Question,why would you want to spray paint a vintage piece like this? Im asking because i feel like you take away the fans age and character. I have a 1930s GEC fan that i am going to leave just as it is,theres little to no rust on it after i cleaned it with some degreaser,the paint on my fan looks old which it is the fan is over 90 years old,but to me as i said the old paint and some chips in the old paint gives the fan its old age and character to me.
Good question, and I'm happy to answer it! You probably didn't see what this fan looked like BEFORE - I suggest you watch my other video here: ua-cam.com/video/39VtauqUWeM/v-deo.html Long story short, it was TRASHED. The cast iron base had no paint left, and there was only a small amount of paint left on the motor housing. Generally, I'll strip and re-paint fans that have already been repainted, or are more rust/bare metal than actual paint. Most of the fans I restore are in such bad condition, they'd be better off with a good repaint. Another thing to consider; I restore these fans to put them back to work - these aren't showpieces, but they move air better than anything made in the past 50 odd years. I hope this answers your question!
@BBISHOPPCM's World i have a vintage 1930s gec not to badly rusted,but i think of repairing it with a rust reformer spray and than try to find a color thats close to the original color and spray paint that over the rust reformer,its sort of an army gold like color fan,yes they move tons of air,mine is from 1930s
This thing came out really really nice! Glad to hear it went so smoothly! I really like the way it came out and am getting kinda excited to restore a fan during my winter break from school! ( I haven't done a cosmetic restoration in quite some time now tbh) BTW, if you want to slow it down a bit you should totally look into a speed controllers some of us fan collectors have! They work wonders for these antique fans! I'll be doing a video on mine in the next few weeks I hope!
@@bbishoppcmAgree,people use the term collectors wrong,not all collectors is hoarders,some of us only collect the rite amount of stuff that we can actually use.
beautiful restoration. I am wondering if there is a box that could be devised put around the whole fan to keep fingers away. something that has to be screwed on but still lets air through. Something similar to the 20 inch box fans so common today. I know it ruins the look...but I am trying to come up with ideas.
Really enjoyed the video series,I'm new to the hobby and my 1st attempt at a restore is an aou love the style of this fan. I'm also missing a fan guard screw ,if you still have an extra I would like to purchase one if possible .thank you for your time and the videos it will be very helpful for my 1st attempt at a restore
Thank for doing this rebuild. Great information and I learned a lot! My Father in law gifted me his parents I believe. It’s AB1, which is awesome to see something over 100 years old. Like yours mine is missing one of the strut screws as well. In your video you mentioned you had 2 left over and are looking to sell them. Any chance you still have 1 left even after 2 years?
@@bbishoppcm great fans tho. I have one that was previously repaired and partially restored (new bearing new cage and new old stock cord) by chestertown electric I suggest you check out their channel If you haven't. cool guy. And it runs very nicely as a twelve inch 1902 GE pancake with five speeds and moves a decent amount of air. Isn't a very efficient motor tho drawing 140 watts on high and 76 on low.
Forgive my ignorance, but why do the original wires have 3 leads wired from the stator coil to the speed selector coil, and you ended up only wiring 2 leads to the speed selector coil? thank you.
@BBISHOPPCM's World I may have found an answer to my question. It seems these came in 2 wire, 3 wire, 4 wire, and sometimes 5 wire configurations. But, 2 and 3 wire head wiring was the most common. Sorry for any confusion. 🙏
22 hours later... I neglected to be specific in the chat. Since the topic was on vintage desktop operating systems, I assumed everyone in chat thought i was referring to "Workstation" (the brand of the client version of NT up till XP.) I learned in that exp. the literacy of historically enterprise tech is severely under appreciated.
I have an old GE fm16v1 and i was curious i want to try to make it work again i was curious if i could message you some how i tried to find your facebook page but it wouldnt upload and i couldnt find it.
Hey I need help with my 1980s to 2000s Home-Line fan speed 1 barely works fan shakes when its on motor sometimes makes a clicking noise Update I'll do a YT video of it just in case u wanna have a look
awesome stuff! if you still need that base screw let me know i can get you a brand new one, or repairs to that front bearing i can also do that for you. if you ever know someone or you ever need a replacement part for anything on these let me know, i love to make brand new cast iron parts for these, and business has been morbidly slow for me, so give me something to do in trade for some free stuff. :P
@@bbishoppcm yes, let me know what thread pitch(and diameter), length, head style(slotted, button, counter sunk, ect...), material, and finish you'd like. :)
Looks great, but damn, that thing could chop wood. Amazing how safety wasn't even an after thought back in the day. Then again we're talking about a time when doctors told you tobacco had positive medicinal affects, people literally strung hammocks in their cars to hold infants, and radium was sold as a rejuvenating tonic. We've come a long way...society is still a political crap show, but things have generally improved safety wise.
(Crackling audio sounds and the hum of a 16mm Bell and Howell - cue “1950s Progress music”) “Better living through the use of asbestos; a production of the Johns Manville corporation……. This is Mrs. Smith, hanging her brand-new FIREPROOF asbestos curtains. Afterward, Mrs. Smith will sprinkle her three children - Tommy, Alice, and Raymond with NEW Johns-Manville asbestos child fireproofing dust! Recovering from the loss of his left arm due to an incident with an electric fan, Tommy’s stump has been bandaged with Johns-Manville bandages. Johns-Manville has teamed up with Union Carbide to create NEW bandages infused with mercury and - you guessed it - asbestos.” (Film melts in projector)
Question,why would you want to spray paint a vintage piece like this? Im asking because i feel like you take away the fans age and character. I have a 1930s GEC fan that i am going to leave just as it is,theres little to no rust on it after i cleaned it with some degreaser,the paint on my fan looks old which it is the fan is over 90 years old,but to me as i said the old paint and some chips in the old paint gives the fan its old age and character to me.
Good question, and I'm happy to answer it! You probably didn't see what this fan looked like BEFORE - I suggest you watch my other video here: ua-cam.com/video/39VtauqUWeM/v-deo.html Long story short, it was TRASHED. The cast iron base had no paint left, and there was only a small amount of paint left on the motor housing. Generally, I'll strip and re-paint fans that have already been repainted, or are more rust/bare metal than actual paint. Most of the fans I restore are in such bad condition, they'd be better off with a good repaint. Another thing to consider; I restore these fans to put them back to work - these aren't showpieces, but they move air better than anything made in the past 50 odd years. I hope this answers your question!
@BBISHOPPCM's World i have a vintage 1930s gec not to badly rusted,but i think of repairing it with a rust reformer spray and than try to find a color thats close to the original color and spray paint that over the rust reformer,its sort of an army gold like color fan,yes they move tons of air,mine is from 1930s
It feels great seeing a part of history running again.
This thing came out really really nice! Glad to hear it went so smoothly! I really like the way it came out and am getting kinda excited to restore a fan during my winter break from school! ( I haven't done a cosmetic restoration in quite some time now tbh) BTW, if you want to slow it down a bit you should totally look into a speed controllers some of us fan collectors have! They work wonders for these antique fans! I'll be doing a video on mine in the next few weeks I hope!
You make it look so easy to restore a fan
excellent video
Now you just need to start collecting vacuum cleaners and old TVs to keep up with Spats Bear!
Yeah, no… I only collect stuff I actually use!
Hey vwestlife. Have you ever considered buying a vintage or antique fan? It'd be cool to see you do a video on one. Just saying :)
@@bbishoppcmAgree,people use the term collectors wrong,not all collectors is hoarders,some of us only collect the rite amount of stuff that we can actually use.
beautiful restoration. I am wondering if there is a box that could be devised put around the whole fan to keep fingers away. something that has to be screwed on but still lets air through. Something similar to the 20 inch box fans so common today. I know it ruins the look...but I am trying to come up with ideas.
Really enjoyed the video series,I'm new to the hobby and my 1st attempt at a restore is an aou love the style of this fan. I'm also missing a fan guard screw ,if you still have an extra I would like to purchase one if possible .thank you for your time and the videos it will be very helpful for my 1st attempt at a restore
Wow looks great
Thank for doing this rebuild. Great information and I learned a lot! My Father in law gifted me his parents I believe. It’s AB1, which is awesome to see something over 100 years old.
Like yours mine is missing one of the strut screws as well. In your video you mentioned you had 2 left over and are looking to sell them. Any chance you still have 1 left even after 2 years?
Wow that looks awesome
It looks great. It sounds extremely loud in the video, is that just how it sounds on the video?
It’s loud as hell - the wide, flat blade guard struts impede the airflow
Now that you have an AOU, you need to get a pancake!! :)
Too rich for my blood
@@bbishoppcm great fans tho. I have one that was previously repaired and partially restored (new bearing new cage and new old stock cord) by chestertown electric I suggest you check out their channel If you haven't. cool guy. And it runs very nicely as a twelve inch 1902 GE pancake with five speeds and moves a decent amount of air. Isn't a very efficient motor tho drawing 140 watts on high and 76 on low.
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Lol. darn you 👍
Ohh I am so stealing this idea! This is genius! 🤣
What brand is that fishing reel?
Kalamazoo
Which Colour you can use plz tell colour name
Forgive my ignorance, but why do the original wires have 3 leads wired from the stator coil to the speed selector coil, and you ended up only wiring 2 leads to the speed selector coil? thank you.
I wired it with three wires - I had to braid three wires together so it may look like it was only two.
Wait… that was an earlier fan I did. Let me get back to you.
@BBISHOPPCM's World I may have found an answer to my question. It seems these came in 2 wire, 3 wire, 4 wire, and sometimes 5 wire configurations. But, 2 and 3 wire head wiring was the most common. Sorry for any confusion. 🙏
Makes sense - I believe mine is a two-wire as it uses a speed choke. My 1918 AOU was a three-wire, as it had no choke at all.
22 hours later...
I neglected to be specific in the chat. Since the topic was on vintage desktop operating systems, I assumed everyone in chat thought i was referring to "Workstation" (the brand of the client version of NT up till XP.) I learned in that exp. the literacy of historically enterprise tech is severely under appreciated.
I have an old GE fm16v1 and i was curious i want to try to make it work again i was curious if i could message you some how i tried to find your facebook page but it wouldnt upload and i couldnt find it.
What issues are you having?
Hey I need help with my 1980s to 2000s Home-Line fan speed 1 barely works fan shakes when its on motor sometimes makes a clicking noise
Update I'll do a YT video of it just in case u wanna have a look
awesome stuff! if you still need that base screw let me know i can get you a brand new one, or repairs to that front bearing i can also do that for you. if you ever know someone or you ever need a replacement part for anything on these let me know, i love to make brand new cast iron parts for these, and business has been morbidly slow for me, so give me something to do in trade for some free stuff. :P
I do need a base screw - what do you need in terms of dimensions? Thread pitch?
@@bbishoppcm yes, let me know what thread pitch(and diameter), length, head style(slotted, button, counter sunk, ect...), material, and finish you'd like. :)
Fore, I mean five, I mean fire.
Looks great, but damn, that thing could chop wood. Amazing how safety wasn't even an after thought back in the day. Then again we're talking about a time when doctors told you tobacco had positive medicinal affects, people literally strung hammocks in their cars to hold infants, and radium was sold as a rejuvenating tonic. We've come a long way...society is still a political crap show, but things have generally improved safety wise.
(Crackling audio sounds and the hum of a 16mm Bell and Howell - cue “1950s Progress music”) “Better living through the use of asbestos; a production of the Johns Manville corporation……. This is Mrs. Smith, hanging her brand-new FIREPROOF asbestos curtains. Afterward, Mrs. Smith will sprinkle her three children - Tommy, Alice, and Raymond with NEW Johns-Manville asbestos child fireproofing dust! Recovering from the loss of his left arm due to an incident with an electric fan, Tommy’s stump has been bandaged with Johns-Manville bandages. Johns-Manville has teamed up with Union Carbide to create NEW bandages infused with mercury and - you guessed it - asbestos.” (Film melts in projector)