Bobby Gaines Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 Hi Everybody! I have been thinking about making one of the for a while, It was a lot harder than I thought. I guess the balancing of motor gave me the most problem. Well here it is. I have not named it yet ! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jim Kovar Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 Wow!, nicely done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Rathberger Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 Wow is right. Did you get that to go with no modifications to the speed of the motor (ie, more airflow)? That is a trick. Very cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Gaines Posted February 12 Author Share Posted February 12 I did not have to modify the motor at all, just changed the balance point where the stem attached. It took me three time to get that right. The blade is the same pitch just balanced it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Durbin Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 2 hours ago, Bobby Gaines said: Hokey smokes! Do you have trouble sleeping at night?😁😆 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Dunlap Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 Knocked it right out of the park! Home run! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Braswell Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 Wow, absolutely fabulous! Kudos to you Bobby on an amazing job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Gaines Posted February 12 Author Share Posted February 12 1 hour ago, George Durbin said: Hokey smokes! Do you have trouble sleeping at night?😁😆 Not really George, Some days I was just worn out trying to figure how to make it work. I have a box of parts that would not work. The slip ring was the easy part. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Gaines Posted February 12 Author Share Posted February 12 The base as many of you have noticed is not GE, I think it is Emerson Jr. I bought from Gordon Sommers at Stan's Lake Houston meet( I still owe him 2.00$ on it). The Whiz Fan base was too light. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Gaines Posted February 12 Author Share Posted February 12 1 hour ago, Bill Dunlap said: Knocked it right out of the park! Home run! Hey Bill could you help me name it, You all-ways come up with some cool names for your fans. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Dunlap Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 OK, workin' on it. I just tried all the foreign language translations for Lollipop. Italian was funny. Lecca Lecca. pron,. Licka Licka. https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english-french/lollipop Not seeing a good one, yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Gaines Posted February 13 Author Share Posted February 13 Great ! I watched your video of the little brass fan, amazing . Too Cool! Let me know if you come up with a good name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David A Cherry Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 (edited) Great job.. I can only imagine the trials and tribulations.. I can see I’m gonna have to up my game.. Edited February 13 by David A Cherry 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Rusnak Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 Way Cool !! Great looking fan !! A lot of time n work went in to the fan !! Love it !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Smalley Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 Once again your work was over the top. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Peshoff Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 Very nice Bobby. I admire your craftsmanship. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kilnapp Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 Gorgeous craftsmanship, Bobby! You and Bill Dunlap are in a class by yourselves! WOW! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Gaines Posted February 13 Author Share Posted February 13 5 minutes ago, David Kilnapp said: Gorgeous craftsmanship, Bobby! You and Bill Dunlap are in a class by yourselves! WOW! Thanks David, But Bill is in class of his own! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Gaines Posted February 13 Author Share Posted February 13 6 hours ago, David A Cherry said: Great job.. I can only imagine the trials and tribulations.. I can see I’m gonna have to up my game.. David I like that fan, I saw one at a meet not long ago. They are cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David A Cherry Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 (edited) I’m thinking about making an 8 inch one.. my wife doesn’t like it when I butcher fans already finished, so I’m waiting to find another one.. I also thought about doing a little 3 1/2 inch one. But I have to start from scratch. Too much bullshit for something that may or may not work. But it would be neat. This is what happens when you’re retired tool and die maker and you get bored. Sadly, I don’t have access to a multi million dollar machine shop anymore. Now I just work out on my basement with Chinese junk. Edited February 13 by David A Cherry 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Butler Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 Amazing Bobby! In a hundred years people will be trying to figure out what company made that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Gaines Posted February 13 Author Share Posted February 13 4 hours ago, David A Cherry said: I’m thinking about making an 8 inch one.. my wife doesn’t like it when I butcher fans already finished, so I’m waiting to find another one.. I also thought about doing a little 3 1/2 inch one. But I have to start from scratch. Too much bullshit for something that may or may not work. But it would be neat. This is what happens when you’re retired tool and die maker and you get bored. Sadly, I don’t have access to a multi million dollar machine shop anymore. Now I just work out on my basement with Chinese junk. I know exactly what you are talking about, I am a retired Pipeline Welder and now I am working with metal thinner than the filler metal (electrodes) I use. It fun though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russ Huber Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 6 hours ago, Steve Butler said: In a hundred years people will be trying to figure out what company made that. They'll figure that out quick enough. What they won't know is what crafty Bobby Bright Brass did to it. 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Ray Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 Freaking amazing work on that! You are a true talent with great vision! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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