote
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