My 1920's GE fan is ready to go for summer.

[washernoob]

Thanks!

I used to be a member at the AFCA,,,, I need to renew my membership. Its been a while. I have been to a local fan meet. Had a great time. Met lots of people, and saw some amazing fans for sale, and in use in a friends house.

My friend in Lincoln is the Treasurer for the AFCA, Dick Boswell. He has an incredible fan, car, pump organ, and vacuum collection.

 

[beekeyknee]

Darryl Hudson helped me out with my parts. He's a nice fella. If you ever try and contact him, do it by email. You'll get a much faster response. He gets his mail on his cell and usually gets back to you in the same day or the next. He has an order form you can print off his web site and mail in. He only takes money order, check, or cash.

 

[beekeyknee]

Sounds like you have someone in your own back yard though.

 

[autowasherfreak]

Beautiful GE fan!

 

[beekeyknee]

Brandon,

Our fans will be around 100 years old in 2020. Properly taken care of, these fans should last many generations. I'm the forth generation for this fan.

 

[beekeyknee]

Thanks Jim. I suppose you were talking about mine. LOL.

 

[beekeyknee]

Brandon,

If you keep the fan properly oiled with the right kind of oil, keep the wick at the proper length and keep the vent holes open where the oil cup screws in, your fan shouldn't cause any problems. After you have removed the cups to change the oil you can turn the fan up side down and you will see little holes above the cup where it screws into the head. These are the oil return holes. The fan sucks up the oil out of the cup, oils the shaft and bushing while running and returns the oil to the cups to be recirculated again. The heat from the shaft will suck up the oil from the wick. Then it collects in a reservoir and returns via the orifice.

If you suspect an orifice might be clogged a pipe cleaner pushed through the orifice will clear it. Just make sure you don't put anything in there that sheds.

 

[mixguy]

Dayton Fan

I had a Dayton fan very much like the first GE fan pictured! starter windings stopped working then the speed control (rheostat) the final blow was a seized bearing, lasted 40=45 yrs!

 

[kimball455]

Beautiful restoration.

Harry

 

[gansky1]

Beautiful 1920's fans, guys.  I had a very similar black fan at one time but it was in rather rough shape so didn't keep it for too long.  Seeing these beauties reminds me what nice and quiet stream of air those fans put out.  I had a lot of compliments on the fan, mostly for looks but mechanically it was pretty rough.  Never knew what that cap was for on the back, I don't think mine had one.  Good to know!

 

Brandon, we'll have to make a trip up to Grampy's and do some fan shopping.  That Manning Bowman fan I found a while back is a ghastly loud thing I can hardly stand to turn on.  But it's cute...

 

[washernoob]

I love Grampys. He's the man for that kind of stuff. I always forget about his shop. I don't get down there very often.

 

[wmlask]

Nice Fan

Your GE fan looks very nice. I also like the Pioneer HPM speakers in the background. Are those 100's or 900's?

I've got a few vintage Vornados freshly oiled and ready for summer.
Take care,
Bill

 

[circlew]

That's a very attractive GE fan; I like the color and the cord looks good on it. I usually see these with rubber cords.

I have an old Diehl fan I hope to restore some day.

 

[beekeyknee]

Bill,

Those are HPM-100s. The speakers on top of them are Bose 901s. The receiver driving them is a Kenwood KR-9050. 210 watts per channel RMS. There's also a Pioneer PL-610 turntable and a Hitachi D-3300M cassette deck. There's also a Teac A-5300 Reel-to-Reel with an outboard Teac AN-60 Dolby Noise Reduction Unit. The Reel-to-Reel needs repair. I have the service manual. I just need to get it done.