Gordon Goss Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 Hello members. I purchased this antique fan yesterday. I'm a antique clock collector by heart, but light fixtures somewhat. It took me a while to figure out that this is a light fixture attachment for a ceiling fan. Does anyone have any information the attachment. I can't find any info. I don't know how to insert from URL, so I put three pics of facebook, Thanks, Gordon https://www.facebook.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan Adams Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 Could not find the pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Goss Posted February 21 Author Share Posted February 21 I had thought they had to be a gif file,,, but here they are thanks..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan Adams Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 My opinion is someone has modified a light fixture to make it work on the fan. That is an Emerson Long Nose fan & the light would have been 4 light arms screwed into the nose of the fan. You could order the fan with a light fitter & the switch was installed on top of the motor. With an "after markey fixture, the switch is inaccessible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Goss Posted February 21 Author Share Posted February 21 There is a pull chain switch on the side of the fitter. A 1" metal bar screws into the top of the fitter, and then into the fan. The only "fitters", which I kept trying to pull up light fixture for fan, I did not know the term fitter, but all I could pull up is a single light fitter. These sure were complicated fans back then, I have yet to take the fan apart but have seen pics of all the components. Thanks for the info Stan.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Warnecke Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 The fan looks like a 32" six-blade Longnose. These were in production from 1925-1930 and are sought-after if complete. Blades and irons can be a bit tough to find. Here's a video of the one I restored. You can see that it has a cast iron fitter sized for a 6" lip glass globe. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Goss Posted February 22 Author Share Posted February 22 Sure is a nice fan, must take a lot of work to restore. This is the only antique fan, I've really looked at before. They sure don't make them like that anymore. I did not try to wire it to turn on. It's that light fitter that had me interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Warnecke Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 Gordon, Is this fan complete with blades? I visit Sugar Land periodically, so I could restore it for you if you'd like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Goss Posted February 22 Author Share Posted February 22 Thanks, but it's missing the blades. I restore antique clocks, and might give this a chance, because of that antique"fitter" that seems so unusual. I'm going to run some electric to it today see if it runs. Thanks for the offer to help. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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