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Lets stay cool ( vids added )
Restored a couple old fans, cool beans.
Last edited by Pitchy on Wed Oct 02, 2019 12:28 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: Lets stay cool
Cool Pitchy!! I have My Grandmas Emerson , I think its 18 or 24". it's three speed and oscillates if wanted. still runs great. On hot summer nights sleeping upstairs about 1960 I was sure that the aliens from "War of The Worlds" were sure to find the noise that sucker made. but even then I had a toy levergun to protect Me. . .
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Thanks 45, the one on the right oscillates.
Got another big one today the paint is trying on.
Got another big one today the paint is trying on.
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Have to worry about wind-chill?
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It was 95 degrees here today. Those fans look pretty good.
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Very nice, those are well worth rescuing. I'm curious about the blades on the left one...
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Those old fans were great! They moved a lot of air and they were quiet. Not like the junk they turn out today.
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Now THAT'S cool beans. Really like the one with brass blades. Did it come as a 2 blade or did something happen to one of 4 and the other had to be trimmed? I ask because we had to do just that to one of our ceiling fans.
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Those kinds of fans were everywhere when I was just a wee lad, especially the oscillating varieties......
Surprisingly, injuries to pets and children were quite rare......
But the colors were always an ugly green.....varying from as light as the inside of a cucumber, through avocado onto olive drab military surplus.....
Then, in the cities, there were the ubiquitous unvented natural gas space heaters with no safety pilots......all featured both lead paint and asbestos in their construction.....How did we survive ?
Surprisingly, injuries to pets and children were quite rare......
But the colors were always an ugly green.....varying from as light as the inside of a cucumber, through avocado onto olive drab military surplus.....
Then, in the cities, there were the ubiquitous unvented natural gas space heaters with no safety pilots......all featured both lead paint and asbestos in their construction.....How did we survive ?
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My folks had one of the old metal blade fans. It lasted forever. I remember them using it in the summer time. My brothers and I knew to keep our fingers out of it. I think Mom slapped our hands to teach us.
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Neat.
When I was a kid, my dad made one from a car fan. It had a metal lumber frame and ran on a 120v electric motor. No guards or screens of any kind.
It was like trying to sleep in a B17.
Put out air enough to blow the sheets off the bed.
When I was a kid, my dad made one from a car fan. It had a metal lumber frame and ran on a 120v electric motor. No guards or screens of any kind.
It was like trying to sleep in a B17.
Put out air enough to blow the sheets off the bed.
"Oh bother", said Pooh, as he chambered another round.
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Neat!
I have a fan that was my grandparents. It has an adjustable height, probably 18" fan, 3 speeds and that ugly green paint, it sure does move air and on high the house shakes! It has an oil port for the motor. I believe it's either a GE or Westinghouse.
I have a fan that was my grandparents. It has an adjustable height, probably 18" fan, 3 speeds and that ugly green paint, it sure does move air and on high the house shakes! It has an oil port for the motor. I believe it's either a GE or Westinghouse.
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Thanks fellers, the one on the left with the gold blades should have four someone must of modified it at one time.
We got the big one painted i`ll post a picture later.
They had hot air fans before electric, they were sharp looking and used a lantern under it for the heat supply, they were called a lake breeze.
I have a Edison electric motor withe a adjustable governor that came out of a cylinder player i might try and make into a fan today.
We got the big one painted i`ll post a picture later.
They had hot air fans before electric, they were sharp looking and used a lantern under it for the heat supply, they were called a lake breeze.
I have a Edison electric motor withe a adjustable governor that came out of a cylinder player i might try and make into a fan today.
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Here`s the big fan we fixed up.
And a video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q70iIz-xQwQ
This one we made from parts, the base Norma got at a garage sale, the motor is from a sewing machine.
video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OS8Bwmud2hA
And a video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q70iIz-xQwQ
This one we made from parts, the base Norma got at a garage sale, the motor is from a sewing machine.
video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OS8Bwmud2hA
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Nice!
That's back when GE made stuff worth having.
That's back when GE made stuff worth having.
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Looks very nice, Lenn. Seems to turn up pretty good.
If you run those all at once, it must be like a wind tunnel in your house.
If you run those all at once, it must be like a wind tunnel in your house.
"Oh bother", said Pooh, as he chambered another round.
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Thanks Jay, yep that sucker really moves the air around and that was on slow.
Thought more would say more about the home made fan we built, they had weird ornate fans like that, hard to find them and they want a couple grand for that type.
Thought more would say more about the home made fan we built, they had weird ornate fans like that, hard to find them and they want a couple grand for that type.
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Re: Lets stay cool ( vids added )
Did you make the base for that one with the sewing machine motor? Nice looking job. Is that an O'ring drive?Pitchy wrote: ↑Wed Oct 02, 2019 12:32 pm Here`s the big fan we fixed up.
And a video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q70iIz-xQwQ
This one we made from parts, the base Norma got at a garage sale, the motor is from a sewing machine.
video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OS8Bwmud2hA
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Hi Ron, the wood base and the scroll metal was for something else that Norma picked up.
There`s a waxed string that goes from the sewing machine motor to the fan shaft.
There`s a waxed string that goes from the sewing machine motor to the fan shaft.
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A couple grand!?
Holy smokes, buddy! I wonder how many have been thrown on the dump unknowingly!
Good work, by the way.
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Thanks Jay, i hate to think about all the treasures that went to the dump.
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I used to buy them whenever I saw them for sale...no more......on the plus side, they will move a lot of air.....on the negative side they will burn your house down when the motor goes or something catches in the blades...I've had four of these big Hunter fans and two of them started smoking after extended use. I now have what's left in the junk pile to take to the scrapyard.
I still have a little G.E. that we use on the outside table.----6
I still have a little G.E. that we use on the outside table.----6
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Hey Six i see the BAR man likes that fan
I pug the fans into a strip so i can shut the power off when we arn`t watching them.
We are just finishing a really cool fan, check back in about a hour.
I pug the fans into a strip so i can shut the power off when we arn`t watching them.
We are just finishing a really cool fan, check back in about a hour.
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Got the ceiling fan at a thrift store for a dollar
It wobbles because it`s sitting on the carpet.
Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iv42f63x1LI
It wobbles because it`s sitting on the carpet.
Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iv42f63x1LI
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Now, THAT'S a fan!
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Thanks Jay, they were called a pancake fan in the old days and are some of the spendy ones now.
The original ones had short blades on them and were table models, i may get another one and make one like that.
The original ones had short blades on them and were table models, i may get another one and make one like that.
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Re: Lets stay cool ( vids added )
Good memories Lenn. I never got far from the fan on the desk at my Grandma's house when visiting in summer. The Rogue Valley in Oregon gets quite a few days over 100 ...
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Yes...the BAR man has a right to be cool tool...two kinds of cool. He's cool and needs to be kept cool. I was thinking about sending him back to the manufacturer for a tune up.
Ceiling fans most always need to be balanced, especially the cheapy $100 ones we buy. Each blade needs to come off and weighed to the quarter to half ounce. Usually some heavy duct tape with some washers to the upper side will add enough weight to balance them.---6
Ceiling fans most always need to be balanced, especially the cheapy $100 ones we buy. Each blade needs to come off and weighed to the quarter to half ounce. Usually some heavy duct tape with some washers to the upper side will add enough weight to balance them.---6
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Thanks guys, i`m thinking about taking it apart and putting short blades on it and on a low stand more like a original pancake fan was.
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Did a complete rebuild into a table model.
Video, the noise is from the heater fan.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_ww6deSXCo
Video, the noise is from the heater fan.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_ww6deSXCo
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How much air does that move? Those shorter blades are still wide.
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Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up---Robert Frost
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I had it on slow and i could feel it across the room.
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That is great. Cool project.
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Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up---Robert Frost
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Re: Lets stay cool ( vids added )
I see those ceiling fans in yard/garage sales for a couple of bucks all the time but we have plenty of them on our ceilings so I pass them up. I've got a smallish squirrel cage and a 5 wheel base for it that I need to put together for my shop. Anyway, fine job bro. I like it, especially the cut down version.
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Thanks piller and Ron, this model takes up far less room.
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