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Posted

Finally,

getting back to my many antique minis already started. 

Finishing up this work in progress should be quite the challenge.

Hint: GE, Westy & more to be unveiled..  In the meantime, enjoy the "Emerson". 🤔😎

PICS, the " Emerson ", a work in progress...

 

 

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  • 1 month later...
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OK, I've been hoarding brass for some time now.

It's the "24k gold" of the fan world...

Behold me treasure..

..But seriously, brass is expensive in my area..

..so I sourced all around and found most out of the scrap heap & electro junk.

Used, yes, but will be put to work building the finest brass mini fans. 😎

PICS:

(Camera can barely handle the shininess-! 😵)

 

 

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Posted

Last one for today...

Using a-bit of imagination..

..I can make out an all brass "candlestick" & beginnings of a loop handle GE

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Posted

...Progress early this morning 😴... Ugh... Tooling your own badge is quite difficult.

I made mine out of scraps put together, then stamped & color added.

PICS:

Just came off the stove... Still warm in the bowl. (My heat treatment method)

"Bakes" the color I choose into the thin metal, then a quick polish to add shine. Done.

Now I have this badge added to my growing library of mini badges.

(Sorry if PICS look funny, It's so small the zoom maxed out on my camera)

 

 

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Posted

..For those curious, this is my homemade punch:

(PICS)

(Punch is mounted to a screw I found,

The setter rod is an old xacto knife handle,

& The finished badge is made of thin aluminum from a beverage safety seal.)

..and again my camera maxed out on zoom capability, making the PICS appear weird..

I can stamp these out like hotcakes now. 😴

 

 

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Posted

..couldn't resist trying it on.

 

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...New this year, "duck-foot" trunnion stick mount fans..🤔

...made of: Old bed springs, scrap metal, jar lid.

Will be of full steel/metal construction (no brass on this one).

Switch at the rear, infinite speed selection (inside the rear "donut" assembly),

DC motor, 2-wire threaded terminal which will be color coded to prevent reversing.

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  • 2 weeks later...
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On 4/10/2022 at 5:35 AM, David Kilnapp said:

Amazing work...so meticulous!

Thank-you.. Still expanding fan type & styles...

PICS below show my current & most recent badge added to my fan logo library.

Mostly handmade.

The "setter" is a magnetic speaker core,

a quarter (not seen) supports a "D" size battery terminal stacked on an AC motor stator.

This assembly holds the badge.

Badge is comprised of old telephone equipment, sanded, rounded,

and puzzle-pieced into my setter assembly.

 

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Posted

...The almost finished product:

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...Smoothing out any imperfections is key...

Not having the tools necessary,

I made my own using an armature, mini motor and a pepper grinder.

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Posted

Everything together. Whew. 😵

...Used, yes

...cobbled together, yes

...Costly?

No. 😎

...Will paint this up later today.

The material used for stamping is a yogurt container seal.

Cage to be made soon... I already have an idea on the fan build.

...I'm leaning towards a six-blade trunnion. 🤔💡

Or maybe a tab foot, eh... Won't know for sure until its set on a cage & given a blade.

So many ideas, so little time 🙁

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..Kitty approved?

...Kitty says: "eh, no.  Go to bed already."

😪

That's my pillow, but kitty be like "our pillow"  😸

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Fresh paint:

Letterwork done by "needle point" method.

All while paint on badge is fresh, so no reaction and it all cures one time.

Results and paint used shown in PICS:

 

 

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Posted

...My other (smaller) Western Electric,

a rough build before detail and any connections are made.

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Rough build, the larger Western Electric:

Tore apart an air freshener can (scrap metal) for the fan base & blades.

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Posted

Final cage build, before connections... Loose, just seeing what it'll look like...🤔

 

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...Westinghouse is next, badge work:

 

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...OK, so I just had to pause for a second when I saw the

"Dreadnought" fan recently... a Beautiful design! 👍😎

Thanks to a helpful picture, I've tried my best to imagine the rest...

...I usually draw first, then get more serious when I have time...

...It will make a great mini fan build.

 

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Posted

...oh, I can't wait to test it!! 😵

...just need to fuse a suitable "hub" and the blade will be ready.

...I hope it runs silent and balanced..🤔

Then: on to motor and body work.

'Till next time.

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Posted

...progress...

...Mini "Tesla" fan...🤔

..The ribbed base was from some sort of lid thing..

...I tore off the handle, cut it out & proceeded to shape & bend the outmost edges..

...Other parts used as size reference..

The test build results:

 

 

 

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Posted

...Work in progress...

Presenting: The Horse fan, with directional option.

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Posted

Vortalex 120volt mini... Soon to be in a trunnion Deco style pedestal fan.

Motor & Blade.

Runs-! 

The motor (and blade) came off a poorly designed "Mainstays" 4inch HV fan. 😐

It is quiet and powerful.  My first attempt at a full power (120v) mini fan build.

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