I fabricated new Cherry blades for my Emerson ceiling fan.

[Tim Babcock]

I bought the fan from Doc at the last meet up. It needed blades. Could not find any so I made them from scratch using Arkansas Cherry. Coated with clear furniture lacquer clear. I just need to drill the holes for the blade arms and will be good to go.

[Geoff Dunaway]

Those are gonna look super on that fan. Make sure that the mounting holes are in exactly the same place on each blade or you'll have an exceptionally tough time balancing the blades. How did they weigh out one to another? Curious as to whether the density of the knots in the wood make a difference ?

[Tim Babcock]

17 minutes ago, Geoff Dunaway said:

Those are gonna look super on that fan. Make sure that the mounting holes are in exactly the same place on each blade or you'll have an exceptionally tough time balancing the blades. How did they weigh out one to another? Curious as to whether the density of the knots in the wood make a difference ?

I don't have a scale that sensitive. I will try my postal scale but its an older spring scale. My digital scale is too small to go that high. It will only go to about 4 oz. But the Postal scale may be close enough. I plan to mark the holes in one and clamp them together and use a drill press to drill all 4 at one time.

[Steve Cunningham]

Here’s a suggestion. Drill one hole in each for the heel of the blade.. Put the rotor in a vise. Or rest it on a bench vertically. Put in two screws for the bracket. Put a level on them. When level, fix the rotor so it won’t move. Mount the bracket & blade on the bottom of the rotor. Leave the heel screw loose. The blade should hang vertically straight. Clamp the bracket to the blade. Mark the holes. Drill the holes in the blade. Use that as your pattern.

[Russ Huber]

2 hours ago, Tim Babcock said:

I don't have a scale that sensitive. I will try my postal scale but its an older spring scale. My digital scale is too small to go that high. It will only go to about 4 oz. 

FWIW...take them to your local post office and ask them if they can weigh the wings individually. I don't know about you, but I live in a very small town where they would have time to weigh them. 🙂

A postal scale is an extremely sensitive scale designed to weigh pieces of mail and parcels to determine the postage rate for an item.

[Tim Babcock]

My local PO has a postal scale on the automated label machine. Its open 24/7

[David Kilnapp]

Beautiful fabrication! I'll be interested to know how you make out with the suggestions above.

 

[Tim Babcock]

I have a garbage bag full of planer shavings in Cherry. Good for smoking drinks and the like. I used a Forstner bit. For those who have not worked with wood it is a bit used in finished products where you can not have chipping. Just about finished.

[Mel Lagarde]

Tim

i must say these blades looks awesome.  Fantastic work on these.  Thank you for posting.

Mel

[Tim Babcock]

21 minutes ago, Mel Lagarde said:

Tim

i must say these blades looks awesome.  Fantastic work on these.  Thank you for posting.

Mel

Thanks I appreciate that.

[James Gaspard]

Very nice work! Are the blade arms painted steel?

[Tim Babcock]

Painted cast iron.

[Doug Wendel]

On 7/21/2024 at 11:29 AM, Tim Babcock said:

My local PO has a postal scale on the automated label machine. Its open 24/7

I'd think a digital kitchen scale would work just fine too.  

[Mark Behrend]

Those look great!!

[Tim Babcock]

19 hours ago, Mark Behrend said:

Those look great!!

Thanks.