Thread Number: 44552
/ Tag: Small Appliances
Some vintage fans at antique mall. |
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Post# 463386   5/26/2023 at 19:10 (190 days old) by OldCrankman (Lawrenceburg, Indiana)   |   | |
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Some interesting fans I found up here. |
Post# 463422 , Reply# 1   5/28/2023 at 20:20 (188 days old) by Centralvacs1928 ![]() |
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Neat, the grille design on the last one is kind of crazy. Did you buy any? |
Post# 463428 , Reply# 2   5/29/2023 at 10:50 (188 days old) by OldCrankman (Lawrenceburg, Indiana)   |   | |
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I pass on them for now. |
Post# 463429 , Reply# 3   5/29/2023 at 14:24 (188 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana)   |   | |
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Post# 463556 , Reply# 4   6/3/2023 at 05:50 (183 days old) by OldCrankman (Lawrenceburg, Indiana)   |   | |
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Your probably right. |
Post# 463680 , Reply# 6   6/7/2023 at 17:52 by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana)   |   | |
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![]() I have quite a few old fans I pick up all over, I donlt recall paying anything more than $10 for them. But they are all run into the ground when I find them. Takes a lot of work to get them back into action again. This one beautiful metal box fan I got, it is so filthy and smelled so badly like drugs, I swear someone used it to operate their drug room. I sealed it in a trash bag with about 20 lbs of baking soda for about 5 months and it worked to get the stink out. |
Post# 463710 , Reply# 7   6/8/2023 at 11:30 by JustJunque ![]() |
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I got two freebies, back when I was actively collecting.
A turquoisey Eskimo box fan, that a small local restaurant used to use to draw hot air out of their kitchen. Needless to say, it was a bit greasy. But, it cleaned up pretty nice, and seems to work fine. Another one was an oscillating Westinghouse; probably a Lively Air. It's also turquoise. I've done nothing with that one since rescuing it from the trash. I don't do mechanical work on anything; I just clean them up. This one would need work, as the cord was cut off, and the motor is very stiff. You can turn the blades by hand, but it's not easy. It looks pretty, though. Barry |