David Kilnapp Posted October 16, 2024 Posted October 16, 2024 (edited) Hello fan friends. Today, I picked up the newly nickel plated struts, cage and blade from the metal plater of my 1902-1908 (dates provided by Russ Huber) Jandus ball fan. Dan Nguyen was kind enough to sell this fan to me. It took a month to get here from Vietnam (not Dan's fault) and Dan packed it flawlessly. I highly recommend Dan if you are considering buying a fan from him. He is a kind and gentle man. Below are pictures of the fan as it appeared in Dan's posting. The fan was in excellent shape (particularly the japanne finish) and ran well, if not a tad noisily, when it arrived. I quickly studied it to see how I might make it run more quietly. The front and the rear bearings float which contributed to the noisy operation. I managed to tighten them down with some washers and that helped quite a bit. I would imagine that a permanent fix would be to drill holes for set screws (behind the covers) in the framing of the case in order the keep the bearings in one position. I wasn't comfortable (or capable of) doing that so I used some washers behind the screw in the back and also in the front of the fan and that did the trick. You will notice from the pictures above that the cage, blade and struts were deeply pitted and that was challenging for my metal plater, who managed to do a good job in spite of not being able to remove all the deep pitting. Interestingly, the struts and cage were made from nickel plated brass while the blade was steel with a brass hub. Below are pictures of the fan with the restoration complete. Below is a movie or the fan in operation. This is a nice addition to my collection and, as I said, I am indebted to Dan Nguyen. Above fans are (top right to left) Jandus ball motor, MESCO 12-inch dc fan, Hawthorne double lever fan, (middle): Dr. Max Levy fan (bottom left to right) Emerson 14644, Carlton ball motor. The box houses a bridge rectifier for the MESCO DC fan and the Carlton (AC/DC fan). Behind and to the right of the bridge rectifier box is a variable frequency drive for the Dr. Max Levy fan which runs at 42 cycles and 150 volts. Edited October 16, 2024 by David Kilnapp 6 Quote
Russ Huber Posted October 16, 2024 Posted October 16, 2024 Nice David. FWIW....please don't cheat yourself dating your fan later than it actually is. Your fan dates between 02-08. 🙂 Quote
David Kilnapp Posted October 16, 2024 Author Posted October 16, 2024 Thank you, Russ. Good to know. Much appreciated. Quote
Michael Rathberger Posted October 16, 2024 Posted October 16, 2024 You see lots of Jandus fans with steel blades. For me it's rarer to see them with brass, but as far as I know there's no rhyme or reason. On one of the walls I have a brass plated blade and cage. 1 Quote
Malcolm MacGregor Posted October 18, 2024 Posted October 18, 2024 Nice shiny finish on the motor and base David. The fan turned out excellent 👍 Quote
David Kilnapp Posted October 18, 2024 Author Posted October 18, 2024 Thanks Malcolm. All I had to do was polish it a mite and touch up some of the bare spots. It still runs a little noisily when it starts up quiets down some after a minute or so. It is pretty to look at. The 12-inch MESCO ball motor is nearly silent by comparison. Quote
Mel Lagarde Posted October 19, 2024 Posted October 19, 2024 A beautiful addition to your wonderful collection. Nice cleanup on this one. It turned out great. Thank you for posting for us. Quote
Andy Cornish Posted October 21, 2024 Posted October 21, 2024 Love the fan David. The plain ball motor is so striking. Was Dan able to share anything on its history before him? Quote
Stephen Chew Posted October 21, 2024 Posted October 21, 2024 (edited) Awesome restoration David!! I have the same fan with nickel plated brass blade. My cage is brass along with struts. The nickel is very thin. Edited October 22, 2024 by Stephen Chew 1 Quote
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