VERY pretty, I love these old fans. There are so many poor reproductions out there now, Thanks for sharing this original with the group.
On Thursday, June 29, 2017 at 2:53:16 PM UTC-7, Paul Andrews wrote: > > While wandering flea markets looking for nixies, or things I can put > nixies in, or things I can take apart to use in a clock, I came across an > actual bona fide bargain for something completely different that I had > always wanted. A vintage fan! I thought some of you might be interested (I > know at least one other person who likes both, so there must be more > right?) so here are some photos. Amazingly the fan actually worked. It > looked like it was actively being used in a carpenters workshop right up > until they decided to sell it. It was spotted with paint and choked with > sawdust, but mechanically it had been looked after. I took it apart, > cleaned it up and re-wired it (the head wire was original and fraying). The > only thing that doesn't work is the oscillator, and I can't find any way in > to that. > > BTW, the thing blows a gale, even at half speed - yes the speed selector > works, though the lever has broken off. These photos were taken over > several weeks: > > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-2RslA8KJvfg/WVV1oENdaPI/AAAAAAAAAmA/ffJQw4JB8CIPLSZWZ4SH1_gg4o3ZcPLNgCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_1532.JPG> > > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-f3IPOu3Nufg/WVV1-BnAuLI/AAAAAAAAAmI/UW7f58-IqBYvQnLhbLOrh7j5af5VXHIyACLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_1531.JPG> > > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-a6Yq6nRIekY/WVV13Jaw5gI/AAAAAAAAAmE/u8baPl8iiq8sbj6TVrVa72xCmI1Arx5IACLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_1530.JPG> > > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-vrIhrJIK0q8/WVV2Gsu8CrI/AAAAAAAAAmM/VQ5yOAUTZws4iEQEJr9dqxbETDofqSFegCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_1559.JPG> > > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-7pbwRaqEV-Q/WVV2QB4w4KI/AAAAAAAAAmQ/RNbsdivjkwYBcydTWENrf_QHxeTyZ51gACLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_1533.JPG> > > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-4YOx6qSxq6Q/WVV2Vy9Nk-I/AAAAAAAAAmU/zZijkpzBeREhuXrQ1DhLUGtf_miQSqygQCLcBGAs/s1600/FullSizeRender.jpg> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/eaa7289f-a44c-4b1c-b0fa-a0e529af2ac6%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
