Anyone into fans??

[powerfin64]

Love that P-23!

Spats,I have the P-25 model, which looks like your P-23, which I love! wish I had others. would love to see your fan collection!
send me some pics if you can.

Rich

 

[spats]

For Rich - fan pics

I had a P-25, but ended up using it for parts a few years later. I'll buy another one when I can, as I went to Ace and saw the demo in much better condition... But on mine the blades were riveted wrong and was horribly off balance, and I could not get the blades off of the motor shaft. And the motor had this horrible and loud "woo" noise when on medium and low. The paint job was pitted. You can tell they cut corners on it.

Here's some other fans...

W.T Grant - Bradford fan, made by Lakewood

This was the Ebay picture.

 

[spats]

The Dominion

Needs repainted, but otherwise works perfectly.

 

[spats]

I posted this before, but my Eskimo/McGraw Edison box fan.

 

[spats]

Not vintage, but my Lakewood HV-18-WR window fan from 2003. This one runs nice, and at 1500+ rpm on high.

 

[spats]

W.T. Grant, this time not made by Lakewood. I forget who makes it, but it was some company in NY.

 

[spats]

Another W.T. Grant's Bradford, by Lakewood. Though needs repainted and cleaned up horribly.

 

[spats]

A somewhat modernish Lakewood from 1986. This was my first fan I've had since I was 4 years old. Behind it was my P-25.

 

[spats]

I have a few more fans, but no pictures at the moment. They are out at the storage unit. I'll get some more when I can. I also have a 12" Western Auto Wizard rollabout fan my grandfather bought in 1955.

 

[powerfin64]

awesome!

you have some fantastic fans! Love'em!!

Rich

 

[xyz]

I had, up until last week, a very nice Hampton Bay high velocity air circulation machine. Or at least that's the cool name Hampton Bay called it. It ran 1275 Watts on high so you can imagine the velocity we are dealing with. I knew it needed oiling but had put off doing it. My daughter left the house with it on and when she came back it had froze up like it had several times in the past and burned up the windings in it for good. I had always been able to oil it and get it back to running again but not this time.

 

[xyz]

Oh by the way fan collectors, those are some really safe looking covers on those fans. I would have a hard time squeezing my fingers into that blade. My cats would be tailess with some of those fans running. Thank you Ralph Nader for saving my fingers as well as my childs.

 

[goprog]

First, the fan I remember from my "youth" was "made" by my dad.
It is certainly possible the fan, motor, and housing were not
made by him, but he made/welded the legs that were attached to
it. (Well, obviously he didn't make the fan blade itself, but
the rest of it could have been, I just can't say - it just
didn't appear to be mass-manufactured at all.) Wish I had it -
just because. He painted it green and red as I remember.

Secondly, attached is a picture of a new fan I bought. I tried
to find an older one at a garage sale a month ago when the heat
started to become unbearable without A/C. So went to Target
and bought this.

It is not substantially built, hoping it is more energy
efficient, but the interesting thing is the shape and attitude
of the blades. Do you think the shape/design is done on
purpose (scientifically designed to move more air) or is it
just to appear to be different? Does seem to move a good
amount of air (actually wish it had a slower/quieter speed -
I only run it on the lowest speed of 3.) Reminds me of a
5-sided boomerang or maybe a starfish - or maybe what I think
I've seen for submarine propellers. Perhaps the wider blades
don't really move more air (cavitation????)