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Terry Plata

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I felt sorry for this Emerson Jr last weekend as the owner was making it into a lamp. So talked him out of it and brought home another wayward fan feeling good that I save one from a horrible fate. Imagine the embarrassment a fine Emerson must face to spend the rest of its days on a shelf with light bulbs replacing Parker blades. Well just as I walked into the house our cuckoo clock said cuckoo. Probably right. Unfortunately, I may have been a bit too late as the owner had already harvested all the copper windings and removed the armature. So unless I can find a motor this may spend its life as decoration. BTW I thought all the Juniors were oscillators, apparently not. 

Terry in Texas

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at least 10-15 Jr oscillators to every non-oscillating model. Worth sacrificing an oscillator model to complete this one in my book anyways. Great save !

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I agree Geoff but then again I am a sucker for a basket case. Would you happen to have a donor motor in your parts stash?

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Chris, I think the lamp maker was impressed by my tears and desire to restore this one. He just gave it to me for free.

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2 hours ago, Terry Plata said:

Chris, I think the lamp maker was impressed by my tears and desire to restore this one. He just gave it to me for free.

Well alrighty then!  What is left is good, sorta like a nice sea shell, just looking for the right hermit crab to live in it.  Would make an easy swap once you find a suitable donor.  Does it still have the original rotor?  

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No rotor, the blade is just laying loose inside the cage. Hmmm, worse case it could become a lamp. NOT.

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Well on the bright side, it looks like the cage is there and housing. Gotta jist do a guts swap.  Since there is no oroginal rotor can just hack the wormgear off an oscillator.

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Be nice if I could find a stump. Even the badge looks salvageable. See? My shop is indeed the home for wayward fans

 

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  • 1 month later...

"Flamp" Salvation begins! Blade straightened, balanced, glass beaded and primed. Cage and badge repaired. Base plate and switch look like they have been sitting in water for the past 93 years. The switch is currently bathing in Evapo-Rust but the base plate is a gonner. 

The Emerson Gods are smiling.

 

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Yes, kind of what I figured. Hate to cut a good armature but it does mean saving an unusual fan. By the way, nice color on your Junior! My wife likes it because it reminds her of a Ford convertible we had years ago. 

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  • 4 weeks later...

Progress report: The cage is now finish painted and badge straightened and installed. Blade is blasted, balanced and  painted satin black. Going to Doc's fan workshop in a couple of weeks and hope to score a donor motor and possibly a base. Getting closer to saving a great fan.

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